Industry which is common that, is career ending. Its going to be examined in a very detailed way. So the usual attack or feeling about our technology is actually the fda is extraordinarily conservative and resistant to allowing these sorts of things through. And, in fact, if i looked at the pressure that the pharmaceutical industry could bring to bear on the fda and sort of the heft of big pharma is far bigger than biotech like monsanto. It really surprises me that you think the fda is captured in the sense that it, you know, will allow junk science as you claim it to be to be the basis for regulatory approvals. And most of the people, those kinds of scientists that i referred to that, you know, they look at that stuff and they would have no problem at all saying its totally garbage because not everybody is captured by the monsantos in the world. Let me get a question in the center here. Get the boom over here. You brought references to high Blood Pressure and autism. I can draw the sa
To be true. Just a clarification. This idea talking points. One of the reasons why some of these things may occur as arguments again and again is that theyre actually right. Okay . There are many people that are saying these things. Theyre not using them as talking points. And this is a possibility to consider the same arguments are made generally with other groups there. Theyre well trodden paths. The second thing is i really think its a little disingeneralous to say you have nothing against genetically modified organism its they were tested enough. I heard the same thing with environmentalism and stuff. Actually, not you personally necessarily, but everything is being done to prevent the kinds of testing that you would require in order to certify that something is safe. It is absolutely impossible to prove that something is safe. You can show that you cant see any damage from it given the kinds of test thats are done. You cannot make that proof. In fact, whether field trials are ripp
Some colleagues have seized on a strategy of trying to undermine the capability of the elected executive branch, the president and his executive branch. Read your history. Balance of powers. Not the ability of a minority of one branch to undermine the success of the other two branches. We need these three branches each doing their assigned roles. So here we are now after this long set of strategies, of paralysis on moashedz , motions to proceed, on executive branch nominees, on shall judicial nominees, the First Step Towards restoring the function of the u. S. Senate and said we should return to the upanddown votes as envisioned by advice and consent, as envisioned by Alexander Hamilton who railed against the notion that a minority would be able to knock block the will of the majority in a chamber. And in a strategy of tral paralysis were here rather than having voted much earlier in the day and instead of working on legislation that would create jobs, were standing here through a seri
All parts of the economy and political in social life that when you do that to control everything then you create a position in every where if you tell all artists to paint the same way and one says i want to pay another way did you have just made him into a political dissident did you want to subsidize housing in this country and to talk about it as something to subsidize then put on the Balance Sheet to make it clear and evident to make everybody aware of how much it cost the when you deliver after the third Party Enterprises like fannie mae or freddie mac the subsidy comes through a Public Company with private shareholders they extract a lot of the subsidy for themselves that is not a very good way to subsidize home ownership. According to the centers for Disease Control Childhood Obesity has more than doubled and quadrupled in the past 30 years. Up next the Senate Agricultural for a stray committee looks at School Programs across the u. S. The witnesses include a School Nutrition e
And quadrupled in the past 30 years. Up next the Senate Agricultural for a stray committee looks at School Programs across the u. S. The witnesses include a School Nutrition experts including the president elect of the Nutrition Association who discusses the purchasing, procurement and preparation of school meals this is just over two hours. We are going to make this a weekly effort and i know that senator leahy intends to come out here brought us some pumpkin squares that we have from the school menu in vermont. Weve tasted one. Its absolutely delicious. From bob casey we have mushroom and meatballs and these are also great. I feel like im o i am on the fd channel right now. [laughter] but these are also. We thank senator casey who will be joining us and they will talk to us about what a habakkuk looks like. Weve got some apple slices so we are here for the duration. We can last a while this morning. And not to offend my wonderful cafeteria folks that we didnt eat like this when i was