Rick's Home Page. Tom Price, Obamacare Critic, Is Trump’s Choice for Health Secretary. While some Republicans have attacked the Affordable Care Act without proposing an alternative, Mr.
Price has introduced bills offering a detailed, comprehensive replacement plan in every Congress since 2009, when Democrats started work on the legislation. Many of his ideas are included in the “Better Way” agenda issued several months ago by House Republicans. In debate on the Affordable Care Act in 2009, Mr. Price railed against “a stifling and oppressive federal government,” a theme that pervades his politics. His most frequent objection to the law is that it interferes with the ability of patients and doctors to make medical decisions — a concern he will surely take with him if he wins Senate confirmation. “The practicing physician and the patient could not have a better friend in that office than Tom Price,” said Representative Michael C.
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Many of those statements, they’re old, but they’re still troubling. . . . There are lots of questions that have to be asked. Let me give you one that relates to the old statements: What does he intend to do with the Civil Rights Division? I wouldn’t want to support him unless I was convinced that we would still have a strong Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department.” — Sen. “The case fell apart, and Sessions bluntly told me he ‘failed to make the case.'” — article in the Weekly Standard, Nov. 18, 2016 Sen. The Republican-controlled committee blocked Sessions’s nomination on a 10-to-8 vote; he was the second federal judicial nominee to be rejected by the Senate in 48 years. Now, Sessions is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general and sits on the committee that rejected his judgeship. In Sotomayor Hearings, Jeff Sessions Was Fixated on Discrimination Against White People.
Steve Bannon’s disturbing views on ‘genetic superiority’ are shared by Trump. Former Breitbart head Steve Bannon has been a national lightning rod ever since he was appointed CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.
Elaine Chao - Wikipedia. Elaine Lan Chao (趙小蘭; born March 26, 1953)[1] is an American who served as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor under President George W.
Bush from 2001 to 2009, and Deputy Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush. Born in Taipei, Taiwan,[2] she was the first Asian American woman and the first Taiwanese American in U.S. history to be appointed to a U.S. president's cabinet.[3] Chao is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.[4] On November 29, 2016, it was announced that President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Chao for Secretary of Transportation when he takes office.[5] Early life and education[edit] Elaine Chao was born in the capital city Taipei, Taiwan.[2] The eldest of six daughters, Chao was born to Ruth Mulan Chu Chao (趙朱木蘭), a historian, and Dr. Chao has received 36 honorary doctorates,[11] most recently a Doctor of Humane Letters from Georgetown University.[12] Career[edit] Early career[edit] Trump Taps Hollywood’s Mnuchin for Treasury and Dines With Romney. The selection of Mr.
Mnuchin (pronounced mi-NEW-chin) came as Mr. Trump moved on Tuesday to fill the ranks of his domestic policy team with seasoned Washington insiders chosen to help smooth the way in Congress for his two marquee campaign promises: the repeal of Mr. Obama’s health insurance coverage law and the large package to repair infrastructure, which could reach $1 trillion. Mr. Trump also took time Tuesday night to have dinner with Mitt Romney, whose name has been mentioned as a potential secretary of state, and who has become a source of contention among members of the transition team. Donald Trump, Champion of the Working Class, Is Filling His Cabinet With Billionaires. On Tuesday, Donald Trump and his possible choice for secretary of state Mitt Romney were photographed dining at Jean-Georges, a three-star Michelin restaurant located inside the president-elect's Manhattan hotel property.
The two men, accompanied by Reince Priebus, reportedly feasted on frog legs, lamb chops, and chocolate cake: During the campaign, such images of the two would have seemed inconceivable. In March, Romney dedicated an entire press conference to blasting the real estate magnate as a fraud.