To declarer can rise a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Without objection members of the full committee not on the subcommittee are authorized participate in todays hearing. Members are reminded to keep their video function on at all times, even when they are not recognized by the chair. Thatrs are also reminded they are responsible for muting and unmuting themselves and to mute themselves after they are finished speaking. Consistent with the regulations accompanying House Resolution 965, we will only mute members and witnesses as appropriate. When not recognized for to avoid inadvertent background noise. Members are reminded that our house rules relating to the order and the decorum of the desk decorum applied to this remote hearing. This hearing is entitled insuring against a pandemic challenges and solutions for , policyholders and insurers. I now recognize myself for three minutes to begin with an opening statement. According to the Congressional Research service, 110 Millio
And know you have been updated on the terms on the second november. The second of november and i take this matter seriously and return to update the house in due course. This morning i have Virtual Meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my virtue duties and i have other duties later today. The pandemic has shown how vulnerable we are to global challenges, we are grappling with covid19, the Climate Emergency and hunger why is this government breaking its own manifesto commitment and cutting the age the budget that saves lives, will the Prime Minister stop this on the global stage retreat and take this opportunity to rule that out here and now . Thank you, everybody can be immensely proud of the massive commitment this country has made and will continue to make around the world, but the commitment we are now making leading the world to tackle the threat of Climate Change in the investment in tackling that problem is second to none across the world, the uk leading
Jane todays event is sponsored by our tpwhrobal Europe Program under the direction of our newly minted director, dan hamilton, who will take overing moring this program for me in a little while. Its also sponsored by our kennon institute in partnership with the u. S. Helsinki ommission. Dan jones the Wilson Center after holding positions in the u. S. Department of state, including notably, assistant secretary for european affair responseable for nato, the osce and transatlantic security issue os they have in ordericbaltic and balkan affairs. He also retains an affiliation and taught for a while at johns hopkins. Our conversation today marks an important milestone. 30 years ago today, the charter of paris for the new europe was signed by 34 european and north american country, symbolizing an end to the 40year division of europe into two possible camps. It formally signaled the end of the cold war and set the osce, or the csce, the conference on security and cooperation in europe, on the
Inside story of the generic drug boom and im talking t you today from massachutts. Im actually usuly based in brooklyn, new york, but were hunkering down in cape cod this summer. My book is a true crime expose of the generic drug industry an takes the readers deep into the distantanufacturing plants in india and china that make most of americas low cost medicines. Heavily reported over the course of 10 years, the book follows several key characters, an industry whistle blower, a fda investigator as they begin to uncover widespread fraud in these manufacturing plants. The question is, what made me want to pursue this topic . Im an investigative journalist and i have been at this for several decades, but in 2008, i got an unusual phone call that came from a radio show host on npr. He had the show called the peoples pharmacy. His name is joe braden, and he called me with a tip. He said that listeners were calling into his Radio Program and complaining about their generic drugs, they were
The former president , live today at 11 30 a. M. Eastern on book tv. With joe biden as president elect, stay with us for the live transition of power. Host journalist and author Garrett Graff joins us now, currently the director for cyber initiatives for the Aspen Digital Program at the aspen intitute, here to talk about the white house transition process and implications for National Security. Garrett graff, beginning with, when there is a transition, what National Security information is shared . Guest when the gsa administrator ascertains that a president elect all of those words being the specific ones in the Legal Process that unlocks a series of government transition funds and office space, emails, government cell phones, as well as two major sets of information. One is the ability for the Transition Team to access classified information. The second is to allow Agency Review teams from the transition to begin to meet with government officials and both of those are very vital asse