Foreign approval side as weve got an operation in mexico so that deal has to go through that process there. Weve got operations in brazil but theyre not the only ones. So were going through a process at the department of justice right now and, you know, our expectation is, you know, we should be through that process, we should be through, you know, the operational issues that we have to go through in order to be able to close without any license transfers and the foreign approval process and were hopeful, pretty confident that well be able to get through that by the end of the year. Watch it tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. Announcer a Senate Appropriation subcommittee heard from the head of the National Institutes of health, dr. Francis collins and other Top Public Health officials on the 2018 budget. This is two hours. Committee will come to order. The appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, education and related agencies will come to order. Before my
We are going to go live to the u. S. Senate. The senators are holding a brief pro forma meeting. Live on cspan2. the presiding officer the senate will come to order. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , july 29, 2016. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable johnny isakson, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Stands adjourned until stands adjourned until this comes in light of recent reports now confirmed of nontravel related cases of the virus in miami, dade and brow wart counties in florida. Abc news reporting this morning it marks the first time the virus was found to be transmitted within infected mosquitoes in the u. S. The outbreak affected four people through local transmission, florida off
That means out of millions of people, nobody voted for them. Go home, get out. They were among the nastiest of people. There were the nastiest ones. I had 38 . The hit 42 . I will never forget, one of the weree, i hit 42 and there like 10 people left. 42 , but hee hit cannot break 50. He cannot break 50 . People. Senators, governors. Ben carson, a great guide, he endorsed me. We love him. [cheers] carson, i get 42 and have he may have saying 42 , but he does not have 50. We have 10 people left. Heres the story. We get more and more and do a number and i will tell you what, it is a great feeling. A lot of feelings were hurt. Because people say it was the nastiest, meanest, hardest primary ever fought in the history of the country. My have been tougher before television, but how could it be . When you can Say Something on television, you reach everybody at one time. You call someone a certain name and everyone hears it. Some of these people have not recovered. But slowly but surely, marc
[cheers] hes a good guy and running for senate in florida and he will win. And i will win in florida. [cheers] i have to win here. Now i start up here, i get here and they are like saying, but donald trump never did this before. One of the people that was running has been out of office for a while and they said, he has only been office for eight years. And they dont say that about trump. Ive never been in office. They dont give me a pass. We end up getting this and never we end up getting this and now we are down to the final straw. I get a call from a big reporter. The biggest. Happens to be a slight liberal. He said how does it feel . What you have done has never been done before. And i said, i disagree. It doesnt matter whether you win or lose, you will be in the history book for what youve done. And i said, let me stop you there, if i dont win, if i dont beat crooked Hillary Clinton, she is as crooked as a three dollar bill, if i dont be crooked Hillary Clinton, i will consider thi
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