lujan: do you know what headstart is? mr. bessent: i believe it is an earlier childhood education program. sen. lujan: i realize you have to qualify to get into that program. the family i was raised in, we qualified. it opens doors. a couple of us to the senate. we want to find agreement for that program and if someone tries to eliminate that, that we can count on you, on behalf of new mexicans, south carolina and sand america to say we are not going to do that. chair: senator barrasso. >> thank you for your willingness to serve. enjoyed our discussion in talking about the future of the country and the role of the secretary treasury in getting our economy back on track. it means protecting people in wyoming from crushing regulations and getting wasteful spending under control. i'm encouraged by our meeting. a strong vision for america, unleashing american energy, getting tough on china, on our adversaries, and getting the federal government out of the way. energy. another committee yesterday, secretary of energy. earlier toda

chair graham: senator lujan. sen.an: you authored sections of project 2025 ways sets forth a blueprint for dangerous plans under this new administration. you would have in a norma's responsibility at omb and even your record i have serious questions about whether you could be trusted to carried out the safeguard programs that many americans rely on like medicare, medicaid, social security and anymore. you also authored this money he 23 budget proposal at a foundation that i believe you helped to found over at the center for renewing americans, is that correct? mr. vought: i did help found that and put that together. sen. lujan: you stand by your name? mr. vought: i am not here to talk about those proposals. sen. lujan: it is simple, do you stand by your name and word? mr. vought: i appreciate it because you signed this document and this is your signature, i appreciate that. in 2021, what was the reason for founding the center? mr. vought: we wanted to continue the work on policies that were based on the principles of

her 17-year-old great grandson victor lujan was killed the night before. he's pictured on the left alongside with his friends in the car with him. >> tomorrow he would have been 19. his birthday is january 17th. >> reporter: what were his future plans? >> he was going to graduate this senior year, this year, was going to graduate. >> reporter: the car lujan was in veered into the opposing lane, killing him and his two friends who were 17 and 18 years old. a fourth friend who was a former student at hollister high and a driver in the other car were airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. >> we have not been able to rule out anything, drugs, alcohol, speed as factors in this crash. >> reporter: tire marks and broken car parts can be found all over the scene, but it's not clear if all this debris and damage is solely from this incident. the crash site has a preexisting chp said shore road is no more dangerous than any other road, but now as esther lujan looks at the scene, she tries to make sense of the tragedy. >> my daughter said maybe they were av

lujan: mr. bessent, yes or no, will you work with me to ensure there is more transparency over suspicious activity reports sars at the financial crimes network for congress? mr. bessent: i believe, as you and i discussed, there is a sleeve of treasury, treasury finance, that deals with this. i believe that we have to have a 2025 approach to -- you and i talked about digital currencies and all branches of government. yes. sen. lujan: mr. bessent, in your role as treasury secretary, do you agree that you will play an important role in advising president trump and congressional republicans on policy related to the economy including investment in government programs? mr. bessent: yes, senator. sen. lujan: i was pleased in our meeting that you stated, "no cuts will be needed" to achieve your economic goals. that may surprise a lot of my republican colleagues but i appreciate that conversation we had. yes or no, would you recommend cutting medicaid? mr. bessent: i'm sorry, i didn't hear whether you sa

senator lujan. sen. lujan: mr. kennedy, when we met you stated to me it is not your goal to take away programs that work for americans. do you stand by the statement? mr. kennedy: yes, senator. sen. lujan: do you know how many americans rely on medicaid? mr. kennedy: about 72 million plus 7 million kids. sen. lujan: yes or no, is it important that expecting mothers and newborns have access to health coverage? mr. kennedy: -- absolutely. sen. lujan: do you know how many babies born in this country are covered by medicaid? mr. kennedy: i would guess -- i do not know the answer. i would guess 30 million. sen. lujan: about 41%, 1.4 million babies are financed by medicaid according to statistics. yes or no, do you believe medicaid is a critical program? mr. kennedy: i believe that medicaid is a critical program but it is not working as well as it should and president trump has asked me to make it work better. most americans are not happy with it. the premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high. everyone is getti

luján, murió la noche del martes tras un accidente de coche en shore road, cerca de lake road.ighteen. su bisabuela dice que víctor cumpliría 18 años el 17 de este mes y que este año se iba a graduar de la preparatoria hollister. según la patrulla de caminos, el coche en el que viajaba a luján se desvió hacia el carril contrario, causándole la muerte a él y a 2 de sus amigos de 17 y 18 años. un cuarto amigo, exalumno de la high school de hollister, se encuentra hospitalizado con heridas que ponen en peligro su vida. mientras que la conductora del otro automóvil, una mujer de 27 años, está herida, pero se espera que sobreviva. we have not been able to rule out anything. hasta el momento, las autoridades no han determinado si el alcohol o las drogas estuvieron involucrados en este accidente en la escuela donde estudiaban las víctimas. este miércoles el ambiente era sombrío, ya que muchos estudiantes se enteraron esta mañana sobre la tragedia que habían vivido sus compañeros. estamos aquí disponibles para cualquier necesidad que tengan, ya sea la familia o la comunidad. tenemos, c

senator lujan. sen. lujan: mr. lutnick thank you for being with us today. i appreciated the conversation in our office as well. i will start on the subject that it sounds like there has been a lot of conversation in this space. i apologize for not being here for the entire hearing. i was over in the finance. mr. lutnick yes or no do you believe reaching truly universal access to high-speed internet across the country is an important and possible goal to achieve? mr. lutnick: sounds like a great goal. sen. lujan: do you believe it is important high-speed internet is available at every school in america? mr. lutnick: sounds very important to do. sen. lujan: do you believe it can be done? mr. lutnick: i do. we are the greatest country on earth. how would we not be able to do that? sen. lujan: would you commit to investing infrastructure to get it done? mr. lutnick: with all of the tools available to me i will do my best to get that done. it sounds like an excellent set of goals. sen. lujan: if you are asked to cut that program by the president of the united st

lujan, no. the clerk: ms. murkowski, aye. the clerk: ms. cantwell, aye. the clerk: ms. cortez masto, no. vote: the clerk: mr. sullivan, aye. the clerk: mr. hickenlooper, aye. the clerk: mr. coons, aye. the clerk: mrs. gillibrand, aye. vote: the presiding officer: the yeaers 67. the nays are 23. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: department of the treasury, scott bessent of south carolina to be secretary. mr. thune: i ask unanimous consent that the senate resume legislative session and be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it stand adjourned until 12:00 noon on monday, january 27, following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day, morning business be closed and the senate proceed to executiv

they're going to need somebody. >> earlier in the day, victor lujan's grandmother went to the scene oftor would have turned 18 on friday. >> we're all brokenhearted, brokenhearted. >> we talked to classmates and friends who have been coming to this memorial. they did not want to go on camera. you can see how they're still in shock from what happened. they said all three of them were very close friends. >> the kids is my concern and how their mental state and how that's going to impact them. >> kendra barron, ceo of san benito county chamber of commerce, met us outside hollister high school. all three of the teenage boys involved in the crash were seniors. >> this is our only high school, so this high school is a huge part of this community. >> the school released a statement that said, in part, this loss is profoundly felt by all of us and adding counselors will be available to students. the chp is still investigating whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash. in hollister, lauren martinez abc seven news. >> a san leandro city council member's home was raided by the fbi. inve

marisol navarro says 17 year old victor lujan was her high school friend's son. that's why, with her husband, they started a car wash raffle to help victor's family. estoy haciendo. what i'm doing is giving my time. what i can do with my business is what i'm going to do. the victims were identified on friday as 17 year old victor lujan, angel villegas lemus and 18 year old brandon alarcon. a fourth teenager and the driver of the other vehicle were taken to a hospital. how they ended up in that crash is still unknown. all right. the clock is counting down. tiktok could be banned by sunday unless the government steps in. we don't know the exact timing. the app could go dark. tiktok's u.s. headquarters is in santa monica, so that means it could be as early as 9 p.m. tomorrow, which is midnight for the east coast. either way, company says the app will shut down on sunday unless it gets guarantees from the white house that providers like apple or google won't be punished for carrying the app. so this comes after the supreme court upheld the looming ban that says u.s.

marisol navarro says 17 year old victor lujan was her high school friend's son. that's why, with her husband, they started a car wash raffle to help victor's family. estoy haciendo. what i'm doing is giving my time. what i can do with my business is what i'm going to do. the victims were identified on friday as 17 year old victor lujan, angel villegas lemus and 18 year old brandon alarcon. a fourth teenager and the driver of the other vehicle were taken to a hospital. how they ended up in that crash is still unknown. all right. the clock is counting down. tiktok could be banned by sunday unless the government steps in. we don't know the exact timing. the app could go dark. tiktok's u.s. headquarters is in santa monica, so that means it could be as early as 9 p.m. tomorrow, which is midnight for the east coast. either way, company says the app will shut down on sunday unless it gets guarantees from the white house that providers like apple or google won't be punished for carrying the app. so this comes after the supreme court upheld the looming ban that says u.s.

la madre de víctor luján habló por primera vez desde su muerte.. brandon era como mi hermano chiquito. su familia me abrió la puerta de su casa muchas veces. siempre. este. si no tenía dinero, él me compraba comida. Él nunca me decía que no, que no, no te compro eso. siempre estaba ahí para mí también. amistades y la mamá de víctor me dicen que la familia de ansel es la que necesita más ayuda. la situación del papá de ansel. Él es padre aquí y la mamá está en méxico. entonceces ahorita. pues los recursos que se puedan necesitar para llevar a la tierra de la mamá. un cuarto joven sobrevivió y se encuentra en el hospital. fuimos a visitarlo. se ve mejor, se ve bien. este y pues es una. es un milagro, la verdad, porque? pues que solo se quebró los pies. el accidente ocurrió el martes 14 de enero, antes de las 19:00 de la noche. según el reporte de la policía, los adolescentes iban hacia el oeste por sur road, al oeste de lake road en gilroy. el vehículo en el que iban se cruzó hacia el tráfico opuesto y chocó contra otro auto. la investigación contin

lujan. ms. alumnus. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. marino. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. mr. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of souths. carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. she he. miss slotkin. mrs. smith. mr. thune mr. tillis. mr. turberville. mr. vane. hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. >> a quorum is present. a quorum is a president present. how to preserve the leadership time is reserve the senate will be in the period of morning businesspe with the senators permitted to speak and they're in for up to 10 minutes each. the majority leader will then calling up. i'm not going to read. [laughter] majority leader. >> not a present asking a subset of the sea of consideration as friends one comment which was submitted earlier today. >> clerk for pope reports a resolut

lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. rubio. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. vance. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. the clerk: mr. young. the vice president: a quorum is present. the vice president: a quorum is present. under the previous order, the leadership is reserved. the senate will be in a period offed morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the majority leader will then begin calling up -- the majority leader. mr. thune: madam president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to consideration of s. res. 1, which was submitted earlier today.

. >> senator lujan. excuse me just. >> i made a mistake. >> it's senator cantwell. >> thank you so much. thank you, mr. chairman. and just congratulations on your nomination, mr. kennedy. and i've been absent only because i've been in another hearing with the nominee to be the commerce secretary. so i will review everything that you've said today. >> and. >> and look at that diligently. but one of the things that i wanted to discuss with. >> you is i represent. >> a very big. innovation state. >> and innovation. >> in healthcare. >> specifically innovation like. >> nih funding to the fred hutch cancer. center that helped develop. >> the hpv. >> vaccine. >> which has. >> the. >> potential to eliminate over. >> 95% of cervical cancer. >> nih also funds. >> a lot of jobs. >> and grants nearly. 11,000 people. >> in the. >> state of. >> washington. >> and over 1.2. >> $1.2 billion worth of grants. so while i agree with you on healthy foods, i. definitely am troubled by the medical. >> research side of innovat

senator lujan actually asked about trump cutting medicaid. it was not clear whether he knew what medicaid was. nobody expects nominees to be walking encyclopedias on every possible question under the sun. the performance was, in my view, having watched a number of nominees, a new low when it comes to basic policy issues that will be at the center of the debate in the center of the job if confirmed. even worse i asked a simple question about the trump tariffs he will pay them, i asked americans or foreigners. responding with the convoluted who routinely distorts this issue. now people in oregon, not people in america and it is just untrue one week into the trump second term and already gunning for a trade war. that will clobber american consumers and small businesses including a lot of farmers and ranchers. if anybody out there was looking for evidence that he would be a check and donald trump's worst instincts it is sure not looking good. the third reason why i oppose this nomination as he is already during congressional oversight. i will be

the victims were identified yesterday as 17 year old victor lujan.hat crash is still unknown. meanwhile, in southern california, thousands more evacuation orders are being lifted for people in the fire zones. the death toll now stands at 27. firefighters are gaining more ground on the largest fires. the palisades fire is now 39% contained. the eaton fire 65% contained. together, those two fires burned more than 40,000 acres, destroying more than 12,000 structures. we're going to turn here locally to cinthia pimentel with our microclimate forecast. jason. good morning carol. good morning everyone. the weather will contininueo stay dry down there in southern california. and for us here too. we are starting the morning looking at those low clouds through san rafael right there, 42 degrees. there are a couple of 30s right now through parts of the east bay over on in danville, 38, but a little bit more mild down here in san jose at 50 degrees. so we'll notice those peeks of sunshine coming through after those morning clouds. but the temperatures will stay

fueron identificados como villegas de 17 aÑos que conducÍa, vÍctor lujÁn de 17 aÑos tambiÉn y alarcÓne sabe si se trata de un hombre o mujer. [mÚsica] >> se acerca la temporada de impuestos y con ella vienen cambios importantes. para que sepa que esperara consultamos a un preparador de impuestos. tenemos a o canto con un reporte. >> el servicio de impuestos anuncia que esta temporada empezarÁ el lunes 27 de enero. ese dÍa el irsempezarÁ a aceptar declaraciones del aÑo fiscal 2024. contribuyentes tendrÁn hasta la medianoche del 15 para cubrir con su obligaciÓn. algunas Áreas afectadas como al oeste se tendrÁ una extensiÓn . >> los cambios son prÁcticamente muy poco. el crÉdito por niÑos sigue siendo este. las personas que han sido afectadas por desastres naturales es el plazo para presentar tus impuestos son el 15 de abril. >> esto beneficia a personas y negocios que ahora tendrÁn mÁs tiempo para declarar. ademÁs, la preparadora de impuestos compartiÓ algunos tipsÚtiles para prepararse en estas fechas y no caer en trampas costosas. >> es muy importante verificar que el preparador tenga

lujan. ms. lummis. mr. markey. mr. marshall. mr. mcconnell. mr. mccormick. mr. merkley. mrs. moody. mr. moran. mr. moreno. mr. mullin. ms. murkowski. mr. murphy. mrs. murray. mr. ossoff. mr. padilla. mr. paul. mr. peters. mr. reed. mr. ricketts. mr. risch. ms. rosen. mr. rounds. mr. sanders. mr. schatz. mr. schiff. mr. schmitt. mr. schumer. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of south carolina. mrs. shaheen. mr. sheehy. ms. slotkin. ms. smith. mr. sullivan. mr. thune. mr. tillis. mr. tuberville. mr. van hollen. mr. warner. mr. warnock. ms. warren. mr. welch. mr. whitehouse. mr. wicker. mr. wyden. mr. young. senators voting in the affirmative -- banks, barasso, blackburn, budd, daines, ernst, fischer, graham, hagerty, hyde-smith, johnson, justice, kennedy, lee, lummis, marshall, mccormick, moreno, mullin, ricketts, rounds, scott of florida, sullivan, thune, tuberville, wicker, and young. ms. hassan, no. mr. blumenthal -- ms. slotkin. senators voting in the negative -- mr. husted, aye. senators voting in the negative -- baldwin, blumenthal, collins, coons, cortez masto, duckworth, durbin,

shore road on the outskirts of gilroy tuesday night where memorial now remembers them ons o victor lujan and brandon al com were all killed and another student there in the car was seriously injured as well as young woman in another car seriously injured. it's just a really emotional time on campus our staff and our students have all been given the opportunity grief counseling. >> and you know, this having an extra presidents, we have a monkey tail ranch. we have therapy dog campus for mattel ranch and they came in with that 3 more therapy dot on top of that today said the dogs are walking around campus and making sure students staff are ok, i do know the students just like all the kids here. they're great kids and they're an important part of our school community. and so it's definitely it's definitely felt by everyone losing wanted know that we're here to support you know, the community know we're here to support their students and but those families know that we're deeply sorry for their loss and we're here support them anyway that we can. >> today there was a school-wide moment of si

investigators say 17 year olds victor lujan, angel villegas loomis and 18 year old brandon alarcon were killed when the car they were in lost control and struck another car near gilroy on tuesday night. they were all students at hollister high school. tonight, a candlelight vigil is scheduled at the legacy church in hollister. another passenger in that car and the driver of the car they hit were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. it is unclear what their conditions are tonight. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. and new at five san francisco mayor daniel lurie has only been at the helm of city hall for less than two weeks. but one of his first priorities is to make sure the city is ready for a large scale disaster. earlier today, he joined leaders from a long list of city agencies for an emergency preparedness drill. it featured the san francisco fire department demonstrating its high pressure fire hydrant system, as well as aerial trucks and other critical resources. fire crews also have fireboats ready to battle flames offshore. i think the key here is we h

los investigadores dicen que víctor luján, de 17 años, Ángel villegas lumus y brandon alacran, de 18llister. la causa del accidente sigue bajo investigación. momento de hacer nuestra primera pausa. pero en breve, el alcalde de san francisco, daniel lurie, lidera un simulacro con organismos municipales para demostrar cómo está preparada la ciudad ante una posible catástrofe. además, hablaremos de un evento para recaudar fondos y apoyar a las irina pregunta: ahora que mi novio y yo nos hemos mudado juntos, estamos buscando formas de ahorrar ¿algún consejo? ¡compartir es tan lindo! por eso con xfinity, cuando compras una línea de unlimited te damos otra gratis por un año. ¡si eres cliente de xfinity internet! cámbiate a xfinity mobile y elige tu teléfono 5g grati. además, tu siguiente línea unlimited gratis por un año. consigue ahorros increíbles y conéctate a velocidades de wifi de hasta un gig donde vayas con xfinity mobile. las imágenes de la devastación dejada por los incendios nos recuerdan que la lucha por extinguir esos siniestros continúa. siguen siendo cientos de bomberos los q

un choque muy cerca en gilroy el martes, hansel villegas lemus y víctor luján, ambos de 17 años, y brandonro vehículo. esto es de acuerdo a información de la patrulla de caminos de california, los 3 adolescentes eran estudiantes de la escuela secundaria hollister. el dos de enero, la policía de san francisco respondió a un robo en una vivienda en la calle anza, donde un sospechoso desconocido habría ingresado y sustraído varias bicicletas con un valor estimado en 28.000 $. para el 13 de enero, la víctima habría localizado las bicicletas robadas a la venta, pero en línea, llevando a la identificación de joseph. zachary mega patán. el 15 de enero fue arrestado en san lorenzo, donde se recuperaron las bicicletas robadas. y la investigación continúa abierta. vamos al este de la bahía porque ladrones se robaron 200 jarrones de bronce directamente de las tumbas de un cementerio. esto ocurrió en lafayette y el director general de ese cementerio, oakmont memorial park dijo que los ladrones probablemente estaban trabajando con recicladores para derretir esos jarrones. el departamento del alguacil d

lujan: i appreciate that. i am reminded that budgets are a reflection of values.ding on how those budgets are put forth as well. i certainly hope in america we all have a responsibility, a fiscal responsibility that our priorities would say, children should not go hungry in america. and i hope that is something we can find some commonality on down the road. i want to drill into something more specific, which is a program called wic. it is one of those acronym programs you talked about that are over at the department of agriculture. for decades republicans and democrats have supported full funding for this program. meaning that no eligible mother or child who applies for the program is turned away. in your capacity as secretary is this a program we can count on your support with? mrs. rollins: i believe that is one of the 16 nutrition programs across the department of agriculture purview i have not spent as much time as i hoped to in the coming days and weeks once confirmed to really dig into that. but clearly my heart, this administration, i believe speaking for t

marisol navarro se enteró de la muerte de brandon alarcón de 18, Ángel villegas lemus y víctor luján,ños, por las redes sociales. al principio no sabía quién era y ya después supe de que era hijo de mi amiga. no podía creerlo y aún, todavía no lo puedo creer. la madre de víctor era compañera de la escuela de marisol. este viernes llegamos a la escena donde estos 3 jovencitos fallecieron. este accidente ocurrió el 14 de enero, un poco antes de las 19:00 de la noche, cuando 1 de los jovencitos manejaba hacia el oeste por shore road, al oeste de lake road en gilroy. aquí vemos como familiares y amistades han llegado a dejarles flores. velas para recordarlos. también podemos ver aquí una foto de los 3 jovencitos que trágicamente fallecieron. según las autoridades, un conductor perdió el control del vehículo y se cruzó hacia el tráfico opuesto, chocando contra otro vehículo. un cuarto joven y el conductor del otro carro fueron trasladados a un hospital. ante esta tragedia, rápidamente la comunidad de hollister se unió. como yo dije, no podemos ayudarles económicamente. pero qué tal si hace

trabaje con un grupo de gente que dicho sea de paso trabajar con daniela lujÁn, martÍn rica, ustedese se lo he dicho a mi familia brasileÑa porque la considero mÍa tambiÉn. si un dÍa no estoy con marcus ustedes se quedaron siendo mi familia. >> la actriz compartiÓ cÓmo celebran en brasil las fiestas de fin de aÑo. >> idÉntico que aquÍ. sÓlo con calor porque allÁ es verano. estamos al revÉs. nos la pasamos en la alberca. comiendo tambiÉn un poquito diferente, pero realmente es la carne asada. ahÍ hay como unos hornos para acercarme especial. cada casa tiene su propio horno. hacemos la carne, la ensalada, postre. muy parecido. no los platos que tÍpicamente tendrÍamos aquÍ, pero muy parecido. >> dejÓ un mensaje para todos nuestros amigos de televisa espectÁculos. >> que hayan tenido un aÑo maravilloso y que el aÑo que viene sea maravilloso para todos. alan: me cae muy bien. tranquila y relajada. karla: ademÁs que rico que la anda pasando... que rico que anda pasando con su esposo rico. [risas] por tierras cariocas. alan: con su esposo que estÁ rico. [risas] en eso pensabas. [risas] karl

so i hope that we can. >> senator lujan, you are right. and i ask the audience to please be respectful. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate that very much. um, mr. kennedy, do you know how many states will end their medicaid expansion if the federal share of medicaid drops? >> well, there's 40 states that have. signed onto the expansion. so, you know. >> it's a smaller number. so it's nine states would quickly have to end their expansion because of the laws that they have. um, that's about 4 million folks across the country. and in new mexico, iowa and idaho, they have triggers that it would immediately have to go into effect if, in fact, that gets cut. the reason i'm asking those questions is there's been a lot of chatter and conversations around medicaid. now, i agree we can always do better, and we must be doing better in america. but medicaid has been shown to improve health outcomes, including mortality, quality of life, and access to preventative care, as well. and there are some areas, mr. kennedy, that you and i touched on spe