[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and Prescription Drugs that are significantly improved the lives of americans and people throughout the entire world and i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. Having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare System in our country is broken a
This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. A live picture of the u. S. Capitol where the hughes of representative where the house of representatives remains in recess with efforts to find a new speaker. The latest is jim jordan is planning what would be a third shot to take the gavel plans to go to the house floor to get the votes and win the race and in particular he wants to speak with the 20 people who voted against him. House republican has been gathered behind closed doors today to consider interim speaker Patrick Mchenry should stay in power until a permanent speaker is elected. For theest updates on speaker election,atch our continuous live coverage on cspan. Visit cspan got oregon and use our mobile app, cspan now. President bidens nominee to be at the institutes of health testified before the Senate Health committee on covid19 and Prescription Drug costs and if confirmed would become the second woman to lead the n. I. H. Since october 2022, the doctor has been
[inaudible conversations] thank you all for being here in the Senate Committee on health education, labor and pensions. We will come to order. This morning we will be considering the nomination of doctor Monica Bertagnolli to serve as the National Institutes of health director. Let me begin by welcoming doctor bertagnolli to the committee. We look forward to hearing from you and we thank you for being here today. I see you brought along a fellow from wyoming and we welcome senator barrasso as well. The nih with a budget of more than 47 billion is the largest funder of medical research in the world. This research has led to new treatments and Prescription Drugs that are significantly improved the lives of americans and people throughout the entire world and i think all of us every single american should be very proud of those accomplishments. Having said that, let me say a few words about my concerns. I dont have to tell any american that the Healthcare System in our country is broken a
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