You moment noted the requirement they november the fda in advance help the situation they are able to take from steps. While fda is planning to establish a new Information System to track data there are significant concerns specifically conducting routine analysis of existing data drug shortage in the data base to respond practically. Can you elaborate on it . Yes. We had concerns about we call internal control. They ensure the accurate sei in data base. And extend to which they are doing broader able cease to look at things like the ongoing shortages as opposed to use it as a tool it help them track the status of an individual shortage. What were not seeing is the kinds of larger able cease looking at trends and as time goes on. They have more fully developed data. We believe it is important to engage. They agreed with us it is something they plan to start doing now they have a little bit more data for a little longer period of time. That is something they can do. We talk about your e
The government. So i look forward to this and thank you very much. Were just glad that you could join us, senator johnson and me. Thanks so much for coming for your comments. When along when senator begich was speaking i was reminded of all people senator mick enzi from wyoming, as my colleagues know, i oftentimes cite him, he may be later here today. He has his 80 20 rule that is one of his Guiding Principles in terms of how to get things done and the 80 20 rule is basically, we agree on 80 of the stuff. Here in congress. We disagree maybe on 20 . Lets just focus on the 80 that we agree on. And well set the other 20 aside until another day. And today i think were going to focus on the 80 that we can agree on. And to help try to path for just the congress but for our country. The one of the people whos not here yet will probably be here in a little bit is senator from arkansas mark pryor. They have a saying in arkansas, whenever you see a friend, and mark pryor said this to me about a
Ambitions. Our selfrespect. Our love of freedom and the rule of law. Our fierce constitutional patriotism. Now, it looked like President Trump might get might get away with his ukraine shakedown. After all, most americans didnt know anything about it. And the few who learned of it would be too afraid, too intimidated to cross the most powerful man on earth. Fr President Trump could rest easy. But if donald trump misjudged the american character, the framers of our constitution did not. I count 17 honorable Public Servants who came forward to testify over the intimidation and disparagement of the president. Is that right, mr. Goldman . Yes, there were 17. And i count a dozen Career State Department and National Security officials who served republican and democratic president s alike, over decades, who came to testify. In fact, four of President Trumps own National Security councils staffers, hill,
vindman, morrison, and mcguyer, came forward to report trumps scheme to nsc lawyers as so
New reaction to empty shelves on grocery stores. And the european travel ban took effect. What that means for americans, next. First we say good morning. It is saturday, march 14th. Garrett haik next to me, kind of capping off what has been a very interesting week. Thats putting it mildly. Right. Were going to start with the coronavirus pandemic. This monk in the u. S. , there are at least 2200 cases across 49 states. 50 people have died. Overnight, free testing with he, paid emergency leave and other resources intended to help combined the crisis and stabilize finance markets. It was a bigger shall we say moves than we started with and we thought lets just do it right, work with our friends in labor, work with our friends in the health community, work in a bipartisan way. And im proud of the work weve done. Weve taken it down the road and well have it in the next bill. This all comes just hours after President Trump facing criticism for his handling of the coronavirus declared a Natio
Surprise was even to the director of National Intelligence, dan coats. The white house has announced on twitter that Vladimir Putin is coming to the white house in the fall. Say that again. Vladimir putin coming did i hear you . Yeah, yeah. Okay. Thats going to be special. I feel like thats what i say before every show, thats going to be special. I know i normally say, wait, theres more. But today its, but, wait, theres less. Coats still doesnt know what trump and putin actually agreed to or didnt in that one on one meeting monday in helsinki. I dont know what happened in that meeting. I think as time goes by and the president has mentioned some things that happened in that meeting, i think we will learn more. But that is the president s prerogative. So, who does know what the leaders of the free the leader of the free world and the meddler of the autocratic world said besides the translator . Mike pompeo seems to have some clues. I have had a chance to talk with President Trump about