marshall billingslea who has been nominated to serve as assistant secretary of the treasury for terrorist financing. mr. billingslea proved that his nomination hearing before the banking committee that he is exceptionally qualified for this job. as assistant secretary for terrorist financing, mr. billingslea would be in charge of coordinating treasury's efforts on terrorist financing, antimoney laundering and other illicit financial threats to the domestic and international financial system. mr. billingslea would work with the entire national security and law enforcement communities, the private sector, foreign governments, and other entities to carry out this mission. as demonstrated at his confirmation hearing, his unique background includes 22 years of experience working with these entities to protect the nation, and it also includes time in the legislative and executive branches as well as the private sector. after 9/11, mr. billingslea served in senior positions in the department of defense and nato. prior to that, he worked on national security affairs at the senate foreign relation

the clerk: department of treasury, marshall billingslea to be assistant secretary of terrorist financing. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: well, we're beginning to receive the first bits of information about the senate republican health care bill, which until now, has been shrouded in absolute secrecy. i can see why. even as we continue to get more details, the broad outlines are clear. this is a bill designed to strip away health care benefits and protections from americans who need it most in order to give a tax break to the folks who need it least. this is a bill that would end medicaid as we know it, rolling back medicaid expansion, cutting federal support for the program even more than the house bill which cut medicaid by $800 billion. let me remind everyone in this chamber medicaid is not just a health insurance program for americans struggling in poverty, though that is an important and necessary part of it. medicaid is increasingly a middle-class program. medicaid is how many americans is -- are able to access opioid abuse tre

the clerk: department of treasury, marshall billingslea to be assistant secretary of terrorist financing. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: well, we're beginning to receive the first bits of information about the senate republican health care bill, which until now, has been shrouded in absolute secrecy. i can see why. even as we continue to get more details, the broad outlines are clear. this is a bill designed to strip away health care benefits and protections from americans who need it most in order to give a tax break to the folks who need it least. this is a bill that would end medicaid as we know it, rolling back medicaid expansion, cutting federal support for the program even more than the house bill which cut medicaid by $800 billion. let me remind everyone in this chamber medicaid is not just a health insurance program for americans struggling in poverty, though that is an important and necessary part of it. medicaid is increasingly a middle-class program. medicaid is how many americans is -- are able to access opioid abuse tre