Now we turn to the house energy and Commerce Committee. Who last week heard from the administrator of the fda. And the director of the National Institute of health. About a year after they updated members on some of the medical developments and innovations spurred by the 21st century cure act. Chfts approved by congress a year ago this month. This runs about two and a half hours. Order. Chair recognize himself. A monumental achievement. Cures was the product of a by partisan multiyear effort by the energy and Commerce Committee. To brought the laws into a modern era of medicine. It has been one year since cures was signed into law. I remember remarking at that press conference a year ago to imagine a world in which government was not an obstacle but an ally in helping us deliver drugs and devices to patients cures to patients. Todays hearing marks the Health Subcommittee first look into the implementation of the what many in the Healthcare Community called it transformation bill. That
Chfts approved by congress a year ago this month. This runs about two and a half hours. Order. Chair recognize himself. A monumental achievement. Cures was the product of a by partisan multiyear effort by the energy and Commerce Committee. To brought the laws into a modern era of medicine. It has been one year since cures was signed into law. I remember remarking at that press conference a year ago to imagine a world in which government was not an obstacle but an ally in helping us deliver drugs and devices to patients cures to patients. Todays hearing marks the Health Subcommittee first look into the implementation of the what many in the Healthcare Community called it transformation bill. That would positively impact not only the researchers and the scientists who are developing the latest breakthrough therapy. But physicians seeking treatment for their patients. Giving home to them, their loved ones and advocates. This morning we will hear from two leader responsible for implementin
The federal governments job to determine what your mission may be. And certain if youre a private forprofit, were not here to dictate your organizations mission. But a forprofit institution has no special right to federal funding. And if youre going to receive billions of dollars in federal subsidies, we think its reasonable as we endeavor to reauthorize the Higher Education act that we tie some reasonable Public Policy strings to those dollars. And all we are saying is that we want institutions of Higher Learning, and especially their leadership, to wake up every morning and think not first about profits, not think first about how theyre going to market to find more customers, but think about access and affordability. And what were saying is that different institutions may have Different Missions. A Community College has a different mission from a Training Institute and a fouryear institution has a different mission than a graduate institution. And thats all fine. And thats why weve e
Folks who have an oepiate disorder, they will often tell you and you will see they started with early tobacco, early alcohol and early marijuana use. But mr. Botticelli, thats a logical fallacy, thats true but that begs the question that millions of americans, 4 50 million, have used marijuana and didnt go on to other drugs. We have to desegregate the addictive personality from the recreational occasional user. I mean nothing norm tif by this. I said in my opening statement, im a child of the 60s and leery of legalizing any drugs. Ive seen the damage. But i want us to be basing fact on the matter is the war of drugs doesnt look like it work very well in Public Opinion and demand. Whereas other campaigns that are voluntary. Actually have worked. So maybe we could learn something from that as opposed to incarcerating, especially minority populations in this country and that doesnt seem to work either and doesnt seem to reduce demand. Representative connolly, i think just focusing on mari