I thought this happened. Good afternoon everybody i want to welcome everyone to the finance Committee Oversight hearing the fda foreign drug manufacturing inspection process. And the taxpayers whether medicare or medicaid and second and the jurisdiction under trade with the responsibility that only Quality Pharmaceuticals that responsibility is heightened now that we are living through the covid pandemic whether were in the midst of a pandemic the supplychain and starting june of last year on this issue to secretary as are in the commissioner. I ask a series of questions related to manufacturing facilities overseas to file dosages for drugs and pharmaceutical ingredients and throughout the day also with the fda managing its inspection regime that says the fda does conduct some unannounced inspections on the frequency but the gao and 2019 that they estimated they generally provided 12 weeks of notice before the inspection for them to do their jobs and 12 weeks common sense tells me ther
And we are just seven short hours away from the ball drop here in new york city as well. This is a look at times square live where a Million People are expected to fill the streets. Well fill you in on all that. And from times square to wall street, what a year, what a decade its been for stocks as they close out the very last trading day of 2019 in positive territory, turned around at the end of the day. Its the dows best year since 2017 and the s p 500 and nasdaqs best year since 2013. The dows more than 170 gain since 2010 now ranks as the fourth best decadelong performance in the past 100 years. And now theres new hope that the celebrations will continue well into 2020 as President Trump announces a breakthrough in the china trade deal. Hi, everybody, this is bulls and bears. Again, happy new year to you. Im david asman. Joining me on the panel today, jonathan hoenig, liz peek, kevin kelly and john burnett. Well, the president delivering a surprise new years eve tweet, quote i will
U. S. China links to health and medical products, assessing Market Opportunities Economic Health and National Security risks of these relationships. We will start with Benjamin Shobert at a senior associate for interNational Health, the National Hero of asian research. Mr. Shobert is the director of strategy for Health Business strategy at microsoft where he lead engagements with national governments, providers and the biotech community. Next we will hear from Katherine Eban an investigative journalist for Fortune Magazine contributor and arnie Andrew Carnegie fellow. Ms. Ebans book bottle of lies reveals fraud and i are conditions in the overseas manufacturing plants with the majority of her low caste low cost where medicines made. Our third panelist is Yanzhong Huang professor and director of Global Health studies at seaton hall university. Dr. Huang is also a senior in Foreign Relations where he directs the health and governments around table series encoder asked the Global Governan
The list and flat screen televisions this will take pressure off retailers ahead of the Christmas Holiday season still other product that will get hit. Only a little pressure. Because in the breakdown that some conducted for the items hit with tariffs on september 1st versus december 15th there are still tens of billions of dollars of foot wear and apparel categories that will be included in september 1st you have Musical Instruments, sporting goods, and a lot of food items that will be hit on september 1st. Musical instruments, is that a big market in the United States chinese made Musical Instruments . I dont know im happy that today youre serious today. It is a big show it is a big show. It is a big show every day thats the part that bothers me sometimes it is not. You say it is. Other times he says i will be honest with you. Im like really . Thats nice. In this one vignette you will be honest youre not always maybe honest but you say its a big show every day. You have backish today
Says the power of the rising of garza now. Right. So im, im the worst assault from any civilian population in our time a day. Why would spend the power on the, the good stuff before so many were killed. Young aguilar, welcome to come pick. So thank you very much. After the killing of the 7, the aid workers in gaza by israeli troops, thats the new hope thats the. So the aid situation might improve on the ground to some meaningful degree. Do you think that hope is justified . Yeah, the hope is justified. I, i, we desperately need it. We havent seen much proof of it, perhaps a little bit more trucks coming over the hidden shuttle on board the crossing in the south. I havent seen trucks coming through the northern border crossings yet. And this then left of restrictions on, in terms of movement inside the cell, that is red controllers completely. No, except for roughly in the south with their military troops. You mentioned rough uh if they uh, on the slot, if the advance is really advanced