Companies and they make deals and decide whether they will invest. The second thing, we do Public Policy advocacy. At the state level, federal level before congress. How much time do you spend on capitol hill and how was your Organization Funded . We are funded by dues of our members. I spend maybe 10 of my time. I try to meet all the freshman members of congress. There are hundreds of them in this congress and then introduce them to what is biotechnology, what we are trying to accomplish and the policy issues that are conducive to the success of innovation. How many of those conversations have you met with the freshman income its our focus on the cost of restriction drugs . Most of them, if not all of them. Do you think Prescription Drugs cost too much . I want to set forth two moral imperatives. There is a group of patients who have diseases for which we have already developed cures. There might not one of them should never be a without the medicine they need. We believe in that impe
Theanies that are on cutting edge of the science. What we do is two things. We hold meetings and conferences over the world. We bring investors together with small companies, sometimes Large Companies and they make deals and decide whether to invest in companies are not. We do Public Policy advocates. Federal level both before congress and regulatory agencies. How much does your Organization Fund . Caller guest one thing i try to do is meet the freshman members of congress. Begin by 100 and introducing technology and what are the policy issues that are conducive to the success of . Nnovation how much of the conversation have you focused on the cost of ascription drugs . Caller most of them. Host do you think prescription docs cost too much . Caller there is a group of patients who have diseases for which we have already developed cures. There might not one of them should never be a without the medicine they need. We believe in that imperative and makes her that does not happen. The sec
Discrimination. This is who i am. Why cant i participate in the workforce in this way . Psoledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. One area of bipartisan agreement on capitol hill is anger over the unregulated use of facial Recognition Technology by federal Law Enforcement agencies. Congressional hearings, lawmakers from both parties grilled the fbi and other federal officials over privacy concerns. This, after government records revealed the fbi and Homeland Security are using facial recognition algorithims to scan state and local photo databases, like drivers license photos, without the publics awareness or consent. Fbi Deputy Assistant director kimberly del greco testified that facial recognition is a crucial to protect Public Safety and that it doesnt interfere with Civil Liberties or privacy. But Ohio Republican congressman jim jordan, the Ranking Member of the House Oversight committee, wasnt buying that. When they started this system, stood up this system there were
Its a little hectic here, we were here at the hospital as they were doing some of the action earlier. You can see video we shot of patients being wheeled out of the hospital. That was an evacuation done so that the fire crews and inspectors could go in and make sure the hospital was stable and safe. They set up a tent outside in order to take care of some of the patients and anybody else that might be able to come in. Again, they were taking patients out, sometimes in wheelchairs, in order to make sure that everything inside was safe. They have set up in the parking lot to take care of anybody else that comes in as well as of course to take care of existing patients. Joining me here and taking time away from a very busy schedule is the mayor of ridgecrest. Thank you very much. Can you give us the latest in terms of whats going on . I do know on our certificate of emergency here. That enables us to get help from the federal, state, and county. Congressman mccarthy is coming tomorrow. We
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