Expolice its jurisdiction over the con explicit jurisdiction over the countrys seat of government. The extent to which congress should oversee or intervene in the governance of the district is a debate for another day, but its clearly our responsibility. Current law compels congressional oversight and we must exercise responsibly that jurisdiction. That includes acting to stop legislation that clearly violates the constitutional freedoms of the citizens of the district. Mr. Speaker, its important to note that women are protected by law, both federal and d. C. , from discrimination on the basis of pregnan would actually give employers the right to fire an employee for the Reproductive Health care choices of their spouses or their children. The other side is saying its all right to fire someone because their boss doesnt like their wifes or even their Childrens Health care choices. Talk about restricting someones rights. It would take away a whole range of womens private decisions and mak
Between basic research and Clinical Research all the way from the time of concept to the time of actually getting in the marketplace what are the key factors that you see thats increasing the cost more than anything else . And i know its not only one thing but if you can give me a couple things here what we should watch for. A lot of it is the high failure rate and that is in fact very troubling when you consider how rarely an idea about a new drug makes it all the way through to f. D. A. Approval its less than 1 of the time. So all that cost of the failures has to be added into the overall enterprise. One of the things were doin is the formation for the National Center for translation sciencings which aims to identify some of the places where failure happens, where bottlenecks occur and develop new technologies in concert with the private sect tor see what with k be done about that. I mentioned this idea of human cells on a chip as a way of testing drug toxicety instead of using anima
I move that the house do now adjourn. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to adjourn. So many as are in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have t the motion is adopted. Accordingly the house stands adjourned until 11 30 a. M. On tuesday may 5 2015. Involved in the arrest of freddie gray who died last month after being injured in police cuss totty have been charged criminally. States attorney Marilyn Mosby announced today. Charges range from Second Degree murder to misconduct in office. The sun says warrants were issued for the arrest of all six officers. It wasnt immediately clear where the officers were friday morning. Read more at baltimoresun. Com. Coming up here on cspan in under an hour well take you live to the benning penning for a briefing from defense second Ashton Carter. Hell talk about the pentagons annual report on Sexual Assault in the military again live a 1 00 p. M. Eastern. The house wrapped up work for the week. Passing the military construct
Meet the standards. They are the same as the old bulbs, except they last longer, use less electricity and save consumers money. We heard for the Energy Efficiency standards restrict choice. If you shop for light bulbs, you know that isnt true either. Modern incandescent light bulbs and l. E. D. Of every shape, size and color are available. Consumers never had more choice. The efficiency standards spurns innovation that expanded options for consumers. They claim they would cost consumers money. In fact, the opposite is true. When the standards are in full effect, the average American Family will save about 100 every year. That is 13 billion in savings nationwide every year. But this rider threatens those savings and consumer groups have consistently opposed this rider. Heres the reality. The 2007 efficiency standards for light bulbs were enacted with bipartisan support and continue to enjoy overwhelming industry support. U. S. Manufacturers are already meeting the efficiency standard. T
Enrolling. Number two, when it comes to the individual mandate, i think i will say two things about proposals from republicans that said it as their mission to eliminate, decimate come sabotage obamacare from the beginning, who were willing to shut the government down because of their opposition to obamacare we have to take their proposals with a grain of salt. I dont think they are filled with sincerity to the sincere desire to improve the system. Theyve made it clear that their goal was to eliminate the system and thereby eliminate the possibility for millions of americans with preexisting conditions or who dont have insurance the possibility of getting it. Number two, when it comes to and we talked about this when they were shutting down the government on the president s refusal to pay ransom, obamacare ransom in exchange for getting the government open or in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. When we talk about delaying the socalled individual mandate what does that mean concre