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The afternoon. That thats it for the week as members will be out for mlk holiday lawmakers back on tuesday, january 16th. Now live to the floor of the u. S. Senate. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, in whose hand lies the destiny of people and nations, empower our lawmakers to do your will on earth even as it is done in heaven. May their lives reflect gratitude for your m...

Them i had some of the sections of the book that really stood out, i understood why this is an important book and i think a lot of people will, particularly conservatives, begin to appreciate the struggle is an over and the fight isnt done. We have a lot more fight in it but weve got to put ourselves fully into the game. And to enjoy it and be happy about it and grateful that were in the position of leadership. Reagan talked about the happy warrior and this is the manuscript for the happy warrio...

I think there is something to that. The way i would summarize it would be to say the United States is still the most powerful country in the world, but the margins of our lead are contracting. And what that means in terms of policy is that big problems in the world cannot be solved without the United States, but the United States can no longer be solving them alone or be dictating to others exactly how they get solved. So the premium in these coming years for the United States, i think, as the l...

We will be back. I went to see if there are any other Opening Statements and i want to make sure we have plenty of time. Any othe other members Opening Statements introduced in the record without objection will be entered into the record. Let me introduce the witnesses for todays hearing. Doctor tim pearson will lea leaf the panel, the scientist in the Government Accountability office in july, 2008 and as such he is a member of the Senior Executive service of the u. S. Federal government and als...

I went to see if there are any other Opening Statements and i want to make sure we have plenty of time. Any othe other members Opening Statements introduced in the record without objection will be entered into the record. Let me introduce the witnesses for todays hearing. Doctor tim pearson will lea leaf the panel, the scientist in the Government Accountability office in july, 2008 and as such he is a member of the Senior Executive service of the u. S. Federal government and also serves as a dir...

The drug costs patients 129,000. The same cost for patients in other countries about a third of that amount. I realize the pharmaceutical Companies Invest their researches, they bring a new drug to market, they should profit from that innovation, but why are the u. S. Patients getti getting gauged for drugs. Can you better explain why u. S. Taxpayers are paying for Biomedical Research at the front end and paying exorbitant prices at the back end . Ill just say that 50 of my colleagues and myself...

Subcommittee hearing is two hours and 15 minutes. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the subcommittee on health and Human Services and education to discuss the fiscal year 2017 National Institutes of Health Budget request. We are looking forward to hearing the testimony of dr. Whoins and his colleagues will be brought in for questions along the way. I would like to publicly thank dr. Collins and the staff at the nih for hosting me and other subcommittee members for a briefing at a tour at the n...

Good evening everyone. We will get started. My name is candace, i work with the events here and we have a lot of events coming up this fall. I encourage you to grab one of our print calendars on your way out tonight and sign up for our email list at the info desk as well as look online for some of the events coming up in september. As for tonights event, first thing if you would check again and make sure your self owns are on silent or are off so that doesnt disrupt her time here. What we are go...

Sunday. Lynn cheney this month. Shes the author of 12 books. Her most recent madison. Now some other programs on the threeday weekend to look out for. John hopkins all that and much more this labor weekend. Book tv, television for serious readers. We are going today with michael hiltzick. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone. We are going to get started. My name is candace. I work with the events here at politics and pros. We have a will the of events coming up this fall. I encourage...

September. As for tonights first thing is check again to make sure your cell phones are on silent or off so that doesnt disrupt or time here. Well have an hourlong event, half the time presentation from our speaker, and then half the time for questions. We have a microphone over here. If you wouldnt mind directing your question to that mic. We are recording, cspan is here, and it helps us catch your question on the recording. And then afterwards well have a signing. Well form a line going down t...