Going to show you some of the recent debate in congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew siddons, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why the issue of underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but a sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond mo
Health news and host of the podcast what the health . Can you walk us through the big tidbit items we should be watching in the next few months . Guest what has to be done before october 1 is the appropriations, the spending bill for health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration is in the agriculture appropriations bill, for reasons i have never quite understood. Host we will do that on American History tv. Guest if there is not a continuing resolution or something, they will come to deal on the spending bill, parts of health and Human Services will stop to stop functioning until they figure out how to fund them. But this usually continues in the absence of appropriations because so much of the spending is mandatory spending, and that is not affected by the appropriations bill fund. Host what is in this, to help people understand these 12 big bills moving through and what they should be watching for . Guest the big pieces are the National Institutes of health, centers for Dis
Down about 118 points, nasdaq opening down about 117 points. S p 500 off by 16 points right now. Take a look at treasury yields. The 10year at. 93. The 2year at 2. 863. And crypto prices. Weve been talking about crypto quite a bit these days. Up about 4 this morning. Its crazy. And take a look at ether etf. Thats surging too meantime apple is canceling its electric vehicle product. That thats accordinging to those that know. Many employees will be shifted to the Artificial Intelligence division. Apples ceo apple and ceo tim cook have never acknowledged the electric car publicly but referred to working on e autonomous systems. Theyve never been open about this but are now scrapping it. People are looking at it as a major failure. I dont look at it that way. I think what was happening is there was an internal battle inside apple whether to even go this route and i think tim cook was always on the fence. You mean a failure for evs, not just apple. I think the failure of evs right now has
Host good morning, it is tuesday, august 1, 2023. We will chat about the state of the economy. As we take you through the latest on the expanding congressional inquiry into the joe biden family the biting biden Family Business practice if you say yes, 202 7488000 is the number to call, if you say no 202 7488001. You can also call in if you are unsure. That number is 202 7488002. You can send us a text 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch us up with us on social media. A good Tuesday Morning to you. Here are the two lead paragraphs of the wall street journal story on that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. A former business associate of hunter biden testified monday to correctional leaders that President Biden and his son were in elite communications and the younger biden would put his father on speakerphone on business dinners. The associate said joe biden and his son never discussed business on his calls and only discussed casual conversation but the
Coverage with our free video mobile app cspan now or online at cspan. Org. A correspondent for Kaiser Health news and host of the podcast what the health . Can you walk us through the big tidbit items we should be watching in the next few months . Guest what has to be done before october 1 is the appropriations, the spending bill for health and Human Services. Food and Drug Administration is in the agriculture appropriations bill, for reasons i have never quite understood. Host we will do that on American History tv. Guest if there is not a continuing resolution or something, they will come to deal on the spending bill, parts of health and Human Services will stop to stop functioning until they figure out how to fund them. But this usually continues in the absence of appropriations because so much of the spending is mandatory spending, and that is not affected by the appropriations bill fund. Host what is in this, to help people understand these 12 big bills moving through and what the