Witnesses on the impact of guns in their lives, the effect on communities, and what steps could be taken to curb gun violence. This is just over an hour and a half. We are here today because 203 days ago, the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation and the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says it is too soon to talk about policy. Unfortunately, there have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes that if he waits this out, it will just go away. Well, we are not going away. We are not going to go away because children are dying and the trauma is scarring an entire generation. Week, 500 children under the age of 11 have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Over 2000 kids between the ages have been killed or injured by someone using a gun. Al
And what legislative steps could be taken to curb gun violence. This is just over an hour and a half. The forum will come too orde, please. We welcome everyone and thank them for being here. Our speakers, thank you very much for being here. Our fellow members and guests of the committee, thank you. We are here today because 203 days ago the house passed bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation, and the u. S. Senate has done nothing. After every mass shooting that makes the headlines, leader mcconnell says its too soon to talk about policy. Unfortunately, there have been more Mass Shootings this year than there have been days in the year. If we wait for a day without gun violence, to talk about it, we will be waiting forever. The Senate Leader mcconnell hopes if we wait, if you wait this out, it will just go away. Well, were not going away. Were not going to go away because childrenir are dying, ad the tron is scaring an entire generation. As of this week, i find her children unde
Court of appeals judge for the ninth circuit. Confirmation vote is expected later today. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father in heaven, how great you are today, lead our lawmakers in their work. May they be messengers of unity and hope. Make them productive servants who strive to honor you. Remind them to act with justice, love, mercy, and humility. May they speak words that bring life, as they seek to live with integrity. Sovereign lord, strengthen our senators to seize opportunities that bring peace, hope, and freedom. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president. The presiding offic
Committee chair chuck grassley, former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and others. [ applause ] hi, everyone. Thank you for coming. And thanks to pfizer for sponsoring the event. Just to reiterate, if youre into hash tags, go ahead and use axios 360 and we can have fun on the social networks together. And if youre also inclined, go to signup. Axios. Com to get our news letters, especially vitals, written by my colleague, Caitlyn Owens. We try to keep things short and light. And real quick, logistic, if youve never been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet. Four segments of interviews. We want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about. And this in particular is about drug pricing in america, which obviously will continue to be an issue going into 2020. So with that in mind, id like to welcome our first guest, senator chuck grassley. [ applause ] good to be with you, bob. Thanks for coming. All right. I think its only its a good place to st
Culture, the idea of seeing the man in front of the tank, many of us have all seen that, at least if your speedy we believe this hearing to go live to discussion from axios on Prescription Drug prices. Well hear from Senate Finance amity church are progressing but first former fda commissioner Scott Gottlieb and later senator Debbie Stabenow of michigan. This is live coverage on cspan2. And real quick, it could have been to one of our events before, we try to keep things short and sweet, four segments of interviews. We want you leaving here feeling smarter about what we talked about, and this particular is what drug pricing in america which obviously will continue to be an issue going into 2020. So with that in mind i like to welcome our first guest, senator chuck grassley. [applause] good to be here with you, bob. Thanks for coming. All right. I think its only, its a good place to start by talking about your constituents. What are they still telling you about their own drug prices in