The National Institute of health and dr. Scott gottlieb, the commissioner of food and drug. Well have as i mentioned to senator murphy, well have a hearing next wednesday on another important part of the cures act which was the first reorganization of our Mental Health laws in a decade which senator cassidy and senator murphy played a major role in. Senator murray and i will have each an Opening Statement then well introduce our panel of witnesses. Our witnesses will have five minutes of questions. In 2007 doug oliver who is in the front row, i believe, a Computer Programmer began to have trouble seeing and after a near accident had his drivers license taken away and was declared legally behind. The culprit was a rare form of macular degeneration. Doug moved to nashville where his doctor told him while there were no cures, doug could Search Online for a Clinical Trial. Doug found a rejen tiff medicine Clinical Trial in florida where doctors took cells out of the bone marrow in his hip,
Opinion organization, an opinion machine. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the toll from the fires racing across Northern California is climbing tonight. At least 15 people have died so far, more than 2,000 homes and buildings have burned down, and hundreds more firefighters have been called to action. Tonya mosely of pbs member station kqed begins our coverage. Reporter its already one of the deadliest, most destructive outbreaks of wildfires in californias history. From above, tanker planes bombed the flames with water and retardant today, and on the ground, an army of 1,100 firefighters hoped for help from cooler weather and lighter winds. The fires erupted sunday night, and their speed
Machine. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the toll from the fires racing across Northern California is climbing tonight. At least 15 people have died so far, more than 2,000 homes and buildings have burned down, and hundreds more firefighters have been called to action. Tonya mosely of pbs member station kqed begins our coverage. Reporter its already one of the deadliest, most destructive outbreaks of wildfires in californias history. From above, tanker planes bombed the flames with water and retardant today, and on the ground, an army of 1,100 firefighters hoped for help from cooler weather and lighter winds. The fires erupted sunday night, and their speed and ferocity caught homeowners an
[inaudible conversations] the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. Without objection the chairs offer is to declare recess at any time. We have a very important hearing this morning. The federally funded Cancer Research coordination and innovation. This one, some hearings are more important than others. I wish it was the type of hearing that was at the top of the fold of every newspaper we have bought cancer is something that typically affects every family in some way, shape or form in an orchard my ipad a personal experience myself. My mom had breast cancer. She fought it for 10 plus years beginning in 1990 feis she passed away in 1995. My dad was a tough guy and everybody had to have a check up he felt fine and didnt need a checkup. Unfortunately he got colon cancer. Doctors elise told me if he had any sort of check up an eight or 10 years preceding his death he would probably be with us here today. He passed away two years ago and we miss them both. Havin
[inaudible conversations] the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. Without objection the chairs offer is to declare recess at any time. We have a very important hearing this morning. The federally funded Cancer Research coordination and innovation. This one, some hearings are more important than others. I wish it was the type of hearing that was at the top of the fold of every newspaper we have bought cancer is something that typically affects every family in some way, shape or form in an orchard my ipad a personal experience myself. My mom had breast cancer. She fought it for 10 plus years beginning in 1990 feis she passed away in 1995. My dad was a tough guy and everybody had to have a check up he felt fine and didnt need a checkup. Unfortunately he got colon cancer. Doctors elise told me if he had any sort of check up an eight or 10 years preceding his death he would probably be with us here today. He passed away two years ago and we miss them both. Havin