[inaudible conversations] afternoon. I and americas aviation reporter and im also on the board of governors here the National Press club. Sorry about that. Welcome to the National Press club. Our guest today is Lily Eskelsen garcia the president of the National Education association. I would like to welcome our public radio and cspan audiences and i want to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the npc lies. Thats an pc lie. For public radio and cspan audiences please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Now its time to at a deuce our guests. I would ask each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until ive finished introducing the entire table. From your right, Kimberly Hall communications and partnerships manager at the poverty and Race Research action counsel. Thomas burr Washington Bureau chief of the Salt Lake T
Afternoon. I and americas aviation reporter and im also on the board of governors here the National Press club. Sorry about that. Welcome to the National Press club. Our guest today is Lily Eskelsen garcia the president of the National Education association. I would like to welcome our public radio and cspan audiences and i want to remind you that you can follow the action on twitter using the npc lies. Thats an pc lie. For public radio and cspan audiences please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reaction you hear is not necessarily from the working press. Now its time to at a deuce our guests. I would ask each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until ive finished introducing the entire table. From your right, Kimberly Hall communications and partnerships manager at the poverty and Race Research action counsel. Thomas burr Washington Bureau chief of the Salt Lake Tribune and former presiden
Talks about the agenda and related issues. He is recently back from puerto rico where heat who word damage to pharmaceutical companies. He will also assess the impact the hurricane had on the u. S. Drug supply. Carly mcwilliams, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner, a washington correspondent with usa today, jennifer rodriguez, assistant commissioner for media at the usda, dena fine, medicine and Health Editor for scientific america, kathleen quinn, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner. Here we have lisa matthews, Vice President of hager sharp and coleader of the National Press club Headliners Team. Skipping over our guest for a moment, we have bill pierce. doctor charles snyderman, health and science correspondent for audio video news. Thank you for joining us. [applause] id also like to take one moment to acknowledge additional members of the Headliners Team responsible for organizing todays luncheon. Betsy fisher martin, laurie, heather and press club staff liaison, lindsay. Tha
Timbre, founder and chief strategist, carly mcwilliams, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner, waring, a washington correspondent with usa today. Jennifer rodriguez, dena, medicine and health editor, kathleen quinn, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner. Here, we have lisa matthews, Vice President and coleader of the Headliners Team. We have bill pierce, senior director of the National Press club headliners who organize todays event. Allison, how policy for an pr, jim spencer, a correspondent to the star tribune. Doctor charles snyderman, health and science correspondent for audio video. Thank you for joining us. [applause] want to take a moment to acknowledge members of the Headliners Team responsible for organizing the luncheon, betsy, laura, heather, and lindsay. Thank you all. For cspan public radio audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction even here is not necessarily from the working press. So, being a succ
Next, the head of the fda talks about efforts to evaluate and approve new pharmaceutical treatments and the fbis role in combating the bid epidemic. This is one hour. [inaudible] good afternoon. Welcome to the National Press club. The place were news happens. My mantra, part of the bloomberg breaking news desk and Vice President of the club. Like to remind you to please silence your phones. For our viewing and listening audience, please follow the program on twitter using the and pc live. Like to please hold the applause till all of the guests are introduced. Guess, please stand briefly as your name is announced. From your right, we have sarah riordan, with nature magazine, timbre, founder and chief strategist, carly mcwilliams, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner, waring, a washington correspondent with usa today. Jennifer rodriguez, dena, medicine and health editor, kathleen quinn, Senior Advisor to the fda commissioner. Here, we have lisa matthews, Vice President and coleader of