can you talk about the test for growth hormones for that research that went into this? i can t. the search for a test for growth hormone abuse started in 1996. it split in 2 two different paths, one of which is the test we are discussing today which is the eyes support test. that test was based on the fact that when people were given growth hormones this test could discriminate or classified people correctly between users and nonusers. the other test having recognized a two day window was not going to be the best solution for us, the other test is a bio markers tests and that is an indication of the effect of growth hormone on the body and since those effects of last much longer than the growth hormone is actually there the window of detection is much broader and the other two tests currently in development. did trials include a wide range of individuals with a wide range of body types? yes, it did. as the te
congressional budget office where he supervised a young economist who did not learn a whole lot from them and that is what i am here rudy has had a distinguished career he has had. i remember those conversations. i hope i can do them-just i can do them justice. finally, we have david walker, founder and ceo of the comeback america initiative. he is formally the comptroller general of the united states. he was also the head director of the u.s. government accountability office for almost 10 years. he is widely read and has written numerous articles on the debt and deficit. he has a new initiative which makes tremendous sense. his new group is looking at the efficiencies, inefficiencies, duplications in the government to try to find areas where we can save money without cutting. it is a very interesting initiative, one that you ought to look into and see about supporting. i hope we he will mention it briefly in his comments today. i will turn to the panel and sit-down and we
what tax deductions would you give up as part of a solution to the deficit problems? here are the numbers to call. for republicans, 202-585-3881. for democrats, 202-585-3880. for independents, 202-585-3882. you can also find us online. send us a tweet, twitter.com/c- spanwj. find a son facebook and weigh in there. at journal@c- span.org. the christian science monitor, asked what we would be willing to give up. americans would be willing to give up the tax deduction for charitable giving over other popular tax breaks. host: let s take a look at the results of this poll. 25% said that they would be willing to give up the charitable giving tax deduction. almost the same amount said it would be willing to give up their deduction for state taxes. 19% said they would be willing to give up host: we would like to hear what deduction you would give up. you can weigh in on our facebook page, there s a poll set up where you can tell us specifically which interests you the most, or p
he was finishing a press conference down the hall. with every passing day, the republicans are calling on john banner to guarantee tax cuts to the middle class. today, sen. cornyn will be the second ranking republican next congress. they ll call upon john bennett to the reasonable thing. they will have this below sooner or later. those rates go up by operational law on dec. 31. luol and he said this all, this is true. within three-quarters of the american people including 61% of republicans agree with john corn john cornyn that they cannot be held hostage were giveaways to billionaires. he cannot ignore the american people forever. at some point reality should set in. the only question is how much the trust s sole class families and how much they will have to endure during this process. many other pieces of business critical to middle-class families that we will be working on if we resolve the fiscal cliffs. the three leaders here with me will talk about that today. t
these organizations move to pay people for quality instead of quantity. the obama administration will give a hospital a set amount of money for caring for the patients. then the doctor has to strategize so they don t have to go into the red. they are hoping the model will drive down costs and get rid of the incentive or just that we re at the start of that program. host: brian from massachusetts with sarah kliff. caller: a caller talked about marriage practitioners and there is a lot of them. they pretty much have a lot of schools are graduating many nurse practitioners and physician s assistants. there is a cap on the amount of doctors they can create. nurse practitioners have two years of crammed education. i think they are good providers. we cannot assume that a nurse practitioner or physician s assistant are going to be as good as medical doctors. guest: that is a criticism that a lot of people raise. are these people going to be as good as doctors? in certain spaces, t