Them harder. I think we would welcome legislation to reform that area. But if we come in a blunt instrument, suddenly recreating the fda authorities or mandating things on the fda or looking for the department of health and Human Services to do things that theyre not equipped to do and then, of course, we dont fund them to do it, i think we have to be cautious about some of the legislation that may be proposed. More than anything we want government to be there to work collaboratively but we still have to recognize the safety and efficacy that American People and most people here would certainly think is necessary for a new product. We want those products out as quickly as possible. I remember the days when we had the first evidence of the aids epidemic and the people that brought home the reform and fda to get some of these therapies out quickly were the act up groups of the gay community. They studied the law of fda and argued you dont need to take so long. You dont have to wait till
They dont provide support at all. The president s own words and actions the president understands precisely the constitutional argument i made when he ran in 2007. He said the president does not have unilateral power to wage war without congress during absent an actual or imminent attack on the United States. Of articlee limits ii. Limitationsds the of the 2001 ums who said we shouldnt be broadening that a withhat was put together no geographic limitation and no temporal limitation. We should be narrowing it. We should be refining it during we should be ultimately on the path to repeal it. With respect to the 2002 iraq authorization that the administration now claims give support for the mission, just a few months ago, we had a hearing on it. Administration witnesses can repair to be asked on it. It the position of the administration that it should be obsolete and now be repealed . I would be i would argue that the residence onwards as a candidate and as a president is he understands t
Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron belkheim, im an adjunct professor, and the 107th president of the National Press club, the leading organization for journalists committed to our professions future through our programming. With events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as journalists who are club members, so if you hear applause in our audience, note that the general public are attending so its not just a lack of journalistic you can follow the action on twitter using the hash tag mpc lunch. After our guest speech concludes, well have a question and answer period. I will ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guest. I would like each of you to stand briefly as y
Guests of our speaker at the head table and in the audience. I would like to remind you that our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. If you hear applause and our audience, i note the members of the general public who are , it is not from a lack of journalistic objectivity. Also want to welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. You can follow the action on ander using the hashtag pclunch. Npclunch. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Will standeach one briefly as their names are announced. From your right, one minute, please. From your right, retired former managing Editor National geographic magazine. Please hold your applause. Etti. En loreng [applause] boussa founder and president of africa today which launches its operations on tuesday, august 5. I am also pleased to introduce mr. Moussa as a new National Press club member. A. Jeanjacques bui minister of infrastructures. Margaret ryan, north american course
It is my hope i know the president would welcome us. I hope their team will realize that it is not just a matter of welcoming. They should realize it is more likely to work out better if they do it with congress. The pay for, very tough question. We have a cr as well as a syrian authorization on the training of equipment, but we will have to grapple with a longerterm appropriations, not another cr. I am fully expecting, as part of that for there to be funding requests. But that is another reason why congress should debate the stuff up front. We ought to be asking the question, how much will it cost and how are we going to pay for it . Iraq and afghanistan were the first wars that United States decides to do on a credit card. Iraq and afghanistan were the first to where we said, we can kind of do this, members of Congress Kids wont get drafted now. We can get blackwater or a thirdparty to do stuff we dont want to ask troops to do. There has been a progressive executive overreach by putt