quorum call: mrs. murray: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from washington. mrs. murray: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for 10 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: mr. president, i have come to the floor today to talk about an important piece of the democrats' fair shot agenda. ensuring women across america have access to the basic and often lifesaving health care benefits guaranteed under the affordable care act. mr. president, just a few months ago, five men on the supreme court decided there should be a group of women across america who are required to ask their boss for permission to access basic health care and that a corporation should have more rights than the women it employs. just a few months ago, those five men rolled back the clock on millions of women across america and as the ink was still drying on justice alito's misguided opinion in the hobby lobby case, i made an unwavering

mr. murray was perfect and talked to the other ceos but he has done a lot to clean up not only his mines lead the entire coal industry back to good health. what's getting him in trouble is he's a critic for the white house. just my opinion. casey in texas, mr. murray is absolutely correct, control health care check, banking regulations, check, electricity rates out of sight, check, u.s. third-world country exactly what the president wants. i hope you're wrong. bob murray's statements seem logical. i try to fathom someone on the left might dismiss the thought the increase and the cost of electricity will harm the poor. i think you just cut to the gist of it here. you're quite right, eric, that is a famliar liberal frame, ignore the costs of the good intentions because the good intentions trump the cost. someone else would always pick up the bill. i got into this on fox news show and this show. how a lot of liberals are like guests being treated out for dinner and order everything off the menu, they're not picking up the check. gail says i love all the e-mails about benefits others having

mr. murray, you're admitted to the university of maryland law school. the appeals went through. houston and marshall prevailed. donald murray graduated from the university of maryland law school in three years and had a long and successful career in baltimore and other african-americans matriculated into the university of maryland law school after that. keep in mind, we're talking about 1936. 1936 this has happened. it's an amazing accomplishment, an amazing development. african-americans were so excited by it, they thought segregation was going to end in short order that charlie houston had to write an editorial in the naacp paper called "don't shout too soon" because there was so much euphoria in the black community. charlie houston knew there was a long road ahead. he knew it would be some time before african-americans could apply to law schools, colleges and one day go to elementary schools of their own choosing. so he said shout if you want, but don't shout too soon. he knew they needed federal precedent. the maryland case was only good law in maryland. they did not go to t

mrs. murray: i ask unanimous consent i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for 10 minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. murray: over the last several weeks i've tent spent a lot of time traveling cross my home state of washington hearing from workers and families about the challenges that they face in today's economy. and while there is no question the economy has made a lot of progress, i spoke with far too many people who are working as hard as they could and still feel like they are running in place. despite their best efforts, they have not achieved the kind of economic security that allows them to do things like buy a home or save for retirement or start the new business that they have been thinking about. i think we can all agree that more americans should have those kinds of opportunities, so i am proud that this year senate democrats have focused on legislation that would give -- go a long ways toward giving our families and workers a fair shot. we h

mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator murray. >> mr. griffin, i was deeply disturbed to read your findings about how many cases of suicide in veterans in serious mental health problems with affected by care. many facilities in my home state of washington are facing staffing problems and long wait times for mental healthcare. i wanted to say, if hospitals in washington state are on your list of facilities for further investigation, i really hope your team looks very closely at the mental healthcare problems like they have done in phoenix. i want to ask you, the phoenix report really criticizes vha's resistance to change. your report and the white house review found serious cultural and ethical failings across the system. what do you think the v.a. should be doing to make these kinds of system-wide changes? >> i think you have to hold people accountable when they ignore directives how to do business. and i think after a while, people will begin to tow the line rather quickly when they realize there's a price to be paid. >> that has not be

mrs. murrayhave democrats and republicans rarely talking to each other, it is often lobbyists moving information back and forth and who are the conduits finger -- figuring out -- i think it is a somewhat cynical effort by washington insiders to suggest they're not when they go home to the republic. it seems it has gone a step too far. phoenix, arizona, steve is on the line for independents. caller: thank you for c-span. are you sure congress is not actually representing the agency who put them into office and each time we vote, it is not more to the right and to the left, it is more whoever got here, because i want to get back. my other question is, do you think the news media in general spent so much time on politicians that the general public has no other choice than to be constantly engaged? that is my question. >> the first question, and i talk about this a bit in the book, and we get back to the question of how we elect our public officials, 80 percent of the election not produce video prima

mr. waxman. i wanted to ask dr. murray and mr. coukell, i know that you have worked very closely with the adopters of the death act and are strong supporters but i like to get your views on a few aspect of this legislation. first unconcern is truly drafted fda may not have adequate authority to require an untapped antibiotic labeling the way the calls attention to the fact that it's intended only for special populations. i don't think in clean secretary of state in the prescribing information is adequate and i'm concerned if those drugs are used more widely at appropriate that we could in that both harming patients and losing the effectiveness of the drugs to antibiotic resistance. what are your views about the accuracy of the language in the bill? do you agree it's critical to be a strong and prominent labeling statement to settle to find they should use the drug only in circumscribe situations? i guess we could start with dr. murray and then go to mr. coukell. >> i think it is important to have some label there. in a practical s

mr. waxman. i wanted to ask dr. murray and mr. coukell, i know that you have worked very closely with the adopters of the death act and are strong supporters but i like to get your views on a few aspect of this legislation. first unconcern is truly drafted fda may not have adequate authority to require an untapped antibiotic labeling the way the calls attention to the fact that it's intended only for special populations. i don't think in clean secretary of state in the prescribing information is adequate and i'm concerned if those drugs are used more widely at appropriate that we could in that both harming patients and losing the effectiveness of the drugs to antibiotic resistance. what are your views about the accuracy of the language in the bill? do you agree it's critical to be a strong and prominent labeling statement to settle to find they should use the drug only in circumscribe situations? i guess we could start with dr. murray and then go to mr. coukell. >> i think it is important to have some label there. in a practical s

mr. chairman. >> senator murray. >> mr. griffin, i was really deeply disturbed to read your findings, how many cases of suicide and veterans with serious mental health issues were affected by substandard care. many facilities, and long wait times for mental health care, hospitals are on your list, i hope yore team looks closely at the mental health care problems like they have done in phoenix. i wanted to ask you, the phoenix report really criticizes vha's resistance to change. your report, and. >> ignore directiveos how to do business. after a while, people will tow the line, when they realization there is a price to be paid. >> that has not been done? >> no. how can you have a certification requirement that you apolish because some of the managers in the field are pushing back about it? because they might not be sure if their scheduling staff is doing it right. the ig staff might come after them for asserting something that wasn't true. or certifying something that wasn't true. you don't tolerate it. >> confirming the thi

murray. mr. chairman, as we continue with initiatives must work in a bipartisan manner to address this growing problem across our country. ultimately, i believe that the attack act is the next step in the fight and my hope we will mark up this legislation during the lame-duck session later next month. i welcome the test and we'll be hearing today to further educate most of the subcommittee on this quickly important issue. make no mistake, the cost of inaction in the fight against life-threatening infections is gravy and the cdc has already provided us with the statistics to prove that. today's hearing will serve as a great way to raise awareness on this important issue. mr. chairman, in q4 allowing me the time normally reserved for chairman upton. i look forward to continue to work with all of my colleagues as this process moves forward. thank you for the extra time and being a little soft on the gavel, as a you back. >> the chair thanks the gentleman. now recognizes iraqi number of the full comm

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mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. senator isisson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. bell, i want to echo what has been said about how proud we are of cdc. at one of georgia's two senators, however, i want to add how proud we are of emory university and dr. jim wagner and the staff. i now dr. brantly would feel the same way, as well as phoenix that's brought the patients back from liberia to the united states. that was a tremendous effort. and saxby was gone when this happened so i was the only senator reachable by the press they day it was announced they would come to emory university. the press immediately looked for the wisdom of bringing an ebola patient back to the united states and whether we had the capable of preventing the disease from spreading. in emory university and the cdc did a marvelous job of making those transfers seamless and complete, and prove though media that was truth their best to start a riot, think, that the ebola virus will be safely con find they were in the best place in the world. so y'all deserve a tremendous amount of credit. i want te

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator murray. senator isisson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. bell, i want to echo what has been said about how proud we are of cdc. at one of georgia's two senators, however, i want to add how proud we are of emory university and dr. jim wagner and the staff. i now dr. brantly would feel the same way, as well as phoenix that's brought the patients back from liberia to the united states. that was a tremendous effort. and saxby was gone when this happened so i was the only senator reachable by the press they day it was announced they would come to emory university. the press immediately looked for the wisdom of bringing an ebola patient back to the united states and whether we had the capable of preventing the disease from spreading. in emory university and the cdc did a marvelous job of making those transfers seamless and complete, and prove though media that was truth their best to start a riot, think, that the ebola virus will be safely con find they were in the best place in the world. so y'all deserve a tremendous amount of credit. i want te

. >> thank you, senator murray. >> mr. chairman, thank you. mr. secretary, i don't think i will call you bob, but mr. secretary, thank you very much for your presence as i said earlier. a series of convoluted questions related to the same poppic. i would like to offer my assistance as i have done with previous secretaries. you have testified and the chairman has great interest in trying to help the va have the necessary professionals to meet the needs of veterans. i asked previous secretary for how can i help. what tools don't you have to solve this problem with no response sn again, if there is changes in the law and programs that are necessary it encourage loan forgiveness or whatever would help you attract professionals, i would like to be an ally. here's my scenario of a couple of stories. lee mann is a veteran. i mentioned him in opening remarks. he had the fortune of the va calling him to tell him he no longer needed to drive four hours to nebraska from kansas to have a colonoscopy. that's the good news. that suggested that there is change a

murray. >> thank you. mr. secretary i don't think i will call you bob. mr. secretary, thank you very much for your presence, as i said earlier. a series of convoluted questions related to the same topic. i would like to offer my assistance as have i done with previous secretaries. you have testified, the chairman of this committee has great interest in trying to help the v.a. have the necessary professionals to meet the needs of veterans. i have asked previous v.a. secretary for how can i help? what tools don't you have to help solve this problem with no response. again, if there's changes in the law, programs that are necessary to encourage loan forgiveness, whatever the story is that would help you attract professionals, i would like to be of assistance. i would like to be an ally. here is my scenario of a couple of stories. lee man had the good fortune of being told he didn't drive for hours to have a colonoscopy. that's good news. that suggests there's a change afoot. thank you. down the road, about an hour in kansas, larry mcentire tells me that last we

murray and mr.ryan had to do last year to negotiate the deal we had on the budget a lot of that was about them building that relationship of trust because they were carrying on both sides all the needs and desires of their teams on both sides and having that relationship and trust is an important thing i think to finding the places where one side is not going to get everything in the other side is not going to get everything that we can find a path that gets us living forward. >> the next question comes from angela reckitt graduate student in public health and she asked their background and previous experience are different from us at hhs secretaries before you. how does this make your approach to the job different? what you see is your biggest challenge? >> i'm a bit different from most recent previous secretaries and probably more similar to secretary shalala from a number of years ago in terms of my background not being an elected official. so i think my style approach and what i bring to the dep

murray and mr. ryan did it had to do with building a relationship of trust. they were carrying on both side s. having the relationship and trust is important to finding places are where one side is not going to get everything and the other side is not getting everything. we can find a path that gets us to move forward. >> wonderful. the next question comes from angela rick. she asks, your background and previous experience are different from those of hhs secretaries before you. how did this make you approach the job different? what do you see as your biggest challenge. >> i am a bit different from previous -- most recent previous secretaries. probably a little more similar to secretary shalayla from a number of years ago in terms of my background not being an elected official. i have spoken to that in terms of the things i spoke about today in terms of the priorities and how i think about managing, running, leading the department. also one of the oh things that's important and this gets to challenges. one of the first things i did was to call all of the other

murray and mr. ryan had to do last year to negotiate the deal we had on the budget a lot of that was about them building that relationship of trust because they were carrying on both sides all the needs and desires of their teams on both sides and having that relationship and trust is an important thing i think to finding the places where one side is not going to get everything in the other side is not going to get everything that we can find a path that gets us living forward. >> the next question comes from angela reckitt graduate student in public health and she asked , your background and previous experience are different from us at hhs secretaries before you. how does this make your approach to the job different? what do you see is your biggest challenge? >> i'm a bit different from most recent previous secretaries and probably more similar to secretary shalala from a number of years ago in terms of my background not being an elected official. so i think my style approach and what i bring to th

murray? >> thank you mr. chairman for holding this really important hearing and i want to start by thanking the inspector general richard griffin and the department's office of inspector general for all the work that has been done to conduct this review. your investigators and staff have put together an incredibly important report on what happened at phoenix and completing the other investigations, at nearly 100 medical centers is really an enormous task. so i want to thank the oig and all of our staff for the incredible dedication it's taking and will take to get this done. after a lot of years of making critical contributations to veterans care and benefits, the ig has a reputation of being objective, reliable and thorough in your work. so we all do, thank you. your findings are going to be really vital, as we look forward to this, so i appreciate it. i also appreciate how secretary mr. mcdonald had hit the ground sprinting to get veterans off wait lists and into scare. while the va's latest data continues

guests included matt damon, bill murray, and anna wintour. they borded a boat and mrs.n glancing at her wedding ring. i'm erin mcpied in washington. "reliable sources" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm brian stelter. it's sunday, september 28th, and it is time for "reliable sources." questions about one of my colleagues at cnn, fareed za caca zakaris, a plagiarist? >>> plus a news anchor who does not hide his point of view. plus a is abc news air brushing a scandal involving miss america? aisle be joined by a former cia official who is being quoted in isis pga

guests included matt damon, bill murray, and anna wintour. they borded a boat and mrs. clooney could be seen glancing at her wedding ring. i'm erin mcpied in washington. "reliable sources" starts right now. >>> good morning. i'm brian stelter. it's sunday, september 28th, and it is time for "reliable sources." questions about one of my colleagues at cnn, fareed za caca zakaris, a plagiarist? >>> plus a news anchor who does not hide his point of view. plus a is abc news air brushing a scandal involving miss america? aisle be joined by a former cia official who is being quoted in isis propaganda but i want to start the morning by asking something controversial but something that we as americans have to be asking. is our country again waging war in the middle east based on faulty intelligence and exaggerated threats? i have a pair of guests standing by who have a whole lot to say about this, about the media's duty to ask these questions in times of war. so let me set the table by considering what's happened since monday when the government launched air strikes against isis

mr. lewis you were just on it but it seems conservatives like charles murray and all the conservative think tanks they project onto poor people all of the corruption and wickedness that they themselves are guilty of. 15 years ago in the summer of 99 roger ailes was a guest with brian lamb and i called them up and roger ailes of course was instrumental in starting "fox news" and cnbc and rush limbaugh's career and all that and i passed mr. ailes about the specialist firm that was from running the tape and of course off my question but then five years later the sec levied something close to $250 million of fines on the specialist firms were for running the tape. so i was wondering if you could address the questions of conservatives projecting. the country would be surprised to know that our nation is run by cocaine snorting frat boys. [laughter] it's really a crime if "liar's poker" is an turned into a major motion picture. i just saw the woeful wall street yesterday and i think "liar's poker" would be even better. >> host: sean we have a lot of callers on the line. it lets leave there. thank

what ms.ink about murray and what mr.yan had to budget, thatte the was about them building a relationship of trust, because they were carrying on both sides all of the needs and desires of both sides. relationship and trust is important to find a place where one side is not going to get everything and the other side is not going to get everything, but we can find a path that gets us to move forward. >> this next question comes from , she asks, your background and previous experience are different than those of previous hhs secretaries before you. what you see is your biggest challenge? >> imo be at the print -- i am a bit different. in terms of my background, and not be an elected official, i cank my style and approach be different to. to you aboutke those priorities and how i think about managing and running and leading the department, and that is important. one of the first things that i did when i was hired was that i called all of the former secretaries. this was so i could understand listening to them and learning fr

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mr. green and the moderator and hopefully all of the viewers and listeners would agree with that. in the first and the second panel i had the pleasure yesterday of meeting with doctor barbara murrayn the second panel. and the president of the infectious disease society of america. and after hearing some of the anecdotal accounts of the life-threatening infections for their own patients i'm even more motivated to the fight against drug-resistant bacteria. i will give a really quick anecdote mr. tran and i know i'm running out of time, but my brother is one year older than me and in the 1941 was sick home with ammonia and the family doctor came to the house and told )-right-paren but he was going to die unless they get a shot of this new antibiotic called penicillin. fortunately he lived. there have been some days since then but i wish he hadn't. [laughter] he beat me up every day since then and still does. but that is my own little anecdote, doctor larry. mary. mr. chairman, as we continue the 21st century initiative, we must work in a bipartisan manner to address this growing problem across the country. ultimately, i believe that the adapt act is the next step in the fight. it is

mr. chairman. i rise too to support this short-term continuing resolution. this c.r. simply keeps the government funded at the current fiscal year rate which is by the way in line with the ryan-murray budget agreement that was passed by congress last year under the steadfast leadership of chairman rogers of our subcommittee chairmen and chairwomen and the other ranking members, the house is doing its work. the house has done its work. we've passed 11 of the 12 bills out of the full committee. and seven of those appropriations bills have been here under regular order through immense debate have actually passed the floor of the house. and yet the senate has passed how many appropriations bills? mr. speaker, not even one. so that's why we are here once again with this continuing resolution. our record shows, very clearly shows unlike the senate, the house is committed to actually doing the hard work. to go line by line to find -- to first fund the vital programs and to look at opportunities to eliminate waste and to reduce spending. again, we've done our work. now, we need a willing partner, mr. speaker, on the other side in the senate. to do their part so we can then go to conference