The Senate Health Committee held a confirmation hearing to consider the nomination of Xavier Becerra to serve as the next Health and Human Services secretary. Lawmakers questioned the nomine…
3,161 viewsTelephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments in regards to the resignation of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. Mr. Price resigned after it was found out he ch…
504 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Tom Price was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence in the vice president’s ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across the stree…
1,411 viewsSenators Angus King (I-ME) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to the nomination of Representative Tom Price (R-GA) to be secretary of the Health and Human Services …
76 viewsSenate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) criticized Democrats for boycotting the committee’s vote to move the nominations of President Trump’s secretary nominees for the Departments…
5,240 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified on her department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. The request totaled $83.8 billion, including funds for improving access to h…
926 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on her department’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. Topics included access to he…
826 viewsSecretary Sebelius testified on the Health and Human Services Department fiscal year 2013 budget request. The budget called for $76.4 billion, which included a 26% increase for Centers for M…
522 viewsSecretary Leavitt testifies about Bush administration’s proposed fiscal year 2007 federal budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Topics included Medicaid and the new drug be…
128 viewsHealth officials testified about funding requests for the National Institutes of Health. Among the topics they addressed were the state of scientific research and development, federal health…
79 viewsMichael Leavitt, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, testified about the Fiscal Year 2006 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the issues h…
80 viewsRepresentative Ralph Regula talked about President Bush’s fiscal year 2006 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. He was the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on L…
54 viewsFormer Governor Leavitt was ceremonially sworn in by President Bush as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Among the topics they addressed were the future of Medicare, …
108 viewsMr. Leavitt testified about his qualifications and experience as President Bush’s nominee to become Secretary of Health and Human Services in the administration’s second term. Among the topi…
104 viewsPresident Bush announced former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt as his nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services. He praised Administrator Leavitt’s leadership in the Environmen…
88 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced his resignation from the Department of Health and Human Services. He talked about his political career, including being governor …
100 viewsThe speakers talked about the negative impact of smoking on health. Following prepared remarks, they responded to questions from the audience. Slides were shown during the presentation.
98 viewsThe officials talked about a plan to compensate health care workers and first responders who suffer adverse effects as a result of taking the smallpox vaccine. Following prepared remarks, th…
57 viewsSecretary Thompson testified about the proposed fiscal year 2004 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Specific issues addressed included welfare, Medicare, and prescriptio…
65 viewsSecretary Thompson announced the appointment of Dr. Gerberding to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a specialist in infectious disease who helped investigate last year’s a…
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