whether you think of tom friedman, a whole spectrum of people have been extraordinary. you read the editorial page of the newspapers that people like to make fun of it. it is astonishing what thoughtfulness p goes into the writing. if we lose that, it's very often for societies at whole. that doesn't mean that somewhere on internet you also don't get extraordinary things. and there are sites that developing that are terrific. in fact, there's access to every perspective in the world, internet, and that has to be respected. but the break down of the thought that tries to be represented of the center, and then tries to have some per spect of of the right and left. and i think it would be a great loss of society. >> what responsibility, if any, do cable tv host, radio talkers, and others like frank and roger have in regard to the nature of this course that affected the public debate? >> well, i think the cable shows have become democratic in the sense that they've looked at constituency. and they are trying to appeal. and also beyond that, that we sometimes forget that the

many experts including the cdc director tom friedman have said that support to the two den college issuch a cell-based vaccine production. we would hear from for the five manufacturers that the u.s. government has contracted with to produce and distribute h1n1 vaccines. these manufacturers will give us an in-depth knowledge of production challenges that they've raised and share their thoughts on how we can improve this process as we move forward. smithkline was not invited to testify as their vaccination was just recently approved by the fda. joining the manufacturers is that there david lakey, commissioner of the state health services who would be the voice of the state health departments across the country. and dr. jeffrey levi executive director of trust for america's health, nonpartisan organization dedicated to make disease prevention and national priority. i look forward to hearing from all of our witnesses today and delving deeper into the challenges that both the government and. thank you mr. chairman. i yield back. >> think you german stupak. gentleman from kentucky, mr. whit