The drug costs patients 129,000. The same cost for patients in other countries about a third of that amount. I realize the pharmaceutical Companies Invest their researches, they bring a new drug to market, they should profit from that innovation, but why are the u. S. Patients getti getting gauged for drugs. Can you better explain why u. S. Taxpayers are paying for Biomedical Research at the front end and paying exorbitant prices at the back end . Ill just say that 50 of my colleagues and myself sent a letter to you and secretary burwell requesting that they write when taxpair funded research leads to patent product not available to the public on reasonable terms . What are reasonable terms . A drug shouldnt cost 129,000 for people to get access to it. I know this is a topic of great interest, and while it should be and my heart goes out as all of us do to patients who are in need of a therapeutic which is outside of their financial means to be able to gain access to. That ought to be
Have an obligation and a mandate given to us by the citizens of this country to go on course, to put those reforms in place, to get the country back on track. Thats something i can control. Thats something i can be involved in. Thats something i can help deliver. Thats what im focused on. Thank you very much. Whos your final four pick . [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] House Minority nancy pelosi held her briefing at the capitol. She discussed several issues including the 2017 budget, the zika virus and the flint, michigan, water contamination water issue. This is about 20 minutes. Ms. Pelosi i see some wearing green here. Good morning. What a week, huh . Yesterday, president obama presented his nomination for the next justice of the Supreme Court, judge Merrick Garland. Hes a widely respected jurist who embodies wisdom, judgm
I think in a sense the discussion we are going to have today, people all over this country. In a sense that many of us included myself, have seen folks go into a hospital for one problem or another and end coming out different than it went in and sometimes dying as a result. What is widely known is the major cause of death in the United States today is the heart disease, a serious problem. The second leading cause of death is cancer. According to the 2010 cdc report, 597,000 people died of heart disease, 574,000 died of cancer. What is not widely known and in fact what the function of this hearing is about and i hope to do my best with the help of my fellow senators and members of the panel is to start focusing attention on the third leading cause of death in the United States of america and that will come as the great surprise and the third leading cause of death in this country has to do with preventable medical errors in hospitals. Recent article published in the journal of Patient
Senate for pass. And over on the house side republicans to approve a bill to ban most abortions. Lawmakers will vote in the house on legislation allowing congress to review any nuclear deal. The senate has passed the bill and the president said he would sign it if there are no major changes added. In philadelphia investigators are still determining what caused amtrak train 188 to derail. The train had been traveling 106 Miles Per Hour and that part of the track had not been equipped with safety programs to limit train speed. Well begin this morning with a debate in washington on amtrak and whether or not the government should be increasing funding for the rail way. We want to get your thoughts on that this morning. If you live in the eastern part of the country dial in. Mountain pacific area and amtrak riders riders remember you can also join the conversation on twitter cspan wj and also spend an email journal. The phone lines are open so you can start dialling in. Well get your though
Defendant, even though it now appears that faa fisa amendment acts were used in criminal prosecutions. There was a great story about this by Charlie Savage about the fact that the solicitor general, when he argued to the Supreme Court, represented to the court that fisa amendments act requires removal defendants to receive notice when the government is prosecuting them on the basis of evidence derived from the fisa amendments act. It turns out not to have been the Justice Departments policy. Their policy was to deny defendants notice, even in circumstances in which they were entitled to it under the statute and constitution. They have changed that policy, which is a good. It seems there is a disconnect between the Justice Department and some of the security agencies about what has to be released and what can be done to ensure what you have said. That data needs to be revealed to the defense. I do not think there is a disconnect between the department of justice and the intelligence age