Of drugs for severe illnesses and as a result of this work that i was doing on drug pricing in the United States looking at these issues, i eventually began to get more aware of the International Discussions about the u. S. Could do and what was happening in the countries in 1994, i was invited to argentina and brazil by people that have picked up my name as someone working on these issues and i really became aware for the first time the extent to which the United States and the state department and through the trade office and the whole apparatus of the Foreign Policy was putting pressure on the developing countries to extend and put in place monopolies on pharmaceutical drugs so wha a lf developing companies have excluded the pharmaceutical drugs from the patent system and you could buy drugs from argentina and others and at that point also from brazil and the u. S. Was pushing all these countries to put those in place but also going way beyond that. And i remember when i was at arge
Enforcement of colorado because they believe that will improve public safety. If we know whos driving and make sure we can identify them. Moderator element, we have a brief amount of time and i have a feeling that you are both eager to do that. So let me ask you come a brief answer, incentives, why do you think so many people hate congress and what is the number one thing you can do about it . Mr. Romanoff. Romanoff the main reason so Many Americans are disenchanted with congress is because they see politicians in congress who are fighting for them. Theyre trying to concentrate the benefits at the top and not the middleclass to suffer. When i get to the u. S. House of representatives in january, i will do everything in my power to grow the economy by strengthening the middle class, ensuring equal pay for equal work, advancing transition to a Clean Energy Economy. And they making Higher Education more affordable, which is the real ticket to the vendor class. Not by cutting programs, not