jerrod clark is a student at royal oaks high school. his documentary on pharmaceutical price gouging is itled enough is enough. take a look. you don t have to talk to somebody very long to figure out that they have to have this. it s not optional. an allergic reaction could lead to anything from a hospital stay up to death. roughly four people a day will die if they do not get the proper dosage of epinephrine. guys, a lota lot of of people with spouses or children. you have a drug that has been on the market are 100 years, cost roughly a dollar, but the price of this has gone from roughly $99 for one to more than $600 for two in a very short amount of time. do you ever feel guilty making such a large sum of money? i have to sit there and take a prescription to a mother whose child is suffering from anaphylactic shock and watch her have to call family members in order to get the money to pay for this medication. for people a day will die. and watch her cry.
of the ada, past, present, and future. president george h w bush signed the americans with disabilities act into law on july 26, 1990. that was 27 years ago. the ada was one of the first federal civil rights laws, focused on protecting persons with disabilities and against discrimination and public accommodations and services and telecommunications. i am especially proud to hide the commission s role in the commission of that law. the disabilities focus and legislation in a 1983 report titled accommodating individual responsibilities. a former staff attorney with the commission of who was one of the primary authors of the report , described his job as statistics, social scientific, literature, legislation, legal commentary on the status of people with a disability in american society and in the law. in conclusion of the report was society has tended to isolate and segregate people with disabilities and despite that progress discrimination , continues to be a serious and
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with a d-. what are your infrastructure priorities? we have regional lines today, in the eastern and central time zones call 202-748-8000. those in the mountain and pacific time zones call 202-748-8001. you can also reach us on social media on twitter at @cspanwj. and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. let s look at what the washington post said about this new report on the nation s infrastructure. according to engineers, $1 trillion for infrastructure is not close to enough. it says the president promises to pop $1 trillion into improving the country s crumbling infrastructure but a benchmark report says it will take almost $4.6 trillion over the next eight years to bring the systems up to an acceptable standard. according to the assessment released thursday by the american society of civil engineers, it gave u.s. infrastructure and overall grade of d plus, the same great it got in 2013, suggesting only incremental progress was made over the last four years. body president
whole world or not as we wish, but his trade two-way trade important to our nation and the entire world? he seems interested. excuse me, what is all that foreign stuff doing here? those united nations people moving in? you don t approve of the united nations? too many foreigners. we got no business getting mixed up with them. remove that coffee. it is from brazil and the gentleman does not approve. best cigar was made in havana that cigar was made in havana. a silk necktie? away with it. are you aware the works and that handsome watch came from switzerland? your suit, i understand your embarrassment, but also with it but off with it. [laughter] you certainly did a job on him. he had it coming to him. it is something that bothers me. i know other folks need our stuff and i suppose we need some affairs. what i don t understand is what i m going to do when the fellow across the border sends his stuff cheaper than i can. seems to me i ought to be protected someh