anyone's choices, but would you -- if you're confirmed, would you continue to work with senator isaacson and i on this very important issue? >> i look forward to doing so. >> and not be part of any effort to roll back those efforts that cms have already taken? >> i think it's important to take a look at the broad array of issues. one issue is liability. i can't remember if we discussed that in your office. the whole issue of liability surrounding these conversations is real. we need to talk about it openly, honestly and work together to try to find a solution to just that. >> i would concur with that. but i also think this is something that more families need to take advantage of. on friday, january 20th, the president -- president trump issued an executive order th that -- that says federal agencies, especially hhs, should do everything they can to, quote, eliminate any fiscal burden of any state -- on any state or any cost fee, tax penalty or regulatory burden on individuals and providers. dr. price, if you're confirmed in this position, will you use this -- will you use this executive

now, senator isaacson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like to ask unanimous consent that the remarks that were prepared for me to read be submitted for the record. >> they will be. >> because i'm not going to read them. i have a unique honor and privilege to introduce a friend of mine for 30 years. someone i know to be a great politician, a great practicing legislator, a great family man, a great community servant and a great friend of mine. i want to thank each of you for taking my call before this meeting today when i called you to ask you to listen to what tom had to say because i think you'll be impressed with what you hear no matters how tough the question may be. i approached this introduction as if i'm being asked what i would look for in someone i want to entrust with $1 trillion of my money. the future of my health care and the future of the quality of america's health care. does this man understand the american family? not only does he understand it, but his wife betty is here. betty, stand up. she'll tell you he understand

walter isaacson has been at this for a while. he is not only a distinguished journalist, former chairman of cnn, former managing editor of time, next year will mark the 20th anniversary of his first major biography of henry kissinger. to that, he has added the biography of benjamin franklin, i would in this book on steve jobs. days agoi talked a few about opening this evening with something special returning items from her landmark collection which you can see you're on stage. what is going to have to introduce these guys with their black tournaments on. don't they look good? dozen itemst three from apple, it is one of the largest collections of its kind in the world dealing with apple. after steve died, we would collectionsugh the of what was the best of the best, we discovered something very amazing. this was a tape that regis mckenna had made in 1980 of a 25 euros steve jobs making a 22 minute presentation at stanford on the race of apple and his vision for the company. we have digitized that and we put it on our website. it i

now, senator isaacson. sen. isaacson: thank you. i would like to ask consent of the remarks. -- remarks be put into the record, because i will not read them. i have the unique honor and privilege to introduce a friend of mine for 30 years, someone i know to be a great politician, a great practicing legislator, a great family man and a great friend of mine and it is an honor to do so. i want to thank each of you today for listening to what tom has to say, because i think you will be impressed with what you hear. i approach the introduction, if i am being asked what i would look for in somebody that i want $1 billion, the quality of health care and the future of america quality of health care -- i look for 5 things. first, does this man understand the american family? not only does he, but his wife that he does. stand up. she will tell you he understands the family. his son, robert, is not here because he is singing country music and writing country music songs. he is a fine young man i enjoy working with. tom is a great family man. r

congratulations on your nomination. >> thank you, senator isaacson. senator sanders. >> thank you, mr. chairman and administrators devos, thank you for being with us >> thank you. >> mrs. devos, there is a rolling fear in what some would call a an oligarchyic part in our country where billionaires control our life. would you be so kind to tell us how much money your family has contributed to the republican party over the years? >> senator, first of all, thank you for that question. i, again, was pleased to meet you in your office last week. i wish i could give you that number. i don't know. >> i have heard the number was 200 million. does that sound in the ballpark? >> collectively -- >> over the years >> over the entire family, that's possible. >> my question is, and i don't mean to be rude. but do you think iyou were not a multibillionaire, if your family has not made hundreds of dollars of contributions to the republican party that you would be sitting here today? >> senator, as a matter of fact, i do think that there would be that possibility. i'v

kathleen parker, yamiche alcindor and great alter isaacson. >>> two days before the inaugural, donald trump is slamming the media and his opponents, he saysivisive behav. what's he going to do to bridge the gap in the country as he gets ready to take office? >>> democrats grill trump's cabinet nominees, al franken led the charge. senator franken is going to be with us tonight here. >>> we have top reporters assigned to cover the white house. the trump white house. and all the challenges that will come with that job. we had some. they're on the "hardball" round table coming up tonight. >>> finally let me finish with the president. i'm going to get serious here, the president we're about to lose, a fine man. this is "hardball," where the action is. when my doctor told me i have age-related macular degeneration, amd, he told me to look at this grid every day. and we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of pr

also senator isaacson and shelley who are cosponsors who are cosponsors on this.phyllis talk about the patient freedom act. it has been a republican principal that power is best held by individual and states, not the federal government. and if there was a flaw among the many flaws of obamacare is that washington d.c. Ãtaken from patients and taken from states. and the american people have still been upset about it. ... if you like your insurance, you should keep it. so we give states the option, we give states the choice. we would imagine congress will pass legislation allowing the alternative, which we will describe. they could opt to stay in for obamacare. so you can keep it. but republicans think that the power is best held at the state level, not washington, d.c.. on the other hand, speaking for the premiums have been going up in the double digits of arizona and one place, triple digits in one year and then those states went out for something different. we also think that we could cover more people than obamaca obamacare. we give states the opportunity if some

. >> reporter: rabbi solomon isaacson caulking about the defacing of this construction project that belongso the nearby congregation beth solomon. >> it's special jerusalem stone we imported because of the sanctity of the place. >> reporter: called a mikvah, when completed it will contain special pools of water to be used in jewish purification right side. this is not the first problem here at the mikvah and the center. bbs have been fired and entire light posts in the parking lot has been pulled down. surveillance video shows individuals have collected here late into the night. last month a masked person temporarily blinded cameras with a painter ball. the next night someone climbed the roof and cutter the camera feeds. last summer someone stole a menorah from the congregation's main building the menorah was found a few days later after this video was released. the painter markings from this weekend are unreadable. there have been no written threats directed to the congregation, no swastikas painted. still the rabbi believes there is a message in the actions. >> obviously this was done cal

. >> reporter: isaacson said he believes this cities targeted because it is a jewish worship site. >> person who did this is not randomly choose this place but specifically chose this place. >> reporter: solomon called remarkings anti sematic but they are having a hard time to find out who did it because their surveillance cameras were vandalized christmas day, here, synagogue officials it is worrying and upsetting. >> reporter: rabbi pollack is also with the synagogue and says that the incident is just latest vandalism to hit the congregation. leaders say someone stole synagogue menorah and then return it. detectives with the philadelphia police department tell "eyewitness news" that inner not investigating this incident as a hate crime, as they cannot make out, exactly what is written on the stone wall. >> discrimination is wrong, whether it is against jewish people, or non-jewish people, any kind of discrimination is wrong. >>> now, somebody threw rocks, through several glass windows, at a synagogue in the tacony area that happened earlier this year, a couple weeks ago to be exact.

chairman, that is it. >> thank you, senator isaacson. senator bennett. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for the 7 minutes as well, and i should tell you that i have never shown a need, my knee, to any nominee before, dr. price came to my office, but he gave me some free medical advice and i'm grateful. it's terrible, but i will talk to you after it's over with. it's not because of you. >> i can't ask you, but i'm curious as to whether or not you've got an mri. >> today. congressman, i enjoyed our conversation and it's good to see you here. i know you've been chair of the house budget committee, i know you're a male member of the tea party, have been a strong advocate of balancing the budget, introducing a balanced budget for a stronger america. what i've noticed is that after gaining control of the house, the senate, and the white house, the first order of business for the republican majority here has been to pass a budget resolution repealing the aca. in this budget resolution specifically authorizes $9 trillion in additional debt over the next ten years. it als

president and ceo of the aspen institute, best selling author walter isaacson joins us. walter. thank you for being on. >> thank you. congratulations to mark and to mike. >> exactly. both having babies of their own! also with us is pulitzer price winning reporter and associate editor of "the washington post," david marinis is joining us as well. packed house today, joe. >> first of all, walter, we want to let you know we have been certainly thinking about you. >> thank you. >> we are deeply moved about your words about your father and his passing. tell all of our viewers who may not have had the opportunity to read your moving and eloquent words about your dad, talk about what made him such a special man, not only in your life, but for everybody that knew him. >> well, thank you, joe, and thank you for your note. my father was the kindest man i had ever met. and you think, well, that is not a huge virtue, not like courage or, you know, honor or duty. well, he had courage and honor and duty, but what we are lacking today is sometimes kindness. he helped build the super do

now, senator isaacson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to ask unanimous consent that the remarks that were prepared for me to read this morning be submitted for the record. >> there will be. >> because i'm not going to read them. i have the unique honor and privilege to introduce a friend of mine for 30 years, someone i know to be a great politician, a great practicing legislator, a great family man, and a great friend of mine. it's an honor for me to do so. i want to thank each of you for taking my call today. i think you'll be impressed with what you hear no matter how tough the question might be. i approached this introduction, if i'm being asked what to look for in somebody being entrusted with $1 trillion of my money, the quality of my health care, and the future of america's health care, i would like for five things. first, does this man understand the american family. not only does he understand it, but his wife betty is here, betty, stand return she'll tell you he understands the family. his son robert is not here bec

walter isaacson will be with us. first we're going to john harper.ore companies are following in line, criticism from president-elect trump. our john harwood is in washington dc with more on that. >> in the age of trump, companies have learned very quickly if they want to get on the good side of a new president, they should tout those efforts and make them conspicuous and public. very substantial investments. now the companies say the investments were already planned. trump was on twitter today saying the jobs announcements are making the case that even before taking office, he is doing what he calls big stuff for the company. he is hoping to build momentum. he could not avoid picking a moe money temperatu -- more money. house republicans want a border adjusted dax system for the business community that would tax imports but not tax exports. donald trump says it is too complicated. he has a punitive tax on companies that take jobs overseas, and we'll have to see what the wrestling match is for those who are very fond of the tax plan. and what sort of

>> georgia senator johnny isaacson jumped in to say that a financial advisor buying a stock is somethinghat could have happened to any lawmaker. so any questions about his belief on healthcare and questions about his finances, shep. >> shepard: thanks. more to come. president-elect trump's pick to head the epa, scott pruitt, said he doesn't believe climate change is a hoax. that's different from what president-elect trump has to say about climate change. he said the chinese came up with the concept to hurt u.s. businesses. he said he would keep an open mind on the issue. scott pruitt sued the epa more than a dozen teams. rich edson following that hearing. a lot of this was about climate change. >> it was. they're worried that scott pruitt will gut the epa. democrats pressed pruitt on his fundamental environmental beliefs like climate change. >> the climate is changing. human activity contributes to that in some manner. >> in some manner. >> yes, sir. >> 97% of the scientists that wrote articles in peer review journals believe that human activity is the fundamental reason. >> i believe yo

i want to thank senator johnny isaacson for his introduction.'m grateful for his friendship and kindness and our state is blessed to have had his service and his leadership. i want to thank my wife, betty, of 33 years who joins me here today. as johnny mentioned her support and encouragement and advice, which i would suggest to you is virtually always correct, and her love means more to me than i could ever say. over the past few weeks i've met with many of you individually and have gained a real appreciation for the passion that you have for the department of health and human services. please know that i share that passion. that's why i'm here today and why i'm honored to be the nominee for secretary of health and human services. we all come to public service in our own unique ways that inform who we are and why we serve. my first professional calling was to care for patients. that experience as a physician and later as a legislator has provided a holistic view of the complex interactions that take place every day across our communities. and to

isaacson: secretary to be, let me ask you a few questions. you have been asked a lot of questions with the intent of trying to get you to say, yes, you will cut medicare, when you're not trying to cut medicare. yes or no. we have been hearing about the joint replacement program launched in your -- 2015. you and braced concerns about the program, saying it could harm patient care. was this an administrative action to hhs that would cut benefits? >> potentially yes. cox last year, they propose a new way of reducing medicare spending on cancer drugs. many of this oppose this. we are concerned with cutting benefits and there might be a cut to benefits for seniors. is that correct? >> i believe so, yes. >> what about all the recent changes hhs has made to cut medicare? nearly one third of beneficiaries are on advantage, with these not cut this? >> i believe so. >> my point being, anyone of us can sit at this table and say, give me yes or no answers and demonstrate the point we want to make. but all of us, are interested in saving social security f

snarlt isaacson has three minutes. >> i respect everybody on this committee tremendously. i respect the nominee. but it's very important for us to all understand the disclosure rules. any of us could make mistakes that are being alleged. i'm sure senator franken didn't know he owned phillip morris. he has a fund investment that was in his disclosure that owns phillip morris. it's entirely possible to have somebody make an investment and us not know because the way it works. i don't say that to embarrass mr. franken, but to make a a point that any one of us that have mutual funds, it's possible for us not to know and to imply that somebody is denying something that's a fact is just not the fair thing to do. i just wanted to make that point. >> this is different than mutual funds. >> it's an investment. >> senator warren, your time is generously. senator hassen? >> i'm happy to lead. >> he did, but i was going back and forth. i'll be glad -- >> thank you. congressman price, thank you for being here this morning. mr. chairman and ranking member, thank you for the opportunity

. >> reporter: rabbi solomon isaacson talking about the defacing of the stone front of this constructionct that belongs to congregation beth sullivan located just a few blocks weigh. >> the stone that is on here is that special jerusalem stone that we imported because of the sanctity of the place. >> reporter: called mikvah it will contain special pools of water used in jewish purification rights. they say it's not the first problem. they say bee bees have been fired and an entire light post in the parking lot was pulled down. surveillance video shows individuals have collected here late into the night. last month a masked person temporarily blinded cameras with a paintball the next night someone climbed the roof and cut the camera feeds. last summer someone stole a menorah from the congregation's main building. the menorah was found a few days later after this video was leased. the painter markings from the weekend are unreadable. there have been no written threats directed at the congregation no swastikas painted but the rabbi believes there is a message in the actions. >> obviously th

next, on history bookshelf, journalist walter isaacson talks about the personal life of steve jobs. cofounder of apple computers. this was recorded in mountain view, california. it is about an hour and a half. walter:

joining me now is walter isaacson, former editor of "time" magazine, president of the aspen institute. >> great to be back with you. >> studies foreign policy seriously here and abroad. walter, the mood, the tone, we've seen contentious transitions before, this one seems more edgy. >> it's not just more edgy. it's really weird. for 70 years the goal of russia has been to separate the united states from its allies especially germany. there's been a bipartisan from truman all the way on, and now you have an administration coming in that's attacking the cia and the cia sees as its mission keeping an eye on russia, so this is all very unnerving when it comes to foreign policy. >> unnerving also, you mentioned germany. the relationship with angela merkel, for donald trump yesterday to be comparing putin and merkel and putting them on the same level, when -- >> i think he's actually showing preference for putin which i find baffling. he said nato is obsolete, and in some ways nato is a bit obsolete when it came to fighting terrorism in the middle east. it was not suited for that, but what n

we thought it was an honestly important, and this is a great personal interest of walter isaacson, who is very sorry he could not be here today, that it is essential to add this as a proponent of the institute. our goal with the program is to recognize that while the world is obviously in a much better place with the rapid advance of tech knowledge he, that we need stronger and faster solutions to keep pace with the ever-changing landscape of digital threats. aheadrogram in the months will offer educational resources, as well, as always with aspen, a nonpartisan and interdisciplinary forum to discuss challenges and officer policy solutions. chairing this program will be today's moderator. sure isat i am familiar to everyone in distribute we could not be more pleased to attract john carlin to attract him. he recently stepped down as assistant attorney general for national security. in that position, the top legal officer in the justice department for all aspects of national security. he was responsible for more than lawyers dealing with issues across the national security landskate. we

. >> you -- you just had i think a great conversation with senator isaacson about global health issues. and one of our great achievements over e last couple of decades has been the establishment and investment in u.s. leadership in the global fund -- melissa: all right. we're listening in there to a little bit of the testimony. liz and veronica are still with us. liz, so what was your biggest take away from the criticism that they're hurling at trump over how he's dealing with his organization of those things that we listed, what do you think sort of sticks? i mean, what's the most dangerous? >> well, again, i think there's a certain amount of double standard here because when we were talking about hillary clinton's foundation, for example, where there really was evidence of pay to play, remember, hillary wasn't even willing to verify that she would no longer take donations from overseas. trump already said in his press conference they were not only not going to do new projects overseas, they had actually ditched 30 projects, which were in the planning process. so i think he has made a

us for more on this corporate reaction over the weekend, aspen institute president and ceo walter isaacson, "vanity fair's" nick bilton. gentlemen, good to have you both on an important day. good to see you. >> thank you, carl. >> walter, i'm sure you heard our conversation about these ceos and their reaction over the weekend. are they doing the right thing, those that spoke out? >> yeah, they're doing the right thing morally. they're doing the right thing economically. and they're doing the right thing for their shareholders and their company. you can't have a thriving tech industry that's not integrated into the world economy. and whether you look at sergey brin, or as tim cook said, apple would not exist without immigration. that's literally true because of steve jobs being the son of a syrian student and then immigrant. and likewise, from the top of microsoft to the top of google. you really can't destroy the h1b visas, destroy immigration into this country, and take on refugees that way and expect to be part of the global economy. >> nick, silicon valley has been more about the free f

. >> i thank you, chairman and senator and my friend senator isaacson, and i wish i thought of the clock a long time ago, and it would have saved a lot of agony for the committee, and i will try to cut the statement as short as possible and ask the whole statement be put in the record. >> without objection, thank you. >> rex tillerson's resume is well known so let me just tackle two points that i know have been raised with the committee as well as with the senate. first, rex tillerson's knowledge of and experience in russia. second, how his work in the private sector prepares him to be our top diplomat and run one of the most important departments in our governments. russia's flagrant actions show its interest sharply differ from america's interests. russia's values differ from america's value in our form of government and our commitment to personal freedom and human rights and the rule of law. these fundamental differences are very important and the fact that our interests and values different should always form our policy towards russia, but it's also a fact that russia today deploys h

. >> senator isaacson asked and talked about the value of using soft power, it seems there are so many opportunities whether it is humanitarian assistance, democracy promotion, security measures that are necessary, countering global terrorist threats where money could possibly be better spent than on these efforts, so i appreciate your effort to look into that. senator corker earlier talked about some of the wonderful things that have been done around the world because of u.s. involvement, and part of that is power helping to power energy in a number of communities around the world, many of us have been to africa to see what happens in a community where there is energy available that had not been previously. in terms of helping as a tool for those countries, so people can get better education opportunities, health, well-being. we have had a situation where some of the programs in place have not really supported all of the above energy, and we have seen it with the world bank that has blocked funding for coal-fired power plants which would help bring light and other opportunities to a n

normal witness introduction duties today to my colleague, the distinguished senator georgia, senator isaacson. please proceed. >> thank you, chairman hatch and vice chairman wyden and fellow members of the committee, i'm proud of a seat on this committee and enjoy being a part of it. this is the second case i've had to introduce tom in the last week. the first time i was called, it was to be to introduced at the health committee, which i also serve on. and i was proud to do that and gave the best introduction i could possibly give based on a man i've known for 30 years, known him as a family man, a legislator, a member of our community, a great physician and a great friend. it was easy to do that, but since last week, things changed. i feel like i've been asked to be a character witness in a felony trial. there are things that need to be refuted. so i'll take the positive things and say them at the end, but try to begin by saying with, there are a few things out there that need a perspective all the way around. i'm very proud that tom has filed his income tax returns. a couple things came fro

. >> you just had, i think, a great conversation with senator isaacson about global health issues. and one of our great achievements over the last couple of decades has been the establishment in investment in pepfar and u.s. leadership in the global fund to fight aids, tb and malaria, millions of lives have been saved and health infrastructure has been built in the developing world. could you discuss your view of those programs and your commitment to strengthening them in the years ahead? >> pepvar is one of the remarkable successes of the past decade or more, obviously begun under president bush. and i think what's notable about pepvar is there are measurable results. very well managed, very well targeted. getting at those three diseases, i think it serves as a model for us to look to as we're thinking about other ways in which to project america's values, project our compassion, to want to solve these threats that are in other parts of the world that by and large we're not threatened by a lot of this here in this country. malaria eradicated decades ago. tb well under control. aid

senator burr deferred to senator isaacson. >> thank you, chair, mr. chairman. thank you, mrs. devos, for your commitment to your state, your commitment to education and being here today. congratulations on your nomination. i have a statement and would like to ask you three questions in regard to that statement. this committee established a task force on government regulation and identified 59 specific burdensome regulations that engaged public education, pry maimarily higher education. of the 59 recommendations, 12 are totally at the office of the secretary of education, they can be validated and changed immediately. in 2015, senators bennett, king, booker, burr, alexander an myself introduced a bill to simplify the burdensome application process, financial aid. three well-known institution in my state have all said this is a priority for them to move forward and sitmplify, getting our kids the best education they can get. would you work with the office to advance the -- >> senator, thanks for that question. i'm aware of this task force report and it sounds like the direction

>> senator isaacson has three minutes. >> i want to make a point, i respect everybody on this committee tremendously. i respect the nominee. >> there you have it, tom price in a senate hearing there, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren grilling him. he spent the better part of the morning talking about various stocks that he did and did not own, when he owned them. good afternoon to you. i'm craig melvin live from washington, d.c., just steps away from the capitol. the center of all the action today on a very busy day, all while preparations are in overdrive for donald trump's presidential inauguration happening less than 48 hours from now. on the hill today, hearings for four of trump's cabinet nominees, his picks to head health and human services, commerce, the epa, and u.n. ambassador, as well. all of them facing questions from senate committees on the hill. we have our reporters fanned out across america, from coast to coast, as folks around the country gear up for the inauguration. we'll get their take on what they want to see from the president-elect in just a few moments. but

. >> senator isaacson. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. mr. mnuchin, welcome. i'm sorry i've been in and out of the room, but i've been listening outside so i'm pretty much up to date. i'm going to talk to you about something i had not prepared myself to talk about until i heard some of the other questions and testimony that went on. i want to talk about the mortgage-backed securities, fannie mae and freddie mac, in 2008. your purchase of indymac was in 2008, is that correct? >> yes, in december of 2008, we committed to it. >> and the beginning of the crisis really was in july of 2008 when merrill lynch drove down their portfolio of subprime securities on 71 cents on the dollar, is that not correct? >> i think that's correct. >> and started a domino effect around the world that collapsed the mortgage backed securities, is that not correct? >> that is correct. >> when you purchased indymac, it had a number of those loans in its portfolio, is that correct? >> it a portfolio of mortgage-backed securities. >> within which were included those loans. >> that's correc

senator burr has deferred to founder isaacson -- senator isaacson. sen. isakson: thank you, ms. devos. congratulations on her -- your nomination. i would like to ask you three questions in regard to the statement. this committee has established a task force on government regulation and identified 59 burdens and regulations that affect higher education. of the 59, 12 can be invalidated and changed immediately. in 2015, senators bennett, king, booker, alexander, and myself introduced a bill to simplify the burdensome application process, and fill out financial aid. university of georgia, andriy university, georgia tech, three well-known institutions in my state have said this is a priority for them to move forward and simplify the process in getting our kids the best education they can give. -- get. my question is, would you commit to working with our office to advance the recommendations on higher education? ms. devos: thanks for that question. i am aware of this task force report. it sounds like the direction it has taken is very promising. if confirmed, i look forward to workin

so senators hatch andwiden and senators warner and isaacson came together and led the finance committee and had again a lot of discussions with outside groups about what they were doing with the chronically ill and put together the white paper and introduced legislation at the end of last year, bipartisan legislation that was introduced at ways to improve the care that the chronically ill receive. and i think that's going to be an effort that's going to continue because while there can be disagreements on one issue oftentimes as clay and i and others know there's discussions going on where people agree on other issues. and i think chronic care is one of those areas that we should watch out for. the panel before talked about quality and the need for quality measures. i was pleased that in the physician macro legislation there was money put in there, $15 million a year for five years, for measure development. quality measure development is not a big money maker for private industry because the measures have to be public and can't be proprietary. identifying, and as was mentioned before, g

and so i joined with senator cassidy and collins and isaacson to introduce the patient freedom act thatives us an alternative which says let's put the choice back in the hands of the states and of the patients take make decisions for themselves and their families to get better health outcomes, to do it more efficiently, to give more choices and hopefully to control the cost as well. i think we're on a glide path to really during our repeal and replace mechanisms to really build a better system and one that really works. >> shannon: you know how important messaging is on this along with the hard work of actually mapping out the legislation, lifting and getting it passed and to the president's desk. how much do you worry about that? the democrats talked about make america sick again and talked about how they'll fight you at every turn with whatever you plan to do they say this president -- one of them said this president is worse than they even expected. how do you make progress there? the public element is part of it. >> healthcare to people is like food on the table. it is an essential

cassidy, burns, senator isaacson has three minutes. >> congressman price, 100 million americans receive their healthcare through medicare and medicaid programs, people with disabilities, middle-class families, parents and nursing homes, and they all benefit from these programs. i want to understand the changes to medicare and medicaid that you have already proposed. the budget you recently authored as chair of the house budget committee would have cut spending on medicare by $449 billion over the next decade. is that right? >> i don't have the numbers, i assume you are correct. >> 400 medicare, cut medicare by $449 billion. fy 17 budget proposal would cut medicaid funding that goes to the state government by more than $1 trillion. is that correct? >> the metrics we use for the success of these programs -- >> yes or no. >> what we believe -- >> do you want me to read a number out of his? >> i'm sure you are correct, what we believe is appropriate is to make sure individuals receiving the care are receiving care. >> i understand why you think you are right to cut it but i am asking the qu

. >> i thank you, chairman and senator and my friend johnny isaacson and members of committee. i wish i would have thought of this clock a long time ago. i would have saved agony for our committee. i'll try to cut my statement as short as possible and ask the whole statement be put into the record. >> without objection, thank you. >> mr. chairman. rex tillerson's resume is well-known. i want to raise two points. first rex tillerson's knowledge of and experience in russia and how his work in the private sector prepares him to run one of the most important departments in our government. with respect to russia, certain facts are clear. russia's recent flagrant actions indicate that its national interest sharply differ from america's national interests in important places most acutely in ukraine, europe and syria. russia's values differ from america's values. in particularly in our form of government. commitment to personal freedom, human rights and the rule of law. these fundamental differences are very important and the fact that our interest and values differ should always infor

. >> i thank you, senator corker and senator isaacson and members of the committee. i wish i thought of this clock a long time ago. would have saved a lot of agony for our committee, so i'll try to cut my statement as short as possible and ask the whole statement be put into the record. >> without objection, thank you. >> let me just tackle two points that i know have been raised with the committee as well as with the senate. first, rex tillerson's knowledge of and experience in russia. and second, how he's worked in the private sector prepares him to be the top diplomat and most important in our government. and with respect to russia, certain facts are clear. recent actions indicate its national interest sharply differ for america's national interest in important places, most acutely in ukraine, syria. and russia's values differ particularly in our form of government, our commitment to personal freedom, human rights and the rule of law. these fundamental difrnferences are very important and the fact our interests and values differ should influence our policy towards

senator isaacson. >> thank you mr. chairman, thank you mr.ree of miniature state and education and for being here today. congratulations on your nomination. i've a statement i would like to ask three questions. >> we identified the five partisan regulations that engaged primarily in higher education. of the 59 recommendations, 12 are totally at the office of the secretary of education. they can be invalidated and it seems Ãin 2015 senator bennett came booker, berger and myself introduced a bill to simplify the burdensome aggravating process for federal financial à known as fasfa. say this is a reason to move forward in simplifying this. we do commit to work with our office to advance the recommendations of the task force on higher education? >> senator thank you for that question. i am aware of the task force report and it sounds like the direction that it is taken is very promising and if confirm to look forward to working with you and the others who have been working on this to implement the things that are deemed appropriate to be done. >>

i have senator warren and kaine on the democratic side and scott, cassidy, isaacson has three minutes remaining. senator warren. .enator warren: thank you more than 100 million americans now received their health care through medicare and medicaid programs. these are seniors, people with disabilities and metalclad -- middle-class families and countless numbers of young children that all benefit from these programs. i want to understand the changes to medicare and medicaid that you have already proposed. the budget that you recently authored as chair of the health budget committee would have cut --nding on medicare by 449% $449 billion over the next decade. is that right? rep. price: i do not have the numbers in front of me. sen. warren: i have the numbers. rep. price: then i assume you are correct. sen. warren: you said he would 440 $9 billion. your budget proposal also would have cut medicaid funding that thanto the state by more $1 trillion. rep. price: i think the metrics we used for the success of the program's is not necessarily --sen. warren: yes or no. rep. price: what we belie

money normal witness introductions to our colleague, the distinguished senator from georgia, senator isaacson, please proceed. >> thank you, chairman happen, and vice-chairmanwiden and members of the committee. i'm proud to have a seat on the committee and enjoy being part of it. couldn't be prouder than to introduce tom price. first time i was to introduce him to the health committee which i serve on and i was proud to do that and gave what i hope was the best introduction could i give, based on the man i've known for 30 years, a family machine, a legislator, member of our community, as a great physician and a great friend. sense that it last week things have changed. file like i've been asked to be a character witness in a felony trial in sentencing phase of a can be visitation. things have been said need to be refuted so i'll take the positive things and say them at the end but try to begin by saying there are a few things out there that need a perspective. i'm very proud that tom find this income tax returns. a couple things the ranking member mentioned came from those showings. some thin

you just had a great conversation with senator isaacson about global health issues. and one of our great achievements over the last couple of decades has been the establishment and investment in pfar, the global leadership fund to fight aids, tb and malaria -- millions of lives have been saved, and health infrastructure has been built in the developing world. could you discuss your view of those programs, and your commitment to strengthening them in the years ahead? is one ofson: pepfar the remarkable successes of the past decade or more. obviously, begun under president bush. i think what is notable about there are measurable results. very well-managed. very well targeted. getting at those three diseases, i think it serves as a model for us to look to as we are thinking about other ways in which to project america's values, project our compassion. threatso solve these that are in other parts of the world that, by and large, were -- malaria eradicated decades ago. tv, well under control. aids, great treatment programs available to people. projecting that into other p

. >> senator isaacson asked about and talked about the value of using soft power and it seems there's so many opportunities whether it's humanitarian assistance, democracy promotion, embassy security measures that are necessary and countering global terrorism threats where money could be better spent than on these efforts. i appreciate your effort to look into that. senator corker earlier talked about some of the wonderful things that have been done around the world because of u.s. involvement in soft power. part of that is power helping to power energy in a number of communities around the world. many of us have been to africa to see what happens in a community where there is energy available that hadn't been previously in terms of helping as a tool for those countries, so people can get better education opportunities, health, well being. we have had a situation where some of the programs in place have not really supported all of the above energy. and we've seen where the world bank has blocked funding for coal fire power plants which would help bring light and other opportunities to