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his little hands all bandaged up. with the history this live-in had of beating the hell out of the 14-month-old brother, i don't understand why the department of family children services wasn't called in on this. now the baby's dead, doctor. >> well, that is certainly the big question, obviously. i think if -- looking in hind sight it makes it real easy to think the doctors made a mistake. the nurses, whoever else was caring for him. at the time, maybe there was a legitimate story that seemed very plausible. in hindsight, it does look very bad. >> to pat brown, criminal profiler, author of "the profiler: my life hunting serial killers and psychopaths." pat, weigh in, please. >> we're looking at two people with personality disorders, two people who can lie really well to those doctors. that woman was not confused, here is the situation, as i see it. she got four presents for christmas, the big santa present and three stocking stuffers. they're all fine. if she had to throw away a few of them to keep one, she's keeping
his little hands all bandaged up. with the history this live-in had of beating the hell out of the 14-month-old brother, i don't understand why the department of family children services wasn't called in on this. now the baby's dead, doctor. >> well, that is certainly the big question, obviously. i think if -- looking in hind sight it makes it real easy to think the doctors made a mistake. the nurses, whoever else was caring for him. at the time, maybe there was a legitimate story that...
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. >> she was completely enveloped in bandages. her face was unrecognizable. she was so badly wounded. and the only thing i recognized was her hands. she had very distinctive, strong hands. >> and all you could see were her two big blue bright eyes, just staring out. >> hi, margaret. >> reporter: margaret west back to sarajevo, not because she had to, but because she wanted to. she was asked by a colleague what she'd say to the sniper if they ever met. >> i said, well, i'd be more curious, i guess. i would be curious. could he see me in the van? did he just shoot into the van? and i would not feel any anger or anything. >> reporter: just over three years ago, margaret was diagnosed with cancer. she battled it with bravery and dignity. sadly, she died on sunday, aged 59 in the united states. i worked with margaret many times, most notably for me in the west bank in 2002. israeli troops had surrounded yaser arafat's compound. it was margaret's bravery and ingenuity that saw us get past tanks and guns for an interview. her rich personality, her kindness, her brav
. >> she was completely enveloped in bandages. her face was unrecognizable. she was so badly wounded. and the only thing i recognized was her hands. she had very distinctive, strong hands. >> and all you could see were her two big blue bright eyes, just staring out. >> hi, margaret. >> reporter: margaret west back to sarajevo, not because she had to, but because she wanted to. she was asked by a colleague what she'd say to the sniper if they ever met. >> i said,...
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his publicist says hopper was bandaged after a fall outside of his home. >>> and singer katie perry got slimmed at the kids -- slimed at the kids choice award. "twilight" star taylor lautner picked up an orange-shaped prize as well. for favorite movie actor. and first lady michelle obama won the big help award for her let's move campaign to fight childhood obesity. >>> 5:20. it's tough when you lose your hair. >> when it's for a good cause it's sheer madness. dozens of people shaped for deserving kids -- shaved for deserving kids. >>> good morning. 5:23. today's a day where we can't shake the rain in some places and on the edge of it in others. we're expecting rain on the lower eastern shore and lingering showers this side of the bay. from annapolis, baltimore, further west you go, lower chance of rain but holding temperatures to 57 this afternoon. 47 overnight. there will be fog in the mix. tomorrow, cooler day, 50, and leftover showers as well, mostly cloudy skies, 61 wednesday. how do you like 75 to 80, on thursday, friday and through the weekend? temperatures hang near 80 degrees. >
his publicist says hopper was bandaged after a fall outside of his home. >>> and singer katie perry got slimmed at the kids -- slimed at the kids choice award. "twilight" star taylor lautner picked up an orange-shaped prize as well. for favorite movie actor. and first lady michelle obama won the big help award for her let's move campaign to fight childhood obesity. >>> 5:20. it's tough when you lose your hair. >> when it's for a good cause it's sheer madness....
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>> i think it would include things like bandages, band-aids and that sort of thing. essentially it lowers the rate and expands the basic devices. my understanding is it would come to somewhere around $20 billion over 10 years. the senate bill i think originally started off at $40 billion over 10 years. >> one thing is certain. you have made an impact with reference to this legislation and i am sure regardless of the ultimate outcome with reference to the manager's amendment that you will have a continuing impact and certainly with members like myself. i may not be a part of that caucus. i believe betty sutton as an betty sutton and i are good friends and have raised the subject repeatedly over the course of the 15 month we have talked about this measure. dr. dan's, i want to ask you, you said, and i'm not trying to be picky here but a part of your recitation earlier, on the medical device measurer, but earlier was that if people don't have insurance, they wouldn't see a physician. i am using your words. >> maybe my language was not as clear as i wanted it to be but m
>> i think it would include things like bandages, band-aids and that sort of thing. essentially it lowers the rate and expands the basic devices. my understanding is it would come to somewhere around $20 billion over 10 years. the senate bill i think originally started off at $40 billion over 10 years. >> one thing is certain. you have made an impact with reference to this legislation and i am sure regardless of the ultimate outcome with reference to the manager's amendment that you...
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class one medical devices, which means that these dangerous devices are considered as innocuous as bandagesngue depressors. >> reporter: tanning salon owners say they take precautions like this computer program that won't allow a customer to tan twice in one day. >> we educate them on the exposure schedules that the fda has given us. we don't want them to get red or overexposed. >> reporter: but doctors have warned for years that any kind of exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun or in a tanning salon can lead to several types of skin cancer, including melanoma, which kills one person every hour in this country. >> saying that there is a safe way to tan is almost saying that there's a safe way to drive drunk. >> reporter: but even if there are new rules, that won't stop rachel donahue. >> it's really about what you personally want to do to your body and i think tanning should be a personal decision, not by the government. >> reporter: a personal decision, but a risky one. sandra hughes, cbs news, los angeles. >>> veteran actor robert culp has died after collapsing outside his hollywood h
class one medical devices, which means that these dangerous devices are considered as innocuous as bandagesngue depressors. >> reporter: tanning salon owners say they take precautions like this computer program that won't allow a customer to tan twice in one day. >> we educate them on the exposure schedules that the fda has given us. we don't want them to get red or overexposed. >> reporter: but doctors have warned for years that any kind of exposure to ultraviolet rays from...
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they don't price things like bandages or drugs or even overnight stays individually. administrator caplow admits there are sometimes problems. >> the frustrating part, i'll start with that -- is that the budgets do not always reflect growing numbers, growing complexities of patients, different procedures. so you could have a huge influx of some new kind of disease that we have to treat, but the budgets are not adjusted accordingly. >> reporter: still, she says the budgets overall are based on good patient care. and the hospitals don't spend a dime trying to lure new people in the door with the latest, greatest treatments. >> the more patients we have, the more endangered our budgets are. so we don't really go out and wildly advertise that we want more patients, because, in fact, that's more demand on our budget. for us, our business is health care. and i think for the united states, health care is business. >> reporter: economist rinehart has estimated that if the u.s. cut administrative costs and ran its books more like canada, it could save enough money to fund univ
they don't price things like bandages or drugs or even overnight stays individually. administrator caplow admits there are sometimes problems. >> the frustrating part, i'll start with that -- is that the budgets do not always reflect growing numbers, growing complexities of patients, different procedures. so you could have a huge influx of some new kind of disease that we have to treat, but the budgets are not adjusted accordingly. >> reporter: still, she says the budgets overall...
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we're going to bandage it up real tight. we're going to try to get you, okay? don't get upset.on't want you to get upset. >> reporter: engine ten covers a neighborhood called trinidad, where most people are poor an don't have insurance. and don't have the means to see doctors the way the rest of us do. they get sick, they call 911. and 911 calls in engine ten. they call the community they serve the vortex of sickness. >> the vortex of sickness. >> what's that? >> trinidad. just an area where we run a lot of sick people. a whole lot. if they drank more of this, they'd cut down on health care costs. >> paramedic engine, please respond. unconscious person. >> reporter: that's not to say they don't get there fair share of real medical emergencies, like this one. a 24-year-old man in full diabetic coma and with the whole team inside, they find him unconscious. >> what's your name? what's your name? oh. what's your name, man? >> it looks to me like his sugar is low and we can fix that real quick. >> reporter: they find an all too familiar scene. >> start an iv. get him some sugar thr
we're going to bandage it up real tight. we're going to try to get you, okay? don't get upset.on't want you to get upset. >> reporter: engine ten covers a neighborhood called trinidad, where most people are poor an don't have insurance. and don't have the means to see doctors the way the rest of us do. they get sick, they call 911. and 911 calls in engine ten. they call the community they serve the vortex of sickness. >> the vortex of sickness. >> what's that? >>...
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wearing bandages following a fall, hopper said hollywood has been his home and schooling.nis hopper is 73 years old. >>> a pioneer in sports broadcasting died. chet simmons ran nbc sports and was the first president of espn. he is credited with inventing the term "instant replay" and start the "sportscenter." he hped to launch and greatly influence a whole lot of careers. chris berman, and not one but two gumbels, bryant and greg. chet simmons was 81 years old. >>> we are back now with gumbolts. your bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line? then you may not be seeing the whole picture. ask your doctor about trilipix. statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improve all three cholesterol numbers. trilipixas not been shown to prevent heart attacks or stroke more than statin alone. trilipix is not for everyone, including people with liver, gallbladder, or severe kidney disease, or nursing women. tell your doctor about all the medicines you take a
wearing bandages following a fall, hopper said hollywood has been his home and schooling.nis hopper is 73 years old. >>> a pioneer in sports broadcasting died. chet simmons ran nbc sports and was the first president of espn. he is credited with inventing the term "instant replay" and start the "sportscenter." he hped to launch and greatly influence a whole lot of careers. chris berman, and not one but two gumbels, bryant and greg. chet simmons was 81 years old....
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never know why the bubbles on her right hand are fresh, why her hand and both feet are wrapped in bandages. >> i'm just happy aiden is okay and wasn't on fire or anything when i came upstairs. >> reporter: lying in her hospital bed recovering from severe burns, her thoughts are on 5-year-old aiden and how he is doing. >> i care for the kid a lot, like i really do. >> reporter: this is what's left of his home. last night when they were sleeping -- >> i just heard a big boom and i thought it was aiden. >> reporter: she sprinted upstairs barefoot. when she got to the hallway, she was met by flames on the carpet. >> i was calling for him and he said, aly, i'm in here in my room underneath my covers. i'm like, okay, so i ran in there, grabbed him and ran out. that was the only thing i thought about. i didn't even think about me getting burned. he was screaming and stuff. and right after i ran off the carpet, my feet are just -- it was like i was walking on goo because of all this skin. my feet were just burnt off like. >> reporter: she ran with him out of the house and drove to a neighbor's hom
never know why the bubbles on her right hand are fresh, why her hand and both feet are wrapped in bandages. >> i'm just happy aiden is okay and wasn't on fire or anything when i came upstairs. >> reporter: lying in her hospital bed recovering from severe burns, her thoughts are on 5-year-old aiden and how he is doing. >> i care for the kid a lot, like i really do. >> reporter: this is what's left of his home. last night when they were sleeping -- >> i just heard a...
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. >> which means that these dangerous devices are considered as inocwaus as bandages and as tongue depressors>> reporter: tanning salon owners say they take precautions. like this that won't allow a customer to tan twice on the same day. >> we don't want them to get red or overexposed. >> reporter: but doctors have warned for years that any kind of exposure to ultraviolet rays, from the sun or tanning salons can lead to several types of skin cancer, including melanoma, which kills one person every hour in this country. >> saying there is a safe way to tan is almost like saying there's a safe way to drive drunk. >> reporter: but even if there are new rules, that won't stop rachel donahue. >> it is really about what you personally want to do to your body. and i think tanning should be a personal decision. not by the government. >> reporter: a personal decision but a risky one. sandra hughes, wjz eyewitness news. >> currently, there is legislation being considered in maryland that would make it illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to use commercial tanning beds. >>> also in healthwatch, accord
. >> which means that these dangerous devices are considered as inocwaus as bandages and as tongue depressors>> reporter: tanning salon owners say they take precautions. like this that won't allow a customer to tan twice on the same day. >> we don't want them to get red or overexposed. >> reporter: but doctors have warned for years that any kind of exposure to ultraviolet rays, from the sun or tanning salons can lead to several types of skin cancer, including melanoma,...
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. >> she was completely enveloped in bandages and her face was unrecognizable.y wounded. and the only thing i recognized was her hand. she had distinctive strong hands. and all you could see were her two big blue bright eyes staring out. >> reporter: that brightness never dimmeden through more than a dozen surgeries and years of pain. margaret returned to work, returned to the world's front lines. she even went back to sarajevo. >> most of humanity are what i would call hurt animals. she is the antithesis of hurt animal. she is a solo artist. what distinguishes a non-herd animal as a human being is their demand of themselves that they go forward into darkness with their ice opened looking straight into it. >> reporter: margaret looked straight into it when she was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. she dealt with it as she did everything else, with honesty, courage, with her eyes wide open. >> so, i really would have liked to have done that a little bit more flair. so i feel if i can die with dignity then that's the main thing, you know. to me, it doesn't ma
. >> she was completely enveloped in bandages and her face was unrecognizable.y wounded. and the only thing i recognized was her hand. she had distinctive strong hands. and all you could see were her two big blue bright eyes staring out. >> reporter: that brightness never dimmeden through more than a dozen surgeries and years of pain. margaret returned to work, returned to the world's front lines. she even went back to sarajevo. >> most of humanity are what i would call hurt...
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the actor who's suffering from prostate cancer, you can see he's wearing bandages after a fall.ears old. >>> one utah great great grandmother took a record breaking plunge with the support of her family and inspired by her neighbor. viola rendelles fulfilled this lifelong dream. 84 years old, shefls in the air for seven minutes. vie has been suffering from cancer. >>> all right, nbcin karins is with a check of your forecast. >> these are all students from burlington, iowa here. they just traveled 21 hours on a bus, just arrived here at the plaza. 21 hours on a bus? >> yes, 21 hours. >> what was that like? >> it was horrible. got to sleep on really uncomfortable seats. >> is it worth it? >> yes. >> you guys all look wonderful. you guys are going to be performing at the statue of liberty? >> yep. >> good luck and have fun in the big city. >>> a little bit of rain out there in the middle of the country. some of that rain will head to iowa this afternoon. kansas city looking >> good morning. we are in the 30's. here is a look at >>> that's a look at your weekend forecast. amy? >> th
the actor who's suffering from prostate cancer, you can see he's wearing bandages after a fall.ears old. >>> one utah great great grandmother took a record breaking plunge with the support of her family and inspired by her neighbor. viola rendelles fulfilled this lifelong dream. 84 years old, shefls in the air for seven minutes. vie has been suffering from cancer. >>> all right, nbcin karins is with a check of your forecast. >> these are all students from burlington,...
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they have the same regulation as bandages, dental floss and tongue depressers.the fda will talk about whether or not to increase the oversight. one proposal goes to ban minors from using tanning beds overall, in hopes of preventing skin cancer in people, like the one you're about to meet. >> i was a cheerleader. i felt like i wasn't the best girl on the team. everyone else was tanned. i tanned so i could fit in. >> reporter: katie tanned three times a week. when she started competing in beauty pageants in high school, her mom bought her her own tanning bed. >> i noticed this browspot on my leg. it was a mole. but it didn't look like a regular one. >> reporter: the diagnosis was not good. it was melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. >> i felt like there's no way i could have melanoma. the people i knew who had been diagnosed with skin cancer, were a lot older. >> reporter: her cancer was caught early. but more than 30 million people tan indoors every year. and nearly three-quarters of them are women between the ages 16 and 39. >> groups go to the salon and
they have the same regulation as bandages, dental floss and tongue depressers.the fda will talk about whether or not to increase the oversight. one proposal goes to ban minors from using tanning beds overall, in hopes of preventing skin cancer in people, like the one you're about to meet. >> i was a cheerleader. i felt like i wasn't the best girl on the team. everyone else was tanned. i tanned so i could fit in. >> reporter: katie tanned three times a week. when she started...
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in fact, there may be in bandages in some division of responsibility -- advantages in some division of responsibilities. a simple regulator may be excessively rigid and insensitive to market developments. but we do not want competition in laxity among regulators aligned with particular constituencies or exposed to narrow political pressures. we are all familiar with weaknesses in supervisory oversight, with failures to respond to financial excesses in a timely way, and with gaps in authority. those failings spread in one way or the other among all of the relevant agencies, not excepting the federal reserve. both law and practice need reform. but however these issues are resolved, i do believe the federal reserve with the broadest economic responsibilities, with the perceived mandate for maintaining this financial stability, with the strongest insulation against special political or industry pressures, must maintain a significant presence with real authority in regulatory and supervisory matters. against that background, i will respond to the particular points you raised in your invitat
in fact, there may be in bandages in some division of responsibility -- advantages in some division of responsibilities. a simple regulator may be excessively rigid and insensitive to market developments. but we do not want competition in laxity among regulators aligned with particular constituencies or exposed to narrow political pressures. we are all familiar with weaknesses in supervisory oversight, with failures to respond to financial excesses in a timely way, and with gaps in authority....
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another bandage for the economy, a new report shows unemployment lines weren't as long as predicted for february. we are shining a spotlight on those who are hard at work, ordinary people doing extraordinary jobs. >> this would be my executive platinum card. fairly cherished considering how much sweat equity i have to put into earning it. >> very nice. she is a consultant who like the george clooney character lives life up in the air. and he is a surgeon who operates on the uninsured for free. >> these people don't have health insurance, and i think it's our duty to reach out and help those type of people as often as we can. >> it is go time. good morning, everyone. i'm tony harris. let's get to work in the "cnn newsroom." >> you know, it didn't go down but it didn't go up either. new numbers show the unemployment rate held steady in february at 9.7%. that means 36,000 jobs were lost last month. that is a translation. fewer than analysts predicted. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with more on the numbers. let's break all of this down for everyone. you know there's been a
another bandage for the economy, a new report shows unemployment lines weren't as long as predicted for february. we are shining a spotlight on those who are hard at work, ordinary people doing extraordinary jobs. >> this would be my executive platinum card. fairly cherished considering how much sweat equity i have to put into earning it. >> very nice. she is a consultant who like the george clooney character lives life up in the air. and he is a surgeon who operates on the...
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guest: thank you for emphasizing the point about medicare a bandage. put in place back in the mid-90s, that is just unfair to pay for some patients and not others. we think is important -- it is important that it be equalized as a part of this. host: riverside, calif., r,
guest: thank you for emphasizing the point about medicare a bandage. put in place back in the mid-90s, that is just unfair to pay for some patients and not others. we think is important -- it is important that it be equalized as a part of this. host: riverside, calif., r,
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the moment you get at 50% or below, it is to everyone's political it bandage to start kicking you.while you are above 50%, everybody says you know maybe i shouldn't get too hard because maybe there will be a boomerang and people will react negatively. so when you fall below 50, then it often and genders almost a collective, a collective kicking up as you will, right and so things get even harder to manage during this period. it is critical for a president to keep his approval above 50 for that very reason, to prevent that kind of impact from setting in. i think you saw that with president bush. one day he was 50. the next day he was in the 30s. i don't think we are likely to see that with president obama but i think the president knows he has got to reverse this trend and that the state of the union did not reverse the trend. the biggest event the president has every year is pretty much to get up there with the state of the union, outline your agenda for the future of the country, and use that as a springboard for restoring confidence in the country. and what happened on the state
the moment you get at 50% or below, it is to everyone's political it bandage to start kicking you.while you are above 50%, everybody says you know maybe i shouldn't get too hard because maybe there will be a boomerang and people will react negatively. so when you fall below 50, then it often and genders almost a collective, a collective kicking up as you will, right and so things get even harder to manage during this period. it is critical for a president to keep his approval above 50 for that...
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writing that that rules committee, that panel on which the democrats had a have in mind -- go for it bandage welp smoke out the language by the budget committee today today substituting the amendments that have been crafted in consultation with democratic leaders, chairman and the white house. supporters of the legislation hope the process will end with a final passage vote in the house floor by the end of the week. you can continue to follow live coverage of the legislation as it makes its way through the process on capitol hill on the c-span network, c-span radio in c-span.org. we are going to go back to the beginning of this markup from today. chairman john spratt outlining the process. >> the budget act designs the role of packaging the reconciliation bills and transmitting them to the house "without substantive change". the rules committee is to make subsidy changes in reconciliation rules as amended to the floor. i will briefly describe her purpose and make an opening statement limited to 10 minutes followed by an opening statement limited to 10 minutes by the ranking member mr. ryan.
writing that that rules committee, that panel on which the democrats had a have in mind -- go for it bandage welp smoke out the language by the budget committee today today substituting the amendments that have been crafted in consultation with democratic leaders, chairman and the white house. supporters of the legislation hope the process will end with a final passage vote in the house floor by the end of the week. you can continue to follow live coverage of the legislation as it makes its way...
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if you are fluent that is in a bandage because detainees due do respect the fact that you have learnedthe language. if i asked anybody in here, do you know who francisco briski is , world war ii ace? jimmy doolittle, billy mitchell? i could ask a famous names of pilots from world war ii and you would recognize them probably. but i could name off famous interrogators from world war ii and you would not know who they were. these people, one of them wrote a guide for interrogations after he successfully interrogated japanese p.o.w.'s and he should -- said everybody should be a trained linguist. i don't think that is a requirement but certainly it is a help. >> i am from voice in america,, and the nation's service and i have done a lot of translation for the state department program my question is, the way they described the-- is like they have already adopted all these new techniques, but i am a bit skeptical about it. isn't this one of the tools are they also retain all their old methods? i think it has big invocations particularly since indonesia is going into more depth into democracy,
if you are fluent that is in a bandage because detainees due do respect the fact that you have learnedthe language. if i asked anybody in here, do you know who francisco briski is , world war ii ace? jimmy doolittle, billy mitchell? i could ask a famous names of pilots from world war ii and you would recognize them probably. but i could name off famous interrogators from world war ii and you would not know who they were. these people, one of them wrote a guide for interrogations after he...
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in fact, there may be in bandages in some division of responsibility -- advantages in some division of responsibilities. a simple regulator may be excessively rigid and insensitive to market developments. but we do not want competition in laxity among regulators aligned with particular constituencies or exposed to narrow political pressures. we are all familiar with weaknesses in supervisory oversight, with failures to respond to financial excesses in a timely way, and with gaps in authority. those failings spread in one way or the other among all of the relevant agencies, not excepting the federal reserve. both law and practice need reform. but however these issues are resolved, i do believe the federal reserve with the broadest economic responsibilities, with the perceived mandate for maintaining this financial stability, with the strongest insulation against special political or industry pressures, must maintain a significant presence with real authority in regulatory and supervisory matters. against that background, i will respond to the particular points you raised in your invitat
in fact, there may be in bandages in some division of responsibility -- advantages in some division of responsibilities. a simple regulator may be excessively rigid and insensitive to market developments. but we do not want competition in laxity among regulators aligned with particular constituencies or exposed to narrow political pressures. we are all familiar with weaknesses in supervisory oversight, with failures to respond to financial excesses in a timely way, and with gaps in authority....
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it actually expands to include more medical devices such as tongue depressors, elastic bandages, most hand held and dental instruments and examination gloves. i'm joining with my republican colleagues to file an amendment striking the tax on medical devices. additionally, i have filed amendment numbered 3588 -- that's what we're talking about now -- that will strike this expansion of taxes on assistive devices for two of the most vulnerable populations -- the children and individuals with disabilities. i have previously spoken on the floor about this new tax, how it hurts americans. let me remind you of a couple of examples. my son-in-law, brad swan, installs pacemakers and defibrillators. one morning a few months ago -- i know this is true because he lives right across the street from us. at 1:00 in the morning, he was called to an emergency involving an 8-year-old boy with no heartbeat whatsoever, 1:00 in the morning. he was born with a congenital heart disease, was able to have a pacemaker put in that morning right after he was called and now has a full, healthy life ahead of him.
it actually expands to include more medical devices such as tongue depressors, elastic bandages, most hand held and dental instruments and examination gloves. i'm joining with my republican colleagues to file an amendment striking the tax on medical devices. additionally, i have filed amendment numbered 3588 -- that's what we're talking about now -- that will strike this expansion of taxes on assistive devices for two of the most vulnerable populations -- the children and individuals with...