resident it emigrated from hong kong and his family are finds the pasta to citizenship interpreting is ms. ann self-help for the pathway to citizenship leadership thank you. >> (clapping.) >> >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> (clapping.) >> i'm going to translate for mr. honk 79-year-old came from hong kong in 2011 came here not knowing a word of english once you reach the 5 years residency i'll apply to be a u.s. citizenship this journey will be difficult and no self-help for the elderly leading a group of cso calling the pathway to citizenship initiative 6 months ago we attended a 7 day workshops and waited for a long time but got all the serial number application forms filled out for him and 3 members of his family and also got the fee waiver together he saved over $2,000 he's a very happy one of the family member already became a u.s. citizen and him and his wife have been footprint and filed out the necessary forms the advertising on a pro bono basis have provided and attending citizenship classes as self-help and some other agencies have provided fund and on behalf of the folks wante

resident it emigrated from hong kong and his family are finds the pasta to citizenship interpreting is ms. annhelp for the pathway to citizenship leadership thank you. >> (clapping.) >> >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> (clapping.) >> i'm going to translate for mr. honk 79-year-old came from hong kong in 2011 came here not knowing a word of english once you reach the 5 years residency i'll apply to be a u.s. citizenship this journey will be difficult and no self-help for the elderly leading a group of cso calling the pathway to citizenship initiative 6 months ago we attended a 7 day workshops and waited for a long time but got all the serial number application forms filled out for him and 3 members of his family and also got the fee waiver together he saved over $2,000 he's a very happy one of the family member already became a u.s. citizen and him and his wife have been footprint and filed out the necessary forms the advertising on a pro bono basis have provided and attending citizenship classes as self-help and some other agencies have provided fund and on behalf of the folks wanted to t

resident it emigrated from hong kong and his family are finds the pasta to citizenship interpreting is ms. ann self-help for the pathway to citizenship leadership thank you. >> (clapping.) >> >> (speaking foreign language.) >> >> (clapping.) >> i'm going to translate for mr. honk 79-year-old came from hong kong in 2011 came here not knowing a word of english once you reach the 5 years residency i'll apply to be a u.s. citizenship this journey will be difficult and no self-help for the elderly leading a group of cso calling the pathway to citizenship initiative 6 months ago we attended a 7 day workshops and waited for a long time but got all the serial number application forms filled out for him and 3 members of his family and also got the fee waiver together he saved over $2,000 he's a very happy one of the family member already became a u.s. citizen and him and his wife have been footprint and filed out the necessary forms the advertising on a pro bono basis have provided and attending citizenship classes as self-help and some other agencies have provided fund and on behalf of the folks wante

next, we welcome ms. ann maxwell, assistant inspector gem in the office of evaluation and inspections in the u.s. department of health and human services office. next we want to welcome mr. paul howard, who is a senior fellow and director of health policy at the manhattan institute. as well as mr. josh archambault from the foundation of government accountability. and mr. timothy m. westmoreland, professor from practice and senior scholar and health law. welcome all of you. thank you to all our witnesses for being here today, providing testimony before the subcommittee. we look forward to hearing from you on this important issue. you're aware that the committee is holding an investigative hearing and has the practice of taking doesn't under oath. do any of you have any objection to testifying under oath? seeing no objections, we move forward. the chair that advises you, under the house rules committee, entitled to be advised by counsel. do you want to be advised by counsel? please rise and raise your right han

ms. julie ann smith who has been before us in the past. senior fellow and director at strategy and state craft program at the strer -- center for new american security. we thank you again for being with us. i think both of you know can you summarize your comments which would be appreciated in about five minutes. without objection your written testimony will be entered into the record. again thank you for being here on this most important day with this hearing. if you could begin, general breedlove, we would appreciate it. >> chairman corker, ranking member cardin, thank you for this invitation to testify before the united states senate committee on foreign relations. it is really an honor to be here. we are here to discuss an urgent topic, and have you both led in well to it, that is u.s. policy towards russia. not surprisingly at the start of a new administration, there's much talk about a new effort to reach out to moscow. and to start a dialogue. this was true at the start of george w. bush's administration and president obama's. given

host: ok, on the republican line, ann is calling for mcdonald, tennesseee. caller: hi. from ms. dreyfuss, i hear a lot and i amatic spin, tired of it. i agree totally with the lady who was just on, and she is a democrat. so there is where we come together. anys any smart here at country, and as ms. dreyfuss brought up, cuba is having the best doctors -- excuse me, where has she been living all these years, and where does she get her education on these kinds of things? president trump is trying to protect thi country. swe have been lacking any such for the past eight years. we need to concentrate on our to concentrated on protecting american citizens, and if you do not understand that -- there are seven countries that are in this ban, and they are terrorist-ridden countries. do you understand that? apparently not. host: let's give emily a chance to respond. guest: ok, anne, i certainly did not mean to imply that cuba has the best doctors in the world or better than america at all. i am sorry. what i meant to say was doctors in different nations have different skill sets, and won

anne-marie green. have a great day. ,,,, >>> good morning, thanks for waking up with us. a live look at the golden gate msr shot. brisk conditions this morning. it's thursday, february 23rd. >> beautiful shot of the golden gate bridge. we don't get that every morning. >> brisk conditions, we are talking about a wind chill actually in the north bay. picking up a little breeze. under 10, when have you an air temperature, that's 33 degrees. it feels like it's in the 20s. another beautiful clear view of the bay bridge. we are able to see it. skies are clear. it's 33 degrees in santa rosa. it's 39 degrees in livermore. and when you have temperatures dipping into the 30s this early in the morning with the recent rain, ponding on the roadways, be mindful of black ice out there. those are the clouds that actually produced sporadic hail across the bay area yesterday. got pictures to prove it. today's temperatures only in the 50s. detailed forecast coming along

anne marie is the second vice president. ms. eleanor lori is the vice first president and i am the president again so that's my report. any questions? >> thank you. >> we also had a site visit too to the hamilton center. any questions? thank you. >> thank you. thank you. our next report is joint legislative committee report. >> good afternoon. >> diane lawrence. >> sorry. good afternoon. i am keep this brief. in january we met on the 18th. we looked at three major areas. january is a month where things are starting -- especially with the new session at congress and the state level where everything is coming together so i will have a more detail the report on legislation next month -- actually in two weeks so at the federal level there is uncertainly with the repeal and replacements of the affordable care act. there's a lot of uncertainty. there were requests for advocacy and right now back in january it was difficult to determine the impacts also on the older americans act with the new administration in congress. that was just a

anne marie is the second vice president. ms. eleanor lori is the vice first president and i am the president again so that's my report. any questions? >> thank you. >> we also had a site visit too to the hamilton center. any questions? thank you. >> thank you. thank you. our next report is joint legislative committee report. >> good afternoon. >> diane lawrence. >> sorry. good afternoon. i am keep this brief. in january we met on the 18th. we looked at three major areas. january is a month where things are starting -- especially with the new session at congress and the state level where everything is coming together so i will have a more detail the report on legislation next month -- actually in two weeks so at the federal level there is uncertainly with the repeal and replacements of the affordable care act. there's a lot of uncertainty. there were requests for advocacy and right now back in january it was difficult to determine the impacts also on the older americans act with the new administration in congress. that was just a