16. Im happy to. Nkats, now just three years old, was the first new center at nih again, quite a long time and was focused in trying to identify the bottle necks from going from basic science discoveries to benefits. In collaboration with our partners in the private sector. I think initially there were some concerns that nih is becoming a drug company, that really was never the plan and is not happening now. Instead, we are identifying areas of Technology Development that no Single Company could undertake, but working with them, we can give you just one example. The effort to try to figure out when youre developing a new drug, whether its going to be safe in humans or not. Has been a real difficult one. We use animal studies, small animals, large animals. Its not that accurate. Its slow, its expensive. We probably lose drugs along the way because some mouse got a slight liver issue and it probably would have had no relevance to humans but we sort of lose the drug at that point. Wouldnt
Cancer, what we can do about it. But the other component which is a longterm ambitious to be sure effort is this cohort of a million or more americans, which we could be studying for virtually all diseases and knowing that you are a dentist i would certainly include in that such things as periodontal disease. We know the environment and genetic risk are involved in those conditions. But we really havent had a sufficiently large study with appropriate patient participation to be able to get those answers. This should be a way to go there. So thats true for diabetes, for Heart Disease, for alzheimers disease, for virtually every common condition with a million people, youre going to have enough events you should really be able to dissect, what were the biomarkers that warned this would happen what were the environmental factors that played a role. We never had that power before we aim to get it. Thats fascinating stuff, and could really advance the advancement of diseases and cure diseas
Enforcement. But you should do it in a consistent, predictable way, and those that are violating our trade laws, those that are being required of enforcement, that it only helps the businesses that are in fact playing by the rules and that have that level playing field. So we need to do a better job in that. I heard from congressional leaders about the importance of enforcement also. And the Critical Role that we play in protecting our markets. We have made some strides. For example, cbp and immigration and customs enforcement, we have a new director, as many of you know, sara saldana. She was the United States attorney in dallas so she clearly understands enforcement and prosecution issues. So working closely with ice and homeland investigations, were trying to do more training for each of our components, were trying to understand and work through the processes and the operations that we can attack smuggling and the growth in shipments in counterfeit goods. Many of these pose Serious
Do you believe the army can buy back force with oka funds . Do i not, senator. Do you believe the navy can work with shipping in funds . No, maam. I just. Im not saying we come to this as democrats because we have engaged in gimmickry also. I know the chairman wants to face this head on. I know its a challenge in the environment. We have obviously not met the challenge with the bucket as its currently configured. I wanted to specifically ask you, general austria austin, there has been a determination that freedom sentinel is a new operation. Do you see it as a new Contingency Operation . Its a continuation of our efforts, senator so you know in terms of the types of things that we are doing we are continuing to train the and advise and assist the Afghan Security force but in terms of you know how we account for the funding that were allocating to that, thats a different issue. The reason im asking this is i am told there is an effort under way of naming a new lead Inspector General in
After lunch it becomes a steady rain. Temperatures will increase to 50 degrees. Overnight the temperature will fall and overnight we start to see the snowfall come. Heres a quick look at the map. More details coming up. Its going to be a lot. Good morning. Good morning to all of you. If youll be heading out in the next ten minutes, youre looking at a smooth commute as you travel on the inner and outer loop of the beltway. No major issues to report. In virginia traveling from the beltway to manassas on the way to fairfax, no issues there. A live look outsideshows volume is starting to build but no major issues this morning. Everything is looking really good. For my metro riders, those of you on the bus and trains, no problems. All the trains and buses running on schedule. Back to you. A suspect is in custody for a number of shootings if our region. The fbi says that suspect is responsible for a shooting at the icc on the icc and near the nsa. Now were learning possibly more. Nikki burdi