. 10:00 on c-span with the cdc reporting 150 people nationwide infected with measles, the senate health committeelds a hearing on vaccine preventable diseases. the house gavels and to debate several bills including one directing the veterans administration to carry out a pilot program to provide undergraduate students clinical health experience with the v.a. in the morning on c-span2, amy klobuchar and robert reisch talk about competition and corporate monopolies in the u.s. senate returns to continue debate on president trump's executive and judicial nominees. c-span3, the senate armed services committee reviews the trump administration's budget request for the defense department with general heading the european command and transportation command. in the afternoon come the house rules committee will meet to set the guidelines for debate on hr one. measure is set for house floor debate on wednesday. watch c-span3 this week for live coverage of key hearings. 10:00, kiersten nielsen testifies before the house homeland security committee about border security. wednesday, the senate armed services c

the senate health committee used ethan's story to highlight what medical experts and lawmakers say isowing problem: un- vaccinated children. "internet fraudsters who claim that vaccines are not safe are preying on the unfounded fears and daily struggles of parents." tennessee senator lamar alexander says fear of vaccines has led to alarming outbreaks of measles in parts of the country where vaccination rates are relatively low. in response -- medical experts want congress to increase funding for vaccine research and availability."all but two states allow parents to refuse to vaccinate their children for religious or philosophical reasons. in the wake of measles outbreaks some states are considering ending those exemptions. but kentucky senator rand paul argues the government should not force parents to vaccinate their children "force is not consistent with the american story nor is force consistent with the liberty our forefathers sought when they came to america." "if youre suc

>> well, the bill got out of the senate health committee today. bipartisan forward. republican and democrats joined together to say we have to protect our kids. adult can make whatever choice they want to make about nicotine products, but we have to stop the next generation from being addicted you know we've got a great start today in the senate health committee, and i'm optimistic that when it comes to our kids, we are altogether on this. the adults to make their choices, do what they want, but we've got to protect our kids, so we got a good start today. >> senator steve glaser of orinda, we will be following this legislation as they move through. >>> business owners and the san francisco fire chief seeking a solution after a woman was hit by a truck on a busy city street this morning. sara zendehnam has more on the investigation and effort to make the area safer for pedestrians. >> reporter: traffic is back to normal at second and bryant street on san francisco. a tow truck came and removed the truck about three hours after the incident happened. now residents and

and if it is should parents be forced to vaccinate their children for the public good the senate health committee hearing on vaccines and outbreaks took place this week on capitol hill and republican senator bill cassaday from louisiana had this to say i think we should point out that in terms of requirement the requirement is just that you cannot enter school ilish or vaccinated now if you're of such a believer in liberty that you do not wish to be vaccinated then there should be a consequence and that is that you cannot infect other people. but senator rand paul asked a vaccine mandates are in line with american values regarding personal liberty. as we contemplate forcing parents to choose this or that vaccine i think it's important to remember that force is not consistent with the american story nor is force considered because system with the liberty our forefathers sought when they came to america. i don't think you have to have one of the other i'm not here to say don't vaccinate your kids as this purity is for suasion i'm all for the persuasion i vaccinated myself. for myself or my children

the senate health committee will be taking on the issue from various witnesses. you can see that on c-span at 10:00. in williamsburg, virginia, someone who says no. this is josh. caller: good morning, pedro. thank you for providing this service with c-span. it is fantastic to have an opportunity to be heard in a nonpartisan platform. a mandate is -- particularly a mandate for a medical procedure would violate several codes of ethics. additionally, i am trying to be quick here. the science really is not there. i know a lot of people who are going to call in are going to this degree are this. themselves dos not meet the gold standard of the scientific method. we do not have double line studies conducted for vaccine efficacy or for vaccine side effects. vaccine side effects are real. vaccine injuries are real. president reagan and the reagan administration disallowed lawsuits for vaccine manufacturers and established a vaccine injury fund. vaccine injuries are real. -- the vaccines insert suggests they are real. they do happen. doctors are supposed to be required to

((grant/mon vo)) an ohio teen testified in front of a senate health committee today after defying hisr's wishes for him to not get vaccinated. the hearing comes as outbreaks of preventable diseases have been sweeping the nation. ethan lindenberger said he recently got caught up on all hishots when he turned 18 a few months ago. he believes there's misinformation regarding vaccines and how they actually save lives."when you're looking at the sources that spread this information and these lies for lack of a really better more or more accurate term. it's very clear that all the information is is incorrect, skewed data. everything is not cited and also there's a lot of emotional appeals talking about families and children and appealing to a parent's love and almost manipulating that to convince them that vaccines are dangerous." some critics say the m-m-r vaccine increases the risk of autism. but according to a study published in the journal annals of internal medicine on tuesday - the m-m-r vaccine does not trigger autism. researchers studied over 6- hundred- thousand children. (vicki) l

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the senate health committee holds a hearing to examine vaccines and preventible outbreaks. and watch that live in ten minutes on c-span, c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app and finally, later today, the house rules committee will be meeting to discuss hr-1, the house democrats bill addressing ethics rules and elections. live coverage at 5 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. and as we said, the senate is about to gavel in at 10:00 eastern this morning, while we wait for that, some floor comments from texas republican john cornyn about the president's emergency declaration from yesterday. >> mr. president, despite what you hear inside the beltway, the challenges along our southwestern border are real. and the people of texas feel that impact every day along the 1200 miles common border that we have with mexico. last week, for example, the border patrol and the rio grande valley sector arrested 1300 immigrants in a single day.

the senate committee on health educat >>> it is the senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions. come to order. we will have an opening statement and then introduce the witnesses. after the witnesses testimony senators have each five minutes of questions. >>> it was not long ago when i was a boy that i remember the terror in the hearts of parents that their children could contract polio. i had classmates that lived in iron lungs. the majority of the leaders of the u.s. senate, mitch mcconnell, he contracted polo when he was very young. he has a poignant story about his mother that did not know what to do but took him to the warm springs where roosevelt went. it was a long period of time that she would massage his legs several hours a day and that's hard to imagine if you remember toddlers. that is why he is able to walk today. thousands of others were not so lucky. following the introduction of the vaccine, in 1955 the polio was eliminated and since then from every country in the world except for three. polio is only one deceive we have eradicated in the u.s. thanks to

disease control and prevention, reporting 150 people nationwide infected with measles, the senate health committee holds a hearing on vaccine preventable diseases. then the house gavels into debate several bills including one directing the veterans administration to carry out a pilot program for undergraduate students, clinical health experience with the va. in the morning on c-span2, senator amy club which are -- b --klbucgar talk about corporate monopoly in the us. and the senate continues debate on donald trump's executive and judicial nominees. on c-span3 the senate armed services committee reviews the trump administration's budget request for the defense department with generals heading the european command and transportation command. in the afternoon the house rules committee needs to set the guidelines for debate on hr one. voting rights, campaign finance and ethics bill. the measure is set f

members of the senate veterans affairs committee ask about health care access. nator johnny isakson chairs the committee.

the senate health education committee is trying to combat the hazards of the anti-vaccination movement. >> internet fraudsters are creating a public health hazard that is entirely preventible. >> reporter: the fda deemed vaccinations safe and doctors stress that they save lives. >> vaccine refusal is one of the public growing health threats of our time. >> reporter: with a few others arguing vaccination should be a choice. >> i vaccinated myself and my kids, and for myself and my children i believe the benefits of vaccines greatly outweigh the risks, but i still do not favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security. >> reporter: those comments by senator rand paul are getting a lot of pickup with doctors warning that nonmedical exemptions lead to more outbreaks. lana zak, abc news, washington. >> the debate goes on and on. our thanks to lana, there, and on capitol hill obviously representatives, and members of congress paying close attention to that vaccination debate, especially after what happened -- >> right. that and, i mean, this particular case with this kid who is -- i

kennedy used to have a great relationship and they were the seniors, one of the committees that senator romney is on, the health committee, health education, they got a huge amount done, i always ask, how do you guys work so well together? you said we focus on the 8020 rule. we focus on 80% of what we agree on, and 20% for what we don't agree, and we get a lot done. as a result. i think it's important for us to use a similar kind of rule if you are trying to you focus on the areas where we agree, set-aside areas we don't agree, that's not a bad recipe. that doesn't mean we agree when they try to decide to steal our trade secrets, steal our military secrets, it doesn't mean we should agree with them when they do unfair things on the trade side, but having said that, it's from those ways to agree. let me ask you a question. i think a really insightful question, on the one hand we want to be able to work with these folks, where we can, on the other hand, we are taking advantage of. what should we do in response to the kind of behavior that we see demonstrated by them? and the reluctance or refusal to allow us to h

disease control and prevention reporting 150 people nationwide infected with measles, the senate health committee holds a hearing on vaccine prevent i believe diseases. then the house gambles in to debate several bills. including one directing the veterans administration to carry out a pilot program to provide undergraduate students clinical health experience with the va. in the morning on cspan 2 amy cloman but character and larry rice talking about corporate monday op pleas in the u.s. the senate returns on president trump's executive judicial nominees. on cspan 3 the senate armed services committee reviews the budget request for the defense department with generals heading the european command and the tran tase command. in the afternoon, the set the guidelines for debate on hr 1 the democrats voting rights, campaign finance and ethics bill, that measure is set for house floor debate on wednesday. >>> a busy couple of weeks ahead for the house and senate, beginning work on wednesday on hr 1 a bill dealing with voting rights, campaign finance and ethics reform. the chambers also expected to deba

coming up friday morning. , our guest of kaiser health news discussing the weeks senate finance committee hearing on drug prices, which included drugmakers. and a former senior counsel in the whitewater investigation talks about the future of the mueller investigation. sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern. ♪ >> coming up friday, a coverage cpac conference with acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, speaking at the annual ronald reagan dinner at 7:45 p.m. eastern. then we have coverage throughout the day on c-span2 would vice iowadent mike pence and senator joni ernst as one of the speakers. and supreme court justice sonja sotomayor discusses her life and career at george washington university. sunday night on c-span q&a come u.s. veteran eileen rivers on her book, "beyond the call," about three women who helped women in afghanistan beyond their duties. >> one experience she in a adams shared with me was when there was a time when the men would try to break her and test her and see if women could actually hack at. they had this really heavy gear, they had weapon

rachel: he will share his story with the senate health committee on tuesday. >>> and check this out.one called police after seeing it out in the freezing cold. police say someone was concerned that the man was standing out in the freezing weather without a coat. c.e.o. mike lindell got a kick out of the story, retweeting it. and those are your headlines. it does look real. and if you're without a coat in minnesota that's kind of dangerous. pete: and if you're hugging a pillow, it's kind of weird. griff: it is indeed. rick, how cold is it out there, and what would you do if you saw michael lindell standing there? >> why is the pillows guy holding it? really cold across far northern plains. in fact today will probably be a record low high temperature for the date across that area. take a look at the map, show you what's going on. to the north of where you see that snow, that's where all the cold air, and it's going to continue to funnel off towards the south. you see that he have hadder rain now building across minnesota. we've had incredible flooding, mississippi river, all of the gau

the senate health committee holds a hearing on preventable diseases. the house will debate several bills including one directing the veterans administration to carry out a private program to provide undergraduate students experience with the v.a. in the morning on c-span2, amy klobuchar talks about competition and corporate monopolies. later, the senate returns to debate on president trump's executive and judicial nominees. on c-span3, the senate armed services committee reviews the trump administration budget request for the defense headingnt with generals the european command and transportation command. in the afternoon, the house rules committee meets to set the guidelines for debate on hr1 . that measure is set for wednesday floor debate. >> former colorado governor john hickenlooper is a candidate in the 2020 residential race. he made the official announcement today on youtube. >> no one can predict what happens after you become governor. rain, and the worst thing in a hundred years, >> a mass shooting in a movie theater for the heart out of our c

disease control and prevention reporting 150 people nationwide infected with measles, the senate health committee holds a hearing on vaccine preventable diseases. then the house gavels and to debate several bills including one directing the veterans administration to carry out a pilot program to provide undergraduate students, clinical health experience with the va. in the morning on c-span2, senator amy klobuchar and former labor secretary robert reisch talk about competition and corporate monopolies in the u.s.. returns tosenate continue debate on president trump's executive and judicial nominees. c-span3, the senate armed services committee reviews the trump administration's request for the defense department with generals heading the european command and the transportation command. in the afternoon, the house rules committee meets to set the guidelines for debate on hr one, the democrats voting rights campaign finance and ethics bill. that measure is set for house floor debate on wednesday. watch c-span3 this week for live coverage of key hearings.on wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, homeland

coming up this morning, kaiser health news discusses this week senate finance committee hearing on drug prices, which included seven major drugmakers. , formerl rosen squire senior counsel in the whitewater investigation talks about the future of the robert mueller investigation. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> today the conservative political action conference known as cpac continues with vice president mike pence and senators ted cruz and joni ernst among the speakers. our live coverage gets underway at 7:30 am eastern on c-span to bring -- c-span2. the mick mulvaney will speak at the and will ronald reagan dinner. live at 7:45 p.m. eastern here on c-span. s yesterdayof cpac' including the criminal justice with van jones. >> ok. i am sorry, i do what i am told. you want me closer? come on, let's get closer. i'm sorry. i was just keeping my respectful distance. there is nothing wrong with that. now we really going to get in trouble. -- i think itt me is awfully important as the chairman, and basically the host for everyon

health officials. lamar alexander: the senate committee on health education, labor, and pension will please come to order. senator murray and i will each have an opening statement and we will introduce the witnesses and after their testimony, senators will have five minutes each of questions. it wasn't long ago when i was a boy that i remember the terror in the hearts of parents that their children might contract polio. i had classmates who lived in iron lungs. the majority leader of the united states senate, mitch mcconnell, contracted polio when he was very young. it is a poignant story about his mother who didn't know what to do, but she took him to warm springs because that's where president roosevelt went. and for a long period of time, she massaged him for several hours per day which is hard to , imagine if you remember toddlers. that's why he is able to walk today. thousands of others are not so lucky. following the introduction of a vaccine in 1955, polio was eliminated in the united states in 1979 and in every country in the world except three, polio is just one of the diseases we have eradicate

members of the senate veterans affairs committee ask about health care access. senator johnny isakson chairs the committee. senator isakson: welcome to the hearing and get good results and moving in the right direction. the committee and the v.a. had a good year last year. we had a lot of things squared away. we got some laws passed you wanted for some time. and we gave them to you and look for the results and making sure we are making progress with the results, not just promises and i think we will be able to do that. this is an important meeting today. annual review of the budget. the president's budget came out a few days ago. the v.a.'s budget is a significant one. and significantly increased. we have a unique situation. we get more money than anybody in increases every year. as a percentage, however you want to calculate it. money is not our problem. yes, it is. i needed this much more, i can do this. we looked out for our veterans and knowing paying for veterans they earned and have to finance. and i'm proud the president's udget is up 9.5 and $220 billion.

the house of representatives with an 84-13 vote and is scheduled to be voted out of the senate health care committee next we can. and again the discussions have been completely bipartisan on this. the but we have the opportunity arthrothrough our all payer claims database to monitor once the bill is enaccurate aed what is happening and what trends we are seeing in terms of out of network payment raiments rates and also the trends we see in terms of network participation. so really really quickly, in terms of a few other issues that i just wanted to point out, emergency treatment received in border states, in border state hospitals, in has been a big issue for us. we have two consumers one of whom received a $100,000 bill from a border state hospital for emergency services and another received a $200,000. and that's the surprise bill. that's over and above what was paid for the service. this is where federal legislation can be very, very helpful the way we are approaching in the bill is you can't just say to the consumers too bad so sad. so in our bill we say where it's emergency services that are pr

joining me now is wisconsin senator tammy baldwin, member of the health pensions committee. we don't talk about this, but this is indicative of a system that allows this sort of thing to happen. in other words, there are lots of problems with how people get admitted, but the fact that they can doctor photos that coaches have free tickets to get people into university who are not qualified and people can pay for their way in. this does need to be addressed. >> it certainly does. the story broke when i was in a hearing in the education committee, especially focused on student financial aid and the affordability of college and most low income students have the greatest difficulty going through the application for financial aid. this story breaks. we are in the middle of trying to reauthorize the higher education act. we have to focus on this and i remember in the past hearing stories about the favor parents can buy if they give just a huge donation to the school. this is cheating and as your story indicated, the biggest victims are those who don't get a place because somebody e

one of the committees senator romney is on, health, labor and pension committee, got a huge amount done i once asked how do you guys work so well together. he said we focus on the 80/20 rule, 80% of what we agree on, we focus on. we set aside the 20% where we don't agree and we get a lot done as a result. i think it's important for us to use a similar kind of rule with the chinese, focus on areas where we agree, set aside areas where we don't agree and that's probably not a bad recipe. we obviously don't agree when they steal our trade secrets, steal our military secrets. doesn't mean we should agree with them when they do unfair things on the trade side. having said that, it's important we do find ways to agree. let me ask you a question. i think senator romney asked a couple really insightful questions. on one hand we want to be able to work with these folks where we can. on the other hand, we want to make sure we're not taken advantage of. i will ask each of you what we should do in response to the kind of behavior we see demonstrated by them and their reluctance or refusal to allow

the assembly health committee today took up ab 362 co- authored by san francisco senator scott weiner. it would allow the city to launch a supervised site for illicit drug use. >> missing from this bill is any effort to look at methadone strategies or other strategies aimed at erasing addiction. >> evidence shows people are much more likely to enter treatment programs people who access the centers increase the rate of treatment access by more than 30%. >> of course the bill still has a long way to go but governor newsom has said he is receptive to the idea. >>> a san francisco street could soon bear the name of its late public offender. resolution has been introduced before the board of supervisors to rename it gilbert street. he died last month at the age of 59. >>> it runs parallel to six and seven streets between brian brennan streets the resolution calls for it to be renamed. >>> kamala harris is surging toward the top of a growing list of democrats in the 2020 race. a new poll shows she has jumped eight points since december with strong gains among women and minorities she's not

i promise you, we are not going to ask you to testify in front of the health committee. senator tester made a comment as he was finishing up that despite an -- and there is a lot of good economic news. everybody agrees, there is a lot of great economic news out of there. but i think a lot of folks also -- as in senator tester's words, see canaries in the coal mine. do you see any, other than the obvious -- of the debt we have. do you see any canaries in the coal mine that we need to be looking for in this congress? >> i would say that the outlook for the u.s. economy is a positive one. is a favorable one. there are always risks. and right now i would say that the predominant risks to our economy are slowing global growth, as i mentioned, particularly china and europe. we have seen a significant slowing in growth really over the course of the past year. and it seems to be ongoing. and that can create a headwind for the united states' economy. i talked about brexit. that's an event risk, which -- which could have implications for us. here domestically, again, i think the outlook i

ethan is now vaccinated, he will testify tomorrow about the importance of vaccines for the senate committee on health intentions, over atlanta journal constitution reporting brook heaven to partner with doorbell camera app, download the neighbor's app from ring and use it as a neighborhood watch by sharing posts getting notifications and posting videos taken from the doorbell cameras and this is really -- we were just talking about facial recognition. >> this is one of the things that there's two sides of the story, one you worry about privacy but i can tell you how many times crimes have been solved because they have captured information on all of the cameras that are everywhere. maria: yeah. >> two sides to that. the question is good or -- dagen: i think one of the procedures that the chicago police department used to track what happened in the jussie smollet because they went to individuals and said can we get access to your video from your doorbell camera and tracked his movements, basically going from person to person. >> yeah. dagen: collecting videos. good use. >> also allow people to share wi

even earlier this week senator alexander, who chairs the health committee, my tennessee colleague, washis electronic health records. how we work on those systems. veterans affairs we were looking at how those electronic health records can be used. >> sandra: graham said your party is not giving up on healthcare. sounds like that's the case. >> that's true. >> bill: thank you for your time today. >> good to be with you, thank you. >> bill: breaking news from overseas. >> we're prepared to do a lot more. we will do what is necessary to defend our people and to defend our state. >> bill: benjamin netanyahu's stern warning to hamas after violence on the gaza strip. trey yengst where the iron dome is ready to respond. what are you getting there? >> tensions continue to rise here along the israel/gaza border after more fighting last night. it started on monday after a rocket was fired from the gaza strip into central israel striking a civilian home. it led to a series of israeli air campaigns inside gaza. we saw that monday night. a number of rockets fired from gaza to israel monday and last

senate judiciary committee. thank you very much for joining us. in talking about health how do you want to frame the argument? what is your message to the american voters for 2020 on the issue of health care? >> when donald trump said that he was going to make sure that everyone gets health care that, amounts to big fat zeros. the same attorney who handed trump a gift with the mueller report and obstruction of justice handed him the seeds of republican defeat in saying that they are going to challenge the entire affordable care act's constitutionality. millions of people will lose their health care and not be able to afford it and obviously will be hugely damaging to people who have preexisting conditions, which by the way, you are about to join the ranks of by having a baby. >> kellyanne conway was asked about health care and said we are celebrating the ninth year of obamacare and there are close to 30 million americans with no coverage. what would you say in response to that? >> that would be should be expanding and not trying to eliminate for millions of people which

health officials say the person is being treated and monitored. there's been an increase of measles nationwide. >>> a teenager from ohio who defied his parents testified before senate committeebout his choice to get vaccinated when he turned 18. he began doing his own research when he started high school. his mother believes vaccines are dangerous but he found no sigh tiffic -- evidence they were dangerous. >> i approached my mother and tried to explain vaccines were safe. even with articles that ideas that vaccines cause autism is incorrect. >> he got vaccinated for flu, teated news, hepatitis and hpv. he testified today. >>> the food and drug administration is washing not the sue -- use certain make up. the retailer says the agency has confused fibers with the harmful substance. the fda after claires refused to recall it. >>> empty store fronts are common in parts of san francisco. city leaders tried to address that problem. the board of supervisors considered new financial penalty for business owners with vacant space. >>> san francisco board of supervisors voted to approve a new plan having property owners pay a fee if businesses are left empty. the new rules will change

health care is critical to ensure that both adult and child survivors -- >> we are going to leave this hearing for a few moments to hear from senate judiciary committee chair lindsey graham. he is holding a news briefing to talk about the mueller investigation and we join it in progress. >> going forward, hopefully in a bipartisan fashion, we'll begin to unpack the other side of the story. with that i'll take questions. >> nor graham. >> the special counsel on the issue of obstruction of justice mueller has declined to fully exonerate the. >> the lawyers are not in the exoneration business. the lawyer is in to making cases or not making cases business. all i can tell you when it comes to obstruction of justice mr. barr and rosenstein concluded that the facts did not justify a charge. not the idea you can't indict a sitting president. and his memo, mr. barr was about a statute. it's very problematic to bring an obstruction case in my view from making a personnel decision. if he fired as u.s. attorney somewhere, does that lead to an obstruction argument because you have a political difference with that attorney general who is not serving your agenda. w

. >> law enforcement and mental-health officials testified before the senate judiciary committee about proposed legislation that would allow federal courts to either temporarily or permanently bar certain people from buying or owning guns. state laws known as extreme risk laws were discussed as possible models for federal legislation. those states include california, chairman graham: there will be a robust due process component. we will have a witness to talk about how you make a determination. one reason we are having this erring is because of senator blumenthal. nobody has been more passionate about trying to find a solution. it is not the solution he would prefer sometimes, it is just doing something rather than doing nothing. and senator durbin has been that way about immigration for years, believe that, senator blumenthal, that after today we can define the problem. there are a lot of people may be worried that the government is going to take your guns, and the answer is no, nobody's going to take a gun from you. but there will be a process for law enforcement and family members t

senate finance and intelligence committee's democratic senator michael bennett of colorado. good to have you on the show this morning. >> thank you. >> i wonder how many of your constituents are concerned about their health of the 25 people there only three had health insurance and there was a guy who owned his own business, it was a restaurant with a bowling alley. he and his wife work 50 hours a week. i've got two slots i can hire people but i can't hire anybody because they'll lose their welfare. i said what do you mean by their well fofare welfare? and he said their medicaid. they don't have health insurance because they can't afford it and the people that would work there can't work there because they'd lose their health insurance so whether you are for the affordable care act which i was or whether you are against it, the american people are deeply unhappy with the way our health care system intersects with our families and we should be fixing it but we're making matters worse -- or trump is making matters worse. the insecurity that people feel around health care is higher now than it's been in the ten years that i've been in the senate. >> so senator, the president obviously is trying to completel

the department of public health says it was an adult that was exposed on an international flight. a senate committeehe issue of the epidemic that's affected 300 adults and children across the country. one who testified was 18-year-old ethan lindenburger. he chose to have himself vaccinated against his parents' wishes. he shared his mother's ideology to groups on facebook. >> this should be the concern of the american people. i saw the claims for myself were not accurate. and because of that, and because of my health care professionals, i was able to speak with and the information provided to me, i was able to make a clear, concise and scientific decision. >> the fda has deemed vaccines safe. >>> california could accept crypto currency for the cannabis industry. a bill announced would allow legal cannabis businesses to make state and local payments with crypto currency. they cannot open bank accounts because marijuana is a schedule i drug in the eyes of the federal government. and the industry is run almost entirely on cash. the mayor of emeryville thinks the crypto currency could be a solution. >> c

senate understand this. the finance committee is already underway with bipartisan efforts to try to bring federal health spending down by tackling high and confusing drug prices all in an effort to help the consumers of america. the budget also includes several reserve funds for various purposes. one is the promotion of economic growth and prosperity for american workers. one way to promote growth and continue to help workers who says the budget recognizes extending the tax reform that applies to individual taxation and tax reform we cut the tax ts and made the individual taxes even more progressive and i would love to show the charge that proves that. we reduced the delay and lower income taxpayers and by small businesses. the tax rate cuts doubling of the standard deduction and expanded child tax care give real benefits to hard-working middle-class american workers and families. make no mistake, tax reform is fueling the economy along with the president's efforts towards writing less regulations. i would be remiss in light of the recent catastrophic flooding in iowa and our neighbors in nebraska and missouri n

accept vaccinations one of the biggest threats to global health this year will shortly will cross to washington d.c. where u.s. senate committee is meeting to talk about how to combat a spike in preventable diseases but first is many on the hog with more on the vaccination debate twenty five at least that's the number of studies that conclude there is no link between autism and the m.m.r. vaccine to protect against measles mumps and rubella and we can now take that up to twenty six the latest study this one out of date mark of more than half a million children born over eleven years is establishing once again there is no link you might think that well and truly puts them into the n.t. vaccine movement truth says it's not likely. super charged by the internet and social media anti vaccination views no matter how bogus or ill informed have flourished. and coincided with the growing and his deposition and backlash new research out of the queen mary university of london this month shows people who vote for populist parties across europe a more likely to mistrust vaccines and the experts who promote them some of the madrone instead

senator enzi: anyone in opposition? seeing none. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. that is accepted. next is murray number 2. mr. murphy: the health committee didn't ask for this instruction and we are negotiating a bipartisan comprehensive authorization of the higher education act which seeks access affordability and safety. we are doing it under regular order. this mark in targeting the savings we may need to reach that bipartisan deal doesn't help us with those negotiations. so if we want to take steps to remove some of the resentment and partisanship. reconciliation is not the approach. i urge my colleagues to support my amendment to strike this reconciliation instruction. senator enzi: it is a target for the committee. they have a lot of jurisdiction. there is a lot of money involved. it is not prescriptive and up to the committee how to hit the target. there is no provision against revenue. it doesn't mandate how the committee will find the savings. so i would ask that we oppose this and see if it can be through the whole process which probably isn't going to happen any way. mrs. murphy: i ask for a recorded vote. the clerk: mr. grass

i applaud the health and human services committee for as advancing legislation to protect the unborn. i encourage the house and the senateame. this is a powerful moment in georgia. it's bigger than politics and partisanship. let's see if you like today and ensure that all georgians, including the unborn, had the chance to live, grow, and prosper. >> so, josh, what on the other side of the coin, though, there was this from setacey abrams, let's look at this tweet where she said there is no leadership in damming women to the whims of yet another test of our humanity. hb 481 is bad for women because reproductive injustice is real. it is bad for business, because women won't forget and it is a stain on a state that once knew how to light and lead the way. the question here, even you have said this bill is not perfect so what is behind the need to change the law here in georgia? >> you know, the premise of this legislation and all legislation like it around the country is that when you have a detectible heart beat in the womb, that there is the presence of a whole unique living person and science tells us that at the moment o

health education labor and pension. homeland security, government affairs. and a special committee on aging. >> yes. i'm an exhibit on that commit rather than a senator.y get jeff sessions' office? >> i literally got jeff sessions' office in the russell building. i saw you right outside that office when you were floating through d.c. >> stephen: yes. >> i think my colleague debbie staibnow caught you going into the men's room and had an interesting discussion. yes, that was jeff's office. >> stephen: did you have to pring in an exorcist? >> no, it was difficult. but seniority has caught up with me after the election. so appropriately, senator cotton will be taking that office and i will be moving over to the hart building. >> stephen: 2020 you'll be one of only two democrats running in senate who are from states that donald trump won in 2016. >> right. >> stephen: is there a pressure, being a senator in that state, to sort of bank down your democratic bona fides, to be a little less democrat and a little more republican. >> well, i think there's always a pressure that way. but i don't succumb to that pressure. i get hit from the right. i get hit from

to a senate committee investigating outbreaks of preventable diseases describing his mother as an anti-vaccine advocate. when he tried to share information with medical journals and government healthmovement, she wasn't sold. >> information is in my mind at the forefront of this matter. my mother returns to anti-vaccine groups online and on social media looking for evidence of defense rather than through health officials and critical sources. >> government officials have long said vaccines are safe and effective for the vast majority of people but today medical experts said misinformation including links to autism is causing some parents to opt out and creating a potential health crisis. >> there is no evidence at this time that vaccines cause autism. >> we should not be accepting of -- >> 17 states allow broad exemptions for any personal belief. among those are washington and oregon were a measles outbreak has sickened at least 75 people. at today's hearing, senator rand paul said even though he has vaccinated his own kid, he is strongly against the government forcing parents to do it to their children. >> bret: as john roberts mentioned, the president is creating a task force to