The president and ceo of the United States capitol Historical Society. I just took this job in february, so this is my new adventure. But this organization has been around for more than 50 years, and we are delighted to have you all join us for a celebration of the distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight with the presentation of colors by the United States Capitol Police ceremonial unit and the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Forward march. March. Right shoulder. Now please join in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. You may be seated. Our celebration this evening is possible because we have generous support from the bank of america, from grant thornton, from allergen, from the National Retail federation, from the association of global automakers, United Techno
Distinguished history of the Senate Finance committee. We begin the program tonight with the presentation of colors by the United States capitol and theeremonial unit pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Forward, march. Right shoulder. Eady please join in the pledge of allegiance. Allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Right forward. Turn, march. Thank you very much. You may be seated. Our celebration this evening is possible because we have generous support from the bank of america, from grant thornton, from allergen, from the National Retail federation, from the association of global automakers, united technology, and the ongoing support of our society members. We have several of our Board Members who are here. I would invite you to stand up, Board Members of the society. Thank you very much for your work. [applause] we are here today to raise a toast to the Se
The appropriations subcommittee on labor health and huge services and related agencies will come to order. I am certainly pleased we could have this opportunity this morning, dr. Collins, to talk to you and the other Institute Directors about the work youre doing and the work youd like to do. Certainly every family faces Health Concerns during their lifetime and there are so many things that can be done by nih that i think cant be done anywhere else. A new drug, a new device, new treatment can take anywhere from a decade to longer to develop, can cost billions of dollars on occasion with a pretty high failure rate even when you think youre on the right path. Certainly its necessary for the federal government to invest in Biomedical Research. It represents the hopes of lots of people and lots of families and particularly now as we see conditions growing as people survive heart problems and strock problems, we see more people with alzheimers and cancer challenges. We see the potential fo