Guest its remarkable the United States of america we have aon shortage of really important idicines. This has been going on for 20 years and we have had hundreds and hundreds. One of the medicines that is in shortage right now is a really important blood center that hospitals use every single day. There was an article in a local newspaper about a boston physician saying i dont know if we can do cardiac surgery two weeks from now if we dont have this product. We are walking on a very thin line. We have had shortages of chemotherapy to treat cancer in children and adults. We have had shortages in right now theres a shortage of her really important antibiotic for lifethreatening infections. These are lifeanddeath medicines. Sometimes we can get them and we are rationing medicine in the United States of america. Its really quite remarkable. Host is this hyperbole or isar this a real existing probl . We hear a lot of talk from a lot of Different Industries saying the sky is falling here. Is
In the Natural Resources committee, he will be so long shortly. Mr. Scott will stay on in for him. We will pick up with him later. I will read a stigma. A. Before we get started, unanimous consent that a member of the committee, be allowed to join us, mr. Brown who is behind me, and to participate in the questions and there is a formal ask unanimous consent that we allow him to participate in todays hearing after all of the subCommittee Members have had an opportunity to ask questions. Is there an objection. There being none. The nuns of kim subcommittee member is recognized at an appropriate time for fiveminute questions. And more okay with that, kemeny will come to order. Ladies and gentlemen, i call the committee to order and assent many in the Armed Services Committee Presents february of this year, the subcommittee has been conducting oversight of the privatized military housing program. We first heard about this systemic failures in the privatized military Family Housing program