Good afternoon and welcome. Im councilman joe pitts. Welcome to the 16th Congressional District of pennsylvania. For your information, this meeting will be streamed live. Cspan is here. So you might want to keep that in mind. But id like to welcome everyone here, especially our distinguished panelists. And i have a short introductory comment to set the stage. Through the 21st century initiative, congress is taking a comprehensive look at the full arc of accelerating cures. From the discovery of clues and basic science, to streamlining the drug and Device Development process, to unleashing the power of medicine and social media the at treatment delivery phase. And this cycle of discovery and development and delivery is what saves lives. And we want this cycle to work effectively and efficiently so theres no gap between the 21st century science and the washington regulatory process. This work will be a collaborative effort which is why we are first listening to experts and involved parti
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First, the best word for what is happening in america right now is radicalization. Thats what it is. Thats what this hyped up rightwing media machine is doing. Thats why it feels harder to talk about politics with other people. Harder to speak a common language about right and wrong. Harder to meet in the proverbial middle, because some news junkies, some neighbors are being radicalized. When trump lives are calling for troops in the streets, thats radicalization. When they speculate about breaking off and creating their own country. All of this election denialism talk is radical. And yet it is infesting the airwaves. Its everywhere in the protrump media. When a former Houston Police captain points a gun at an ordinary air condition repairman because he believes he is the mastermind behind a voter fraud scandal, that is evidence of radicalization having reallife consequences. These conspiracy theories spreading around, millions of americans clinging to conspiracy theories, this is evid