The hearing will come back to order. Senator klobuchar. Klobuchar thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Hello, judge. I want to start out again by reminding our friends at home, people at home, that this isnt normal, we shouldnt be here right now. We are in the middle of a pandemic and people are sick. We are in the middle of an election and people are voting. And here we are, stuck in a nomination hearing. I know what my constituents care about, what they have been calling and writing me about. And that is they are afraid of losing their health care in the middle of the pandemic. Peoples lives depend on the Affordable Care act like steve, a senior from minnesota who has a heart condition and relies on his prescription medication. Emily from minneapolis, her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Janet from rochester whose brother has a mental illness. Or christie, a mom from bloomington whose daughter had a tumor. That is what is on the line. Health care is on the line and judge, that is
They have exaggerated the importance of certain conditions or a particular mechanism of a drug. Send a blanket medical journals then they blanket medical journals and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds of clinicians to accept a particular drug and also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a particular condition. Next sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is john hughes, i am an editor for bloomberg first word. And president of the National Press club. The club is the worlds leading professional organization for journalists. We are committed to our professions future through programs such as this and we work for a free press worldwide. For more information about the club, this is our website, press. Org. To donate to programs offered to our clubs Journalism Institute visit press. Org institute. I would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays events. Our head table includes guests of th
Higher income jobs. That will be live at 11 30 a. M. Eastern right here on cspan. We will be back at that conference this afternoon at 3 30 p. M. For remarks from Homeland Security jeh johnson. There will be a Panel Discussion featuring anthony foxx and earnest moneys and Gina Mccarthy. That will be live at 3 30 p. M. Remarks from Ernie Sanders from the National Press Club Newsmaker lunch. He plans to talk about his priorities and the upcoming budget resolution. Lb live at 1 p. M. Eastern from the National Press club. Writing about this week in the Senate Senators left ahead of last weeks snowstorm following a noncontroversial vote. They are to stay at line of business will be a bid by Mitch Mcconnell to turn to a bipartisan bill made by barb corker to give lawmakers assay and any potential nuclear deal with iran. They are facing certain to be the feet. The Kentucky Republican has changed course. They said the senate would move with antitrafficking legislation, evidently more bipartisa
Potential deal. The white house responded by accusing the republicans of conspiring with iranian hardliners who opposed the negotiations. The letter there on your screen suggests any deal between president obama and the iranian leadership what amount to an executive agreement that could he and done by congress or future president. Read more at washingtonpost. Com. Senator Bernie Sanders spoke today at the National Press club. This is one hour. Good afternoon and welcome. My name is john hughes, i am an editor for bloomberg first word. And president of the National Press club. The club is the worlds leading professional organization for journalists. We are committed to our professions future through programs such as this and we work for a free press worldwide. For more information about the club, this is our website press. Org. To donate to programs offered to our clubs Journalism Institute visit press. Org institute. I would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays
Tomorrow, we start washington journal with a look at the Race Relations 50 years after selma. We will talk with Trevor Burress and Elizabeth Weir washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern here on cspan. A look at former governor jeb bush at the agriculture summit where numerous president ial hope holes are speaking. Hopefuls are speaking. The event started with governor Kerry Branstad who criticize the president for not acting on the renewable fuel standard and not supporting ethanol. Bush spoke about immigration saying that immigrants here in the United States must have a path to legal status. We will have more with governor bush tomorrow starting at 6 30 p. M. Eastern where he will be in a fundraising event in iowa. This is the first president that does not believe the American Power is a force for good and his will back as of that believe is not good for us or for the world. It has created uncertainty instability and now greater risks or the homeland. So the nex