back in london, shaheen is having her hearing tested. watching the test, a doctor, heading the research project into the link between loss of hearing and dementia. if you have hearing loss, you're at higher risk of depression and social isolation. you'll get less social stimulation, all of the things we know are associated with dementia down the line. the doctor will give hearing aids to a large group of people with hearing loss and early signs of memory problems, to see if better hearing can reduce or delayed the risk of dementia. these are above the 27th -- 20 dementia. these are above the 27th —— 20 decibels mark. that is what we consider normal. it is good news. shaheen's hearing is fine. it is one thing she will focus on trying to keep her brain healthy. i want to spend my time trying to prevent a diagnosis as opposed to getting one and hoping there is a treatment available. while researchers continue efforts to find a cure for dementia, prevention is the next best thing. much more coming up from two o'clock. we will keep you up

senator shaheen. >> thank you mr. chairman in mr. mitchell congratulations on your nomination and i want to thank you for your willingness to consider service with this post. i appreciate the time you spent with me talking about the challenges facing our international diplomatic efforts and the state department itself. you will have a large public to paul missy shop and the office is charged with implementing russian policies as you testified to including our efforts to counter russian disinformation. how do you expect the european -year-old to work with the newly constituted global engagement to address the disinformation that is coming from russia? >> thank you senator for that question and i appreciate have the opportunity to spend time with the recently put it want to thank you for the leadership you have shown on some of the work we have done and for your work on the subcommittee specifically on the state department. i think we have to start by recognizing the russian government takes a whole of government approach. over it and

we've also asked senator jean shaheen to make some opening statements. there was a hearing in new hampshire last week. both senator shaheen and senator maggi hassen, i know, were a part of this. and we would like very much to get an update, senator shaheen. >> well, thank you, senator stab now. and thank you for convening this hearing. actually, we had hoped to be a part of that, but, in fact, they refused to allow us to have our testimony read as part of the commission. you know, the fact is, the trump administration's presidential advisory commission on election integrity, that's sort of orwellian. the pence commission, is what i call it, held a hearing in new hampshire last week and it did exactly the opposite. it further misled americans and granite staters about the integrity of our electoral process. and i think as many here would agree, that president trump's baseless assertions about illegal immigrants and illegal voting in the 2016 election really has zero evidence to support them. the vice chair of that commission did a column in breitbart wher

manchester. >> would be more than glad to separate those and i appreciate senator shaheen. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for the work you and senator have done on the act. i'd also want to very much thank you and senator cardin for incorporating into this legislation work that i have been doing on a study group on the conflict in syria. even though this year in conflict has been pushed off of the front pages of the papers in the evening news, the fact is that the environment there was increasingly complex. on saturday, we saw syrian democratic forces and russian hezbollah backed aside forces were russian forces bombed the american backed task with bases in the region. this is a conflict that continues in so far we have not had a clear strategy for how we address the region and our troops and partners have been forced to jump from one tactical maneuver to the next. the study required by this legislation i hope will help our troop and diplomat prepare for tendencies in syria. it does require government consultation for both the departments of state and defense in the rev

senator shaheen. >> thank you. thank you for the work you've done on these acts. i want to very much thank you and senator carden for working to incorporate into this legislation work i've done on a study group on the conflict in syria. even though the syrian conflict has been pushed off the front pages of the papers and the evening news, the fact is that the environment there is increasingly complex. on saturday we saw syrian democratic forces and russian hezbollah assad forces clash where russian sources bombed the american-backed fighters tasked with clearing isis in the region. so this is a conflict that continues. and so far we have not had a clear strategy for how we address the region, and our troops and partners have been forced to jump from one tactical maneuver to the next. the study required by this legislation i hope will help our troops and diplomats prepare for contingencies in syria. it is -- it does require government consultation from both the departments of state and defense, and the review board would be appointed by bipartisan members of house

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. >> let's talk about this and more with democratic senator, jeanne shaheen. what do you think of this new legislation? there's four senators behind it. >> this is just more of the same in a new package. this is a bill that would deny millions of americans health insurance. it would mean that medicaid, which 70 million americans depend on in new hampshire, the expansion of medicaid gave health care coverage, and what it would do is kick people off of their treatment and it would wind up meaning people with pre-existing conditions would have to pay more or be denied insurance coverage. this is just the same kind of mean-spirited effort to deny coverage to people across the country. >> i mean, senator johnson sounded pretty bull yish on ish morning, and he said some of the republican holdouts, senator john mccain, they were going to be able to find some sort of deals, give them some sort of sweeteners for their state that would get them onboard to pass this. >> well, that may be the case. they are certainly reshuffling money so it's going to many red states, and

we've asked senator jeanne shaheen to make some opening statements. last week i know they were a part of this and what very much to get an up date. >> thank you for completing this hearing. we hoped to be a part of that but they refused to allow us to have our testimony read as a part of this. the fact is on the election integrity that commission held a hearing last week and did exactly the opposite. it further misled americans about the electoral process and i think as many here would agree that the swiss assertions has zero evidence to support them. the vice chair of the commission did they call him where he made allegations about the election in new hampshire and hillary clinton. they didn't understand the election law and was in maine. to lay the groundwork for the voter suppression law, we saw that at the hearing last week in new hampshire. the people testifying before the panel recommended things like the thumb prints on voter ids, background checks before people would be allowed to register to vote. americans lose trust when they questioned the

back to order and we will finish up with the honorable jon huntsman's hearing and i understand senator shaheen, you have a comment? question? >> yes, thank you very much. first of all, i would like to thank governor huntsman for his willingness to continue to serve the country and also for taking a few minutes to meet with me. i appreciated our conversation. one of the things we discussed a little bit was the challenges given russia's attempt to influence our elections in 2016, their thepation of ukraine, annexation of crimea, some of the other challenges facing russian aggression and in the baltics in eastern europe. the need to counter those efforts and at the same time, the need to look at places where we can work with russia because we have mutual interests. how, astalk about ambassador, you will try to balance those two needs, and the kinds of efforts you think are helpful in responding to russian aggression versus the kinds of efforts that you would employee to try and engage with them on areas of mutual interest? >> your microphone on. mr. huntsman: thank you. it was a pleasure to see y

senator pat leahy, sheldon , jeannese, tom udall shaheen, jeff merkley, al ,ranken, kirsten gillibrand duke blumenthal, brian schatz, happy baldwin, elizabeth warren, martin heinrich, daisy corona, senator ed markey, cory booker, and senator harris of california. [applause] sen. sanders: and we also have dozens of grassroots organizations all across america who are going to help us pass this bill. up to begin by bringing the podium some folks who have enormous experience professionally and personally in terms of health care. and they are going to explain to us, and to the many people watching us on live stream, as to why we need to move to a medicare for all system. pediatriciane a from southeast washington dc and an assistant professor of pediatrics at the george washington university school of medicine. dr. sriram. [applause] dr. sriram: good afternoon. , and i am dr. sriram a pediatrician and southeast washington, d.c.. for seven years i have care for a patient i will call sean. i met him when he was 13, newly diagnosed with type one diabetes and still adjusting to checking his bloo

most were left off but new hampshire democrat jeanne shaheen amendment to ban the use of russian based software across the federal government was attached and passed this comes a week after the trumpet ministration directed federal agencies to remove the software saying the risk is too great to ignore that the russian government could use the private company software as a backdoor into the u.s. government and more controversial amendments were left off the n.d.a. to promote its passing that this will not be the final version it must be reconciled with the house version before heading to the president's desk the house passed its own plan in july and the to do have differences but while congress seems to agree on very little these days the national defense authorization act is seen as a must pass legislation and has been passed fifty five straight years where it will run into trouble is with finances the house and senate versions both defy seaquest ration caps set in two thousand and eleven democrats are not against blowing the cap but they also want to see caps on defense spending and a

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back in london, shaheen is having her hearing tested. the child crawled into the dense grass. watching the test, a doctor, heading the research project into the link between loss of hearing and dementia. if you have hearing loss, you're at higher risk of depression and social isolation. you'll get less social stimulation, all of the things we know are associated with dementia down the line. if the information you get in your brain is degraded by poor hearing, it makes it more difficult for the brain to function. he will give hearing aids to a large group of people with early memory problems to see if better hearing can reduce or delay the onset of dementia. all of these thresholds are above the 20 decibel area, which we consider normal hearing. 0k, good. it is one thing she will focus on trying to keep her brain healthy. i want to spend my time trying to prevent a diagnosis as opposed to getting one and hoping there is a treatment available. while researchers continue efforts to find a cure, prevention is the next best thing. you're watc

adams, folks like bill gardner from new hampshire, who -- in new hampshire have gone -- and senator shaheen knows recently just had this law that basically is going to suppress some of the young people, students and disadvantaged by exercising their right to vote as a result of making it more difficult for them to get to the polls. it is important that as the founder of take your souls to the polls from michigan that we consistently have and update and do engage in the voting rights advancement act of 2017. designed to repair, restore and strengthen the voting rights act of 1965. we urge the house and senate to endorse and support hr-2978 and s-1419. among those, other things we believe that is important is to update to cover states with a historical pattern practicing discrimination. guarantee that no last-minute voting change will adversely affect voters. protect voters from the voting changes that are most likely to impact people of color and language minorities. enhance the ability to apply preclearance review when needed. support legislation and local communities that would allow the r

i want to thank senator shaheen, senator capito for their work in the senate on this. as well as senators corker and cardin. i want to thank the staff who has put in a lot of hours on this last session, this session, including my staff, can sandra. around the world, women are disproportionately affected by conflict and violence. at the same time women are acting as some of the most effective advocates is or -- advocates for peace. again and again women have proven their ability to advance peace making efforts where others have failed. look at syria. n the town of zabadia -- zabadani, there we go, women have been leading efforts to save their city from violence. over 470 women signed a public petition calling for a ceasefire. their town had been under siege, experiencing daily shelling and barrel bombing. as the formal negotiations between the rebel-controlled local council and the assad government constantly broke down, the war prevented the town from planting crops. a group of women peace activists came together to found a group called dama. and they facilitated negot

shaheen: thank you, i am glad to hear that. , talked about the problems of sequestration which everyone in the community -- the committee knows very well. i wonder if you could talk in detail about the impact of continuing resolutions, >> cycle after budget cycle, and how they affect maintenance and training plans. ships, our ships deployed affected more than ships that are states side? admiral richardson: ma'am, as i --d, we prioritize sort resources for those forces that are deployed. we would not leave those teams short of resources. becomeertainty, it has -- we are certain that we will not get a budget in the first quarter. >> which is a sad commentary on the state of affairs. >> that his behaviors to which we have adapted, and we will compete with three quarters of the funding. in addition, you have to double your contracting. you have to write a tiny contract with a continuing resolution and then you have to write another one for the rest of the year. new cannow, nothing start, so we try to schedule nothing new in the first quarter. the maintenance and training, those are the hard

senator shaheen introduced a multiyear fix to ensure out-of-pocket cost reductions are not cut off. we need long-term stability for this program if we want insurers to stop worrying about uncertainty long enough to actually lower premiums for patients. senator kaine and carper put forward legislation to help with coverage costs for our sickest patients. senators mccaskill and schotts have proposals on how to prevent bare counties moving forward. and many of us are interested in ensuring open enrollment is as effective as possible this year, given the president's decision to slash efforts to help people get coverage. and it's not just democrats in the senate who are looking at a wide range of ideas to strengthen markets and lower families' health care costs in the near future. governors kasich and hickenlooper, who's here with us, have put forward a plan, including many policies that parallel those i've mentioned, and their plan should help inform our conversation here in congress. i was especially pleased the governor's plan would maintain protections in current law for patients lik

senator shaheen. >> thank you. i think i'm the last one so hopefully we're going to be quick. general dunford, thank you to you and your family for your willingness to continue to serve in this role. i think it's fair to say that there's a lot of support on this committee for your nomination. on friday, it was reported that the kc-46 arrow refueling tanker program was hit with three category one deficiencies, including one that was reported as possibly jeopardizing the willingness of the air force to accept the aircraft from boeing. how concerned are you about those deficiencies and are you worried that we won't be able to take delivery of those aircraft by the scheduled time of spring of 2018? >> senator, what i am concerned about is the delivery of the tankers and the capability that that would imply capability gap. i think if you had the transportation commander here, general mcdue, today, he would talk to you about tankers as being one of his more significant challenges in meeting all of our choirments. i'm not familiar with the details of these deficiencies, and it hasn't

shaheen: thank you, mr. president. it feels like groundhog day again because once more we're seeing republican leadership here in the senate advancing another bill to repeal the affordable care act to make radical cuts to the medicaid program. and as with previous efforts, this new bill -- they call c graham-cassidy, but it really is trumpcare, a third version -- and it's strictly partisan legislation drafted in secret outside of regular order without hearings or consultation with most senators or stakeholders. but here's what's different, because this bill is even more reckless, more destructive than previous bills to repeal the affordable care act. it would take away health coverage from estimated 30 million americans. it would effectively end protections for people with preexisting conditions by allowing insurers to charge exorbitant rates. it would make profound cuts to the medicaid program which is a lifeline to 33 million children and 10 million people with disabilities, for 6 million seniors in nursing homes. an

that's why i support senator shaheen's marketplace certainty act. it's clear that this type of legislation would get support from both sides ever the aisle to -- of the aisle to improve the system. but beyond these immediate fixes, it is long past time that we come together to pass legislation to address the skyrocketing costs of prescription drugs. i have a bill that would harness the negotiating power of 41 million seniors on medicare to bring drug prices down. right now medicare is actually banned by law from using their market power to negotiate for better prices. i bet on 41 million seniors for getting better prices, but we're not giving them that chance. senator mccain and i have -- to allow americans to bring some safe, less expensive drugs from canada. senator lee and i have a bill that would allow temporary importation of safe drugs that have been on the market in another country for at least ten years when there isn't a healthy competition for that drug in this country. this would let patients access safe, less expensive drugs. senator gra