Coming up this morning, Theodore Johnson of the Brennan Center will join us to talk about the africanamerican vote in campaign 2020. Of the university of Virginia Center of politics will discuss the latest news in campaign 2020. Be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 00 eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Examinest, a hearing Congress Constitutional role as a coequal branch of government. We hear about the role of earmarks and transparency and how increased funding and staffing can lead to a more effective government. This is two hours, 15 minutes. The committee will come to order without objection. Articlering is titled one, capacity and equipping congress to better serve the american people. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Im excited to be here today, gaveling in the first hearing of the new year. This committee has had a productive last year, passing 45 recommendations focus on making congress more effective and efficient so it can
Our second panel will assess chinas role in Global Health and activities in the United States. We will start with rosemary gibson, introduce everybody first and then we will go to ms. Gibson. We will start with rosemary gibson, whose name has been mentioned already several times if you were here. Who is a Senior Advisor pasting Center Perspectives at the jama internal medicine. She is author china rx, exposing the risk ab next we will hear from ben westhoff an awardwinning investigative journalist mr. Westhoff new book retinol incorporated how roby chemists are creating the deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic. Will be published in september. The book focuses on that know with now kills more americans annually than any drug in american history. Our third panelist is jennifer buie who is a senior policy researcher and detained chair in china publicity stall is at the rain corporation. As an epidemiologist with training and clinical medicine and quantitative methods, doctor buie Researc
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