Them harder. I think we would welcome legislation to reform that area. But if we come in a blunt instrument, suddenly recreating the fda authorities or mandating things on the fda or looking for the department of health and Human Services to do things that theyre not equipped to do and then, of course, we dont fund them to do it, i think we have to be cautious about some of the legislation that may be proposed. More than anything we want government to be there to work collaboratively but we still have to recognize the safety and efficacy that American People and most people here would certainly think is necessary for a new product. We want those products out as quickly as possible. I remember the days when we had the first evidence of the aids epidemic and the people that brought home the reform and fda to get some of these therapies out quickly were the act up groups of the gay community. They studied the law of fda and argued you dont need to take so long. You dont have to wait till
Good afternoon. I am delighted to welcome you to the brookingss decision Brookings Institution. I am even more delighted to welcome sylvia burwell, burwell, tolvia this event at brookings. I have known sylvia a long time. Over 20 years. Sylviafirst encountered in the clinton administration, i thought of her as that friendly, competent young woman who worked for bob rubin at the National Economic council. I learned that sylvia was the go to person and a cando person. That was a useful person to have around. I also learned that she liked to keep in touch with real people out around america, not just in washington. And that she grew up in West Virginia. One day, i found myself in a hard hat, deep underground in West Virginia in a coal mine with sylvia, barbara ven and rich trumka. I was not the only one who noticed that sylvia was competent and levelheaded hearing the president notice to that, president clinton. By the end of the administration, she was the director of shes had a distingu
Transportation security issues. Now the new president of the Kennedy Center for the performing arts, Deborah Rutter, outlines her u future plans and emphasizes the importance of arts and education and cultural diplomacy, from the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, and welcome. My name is myron delkheim, the Washington School of media and Public Affairs and former International Bureau chief with the Associated Press and the 107th president of the National Press club, the National Press club is the worlds leading committed to our professions future through our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journal iists who are cb members, if you hear applause in our audie
Ebola is scary because of its case phi at that time rate which is generally in the 50 to 70 range. We think with meticulous Clinical Care we should be able to get that down substantially addressing hydration and fluid management. Its still a very deadly disease. Compare that with sars which is 10 or mrsa, or the pen democrat democratic. That doesnt mean it has anything like the epidemic potential of influenza because one of the fundamental facts about ebola is that from everything we have seen, it only spreads from someone who is ill and only spreads from direct contact with body fluids of someone who is ill or someone who has died. So the spread has been primarily by these two routes, unsafe care giving, whether in the home or in health care facilities. In africa, unsafe burials, where burial practices may promote the widespread transmission of disease. The bottom line with ebola is despite recent progress, the epidemic remains severe, Poor Public Health interventions can stop it and
And youve got five trillion dollars of outstanding obligations now that somebody has to deal with. Thats in the current of housing finance. Thats not in the future. So, somebody has got to deal with that. And whether its fannie or freddie or somebody else, i mean, thats, i think, a decision that congress has to make, not fhfa. Let me switch topics here for just a minute. That has to do with the mortgage debt relief act. Director watt, i dont think any state has felt the impact of falling home values more than the state of nevada. Congress passed mortgage debt relief act to ensure those who owe more on their mortgages than they do on their homes are now worth would not be hit with additional income taxes. Im not going to ask your opinion on the irs or thank you. On income taxes. But i think its unfortunate. No one gets hit more than lowincome, middleincome families. I think its unfair and i think most would concur that its unfair, that individuals would have to pay taxes on income that