dr. collins, always great to see you. i continue to claim you as my cousin and i hope you will not disabuse others. director collins: i am honored. >> the 21st century cures act divided multiyear funding, researchers are working with a team from jackson lab in maine and the main medical center research institute in an nih led effort in kidney regeneration. some others may want to comment. to address the high health care costs associated with treating chronic kidney disease. i visited the maine medical center research institute and it is absolutely fascinating, the work that is going on. could you tell us whether you are seeing any results yet from the regenerative medicine initiative? i know it is early. director collins: i would love to talk about that and appreciate that this was included in 21st century cures as one of the initiatives with a callout for extra funding. the idea of being able to build whole organs from stem cells is one of the things that has really electrified a law of the community. you could call this

dr. collins. dr. collins: thank you and good morning, chairman burgess, ranking member green and other distinguished committee members, it's a great honor to appear before you again today along with my colleague fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb, to give you a progress report on our implementation of the 21st century cures act. me are other doctors including dr. stephanie davaney. i can't emphasize enough for this subcommittee how much we appreciate your bipartisan leadership in passing this act. 51-0 as i recall out of energy and commerce. which aims to speed the translation of scientific discoveries into lifesaving treatments and cures. in the written statement i've submitted, i've outlined a comprehensive report on how nih is working swiftly to implement the act's provisions one by one . that especially includes multi-year support for four specific areas of scientific opportunity, supported by the acts innovation fund. today i'd like to highlight two of these. the cancer moon shot and the bold new

dr. collins welcome and i want to add a comment. my first engagement with you you demonstrated your gifted classical music on the guitar that was for the best performances you then you are special person and successful to the human genome and we are blessed to have people to talk about the national institute i have parkinson's and have been diagnosed six years. so we have a challenge in our family but because you are the national institute of hope because you are changing attitudes in this country and i want to thank you thanks to positive solution phase toward research toward hearers and process and we appreciate it. the megastars evelyn is concerned my daughter's best friend is a resident in washington d.c. her baby was born with a totally incurable childhood with a degenerative disease much like others. and has been at boston children's hospital and has been designed by her doctors to use gene therapy as a way to transmit them now i am out of my league. and to give that treatment to give that amazing suggestion. and one of the 70

dr. collins said in ten years. the bill also provides this bill we're talking about, $3.7 billion to help those on the front lines of the opioid crisis and help bring an end to opioid abuse. senator murray and i as well as about 60 members of this body have put together a comprehensive opioids authorization bill which we hope to be able to present to the full senate at the end of next week or shortly after labor day that can be put together with the house to address this crisis but this is the money for the opioids initiative. it's in this bill. $1.5 billion for state opioid response grants, state grants originally authorized by 21st century cures act. $500 million to develop nonaddictive painkillers, more funding for more substance abuse and mental health treatment services and community health centers. the other funding bill included in this minibus appropriations bill is the defense appropriations bill. the senator from illinois is on the floor. he's the ranking democrat on that committee. he's also been one of

dr. collins also talked about a letter he sent

dr. collins and senators will each have five minutes to rest questions. we have a vote at 10:30 a.m.

i'd like to thank jeremy collins and dr. rod satino for sponsoring my visit here. it's humbling, daunting. it's great privilege to be here at this national treasure of ours. not knowing what to expect coming spoo thcome ing into this. you won't see why i earned the nickname of old ether lips. i don't expect any laughter so my jokes will always miss the mark. the silence works well. i would say i want to come at this topic from three perspectives. first as something that loves films. i can't go to movie theaters because it drives me nuts. they are looking at their phones. i love old movies. this morning's session was fantastic. thank you for those insights. second, i come at it as a student of history. then finally and perhaps most difficultly and i hope some interest to you as a come boot veteran. looking at this film having seen it before i had seen combat any way then reflecting back on it. i saw it as a fairly new major. i was a student at fort leavenworth, kansas. this is after the end of the cold war. this is after somali. the people that can experience them a

i want to thank jeremy collins and dr. rob satino for having me. it's humbling and a pleasure to be here at this national treasure of ours. not sure what to expect coming into this knowing that the general topic was going to be the 20th anniversary of the release of "saving private ryan." and hopefully in my talk when i promise to keep short, you won't see why i earned the nickname of old ether lips when i used to teach cadets at west point. i don't expect any laughter, so my jokes will always miss the mark. the silence works well. i would say that i want to come at this topic from three perspectives. first as somebody that loves films. i love movies, and the older, the more time passes, the more i enjoy them. somewhat ironic, i find i can't go to movies any longer because it drives me nuts because there's someone in the movie theater, multiple people, and what are they doing, flipping, looking at their phones, and carrying on, distracted. anyway, i love movies, love old movies. this morning's session was fantastic. thank you very much for those in

collins. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. kelly, you have a very profound statement in your testimony. you said russian efforts are not directed against one election, one party, or even one country. what are russia's ultimate goals? is it to undermine the public's faith in western democracies and so weakens the bonds that unite us, that there are students for russia? >> yes, senator, i believe that's actually correct. i think they have long-term strategic goals which include weakening western institutions in faith and democracy and traditional sources of information and authority. that's the strategic goal and then a lot of near and short-term goals, things like injecting hacked information to sway a particular event or election and they're doing that activity all around their periphery and now here. >> ms. direcstra, both of you said it did not stop in 2016. you, doctor kelly, said that russia stepped on the gas and increased its activity and miss diresta, you said that russian efforts increased post-election to promote racial tensions in our country. we impose sanctions on russia. th

dr. joseph warren who died at bunker hill in 1775. in scar face and the untouchables, max allen collins and swartz look at the lives of gangster al capone and fbi agent, elliott nest. also being published, historian jewel january jackson recalls the life of charles degaulle. and in attention, joshua cohen our offers a collection of thoughts on life in the digital age. look for these title in book stores this coming week and watch for the authors in the floor future on booktv on c-span2. >> book tv recently visited capitol hill ask members of congress what they're reading this summer. >> i'm reading for the second time, bill the way, david grand's book, the killers of the flower moon, and i don't usually read books that are on the best seller list. i like to go off into the wilderness. but it's a great book about the osage indians and of the second decade, beginning of the third decade in the 20th century, who were pillaged, and in fact murdered, in order to get land that they owned because it was giving up oil, and they -- the folks descendenned on them. happened an an interests time in

dr. george parkman, one of the wealthiest men in boston, disappeared. he was last seen visiting his alma mater, harvard medical school. next, paul collins, english professor who specializes in books about 19th century crimes, discusses the case in his book, "blood and ivy," in which he details an investigation conducted by the suspect's medic school -- medical school colleagues to locate the victim in the building already full of dead bodies. the massachusetts historical society hosted this hour-long program. then as we do with many cases, we have a display of our collection to explore the items we have. peter jumping will explain the display here. -- peter will explain the display here. >> we had the pleasure of having our speaker do the research right in this room. and the display of materials in this collection, used in this book, this was a scandalous event, and generated in this generated an anonymous amount of literature. for the first time, of where events took place. the forensic evidence from the trial that you will hear about in a minute. we put a few of those things on display to give you a sense of what we have in our collec

authored by dr craig holeman that showed that the stock act has led to a decline in trading but we made two observations two members of congress seem to be very active tom price and mr collins and let tom price before remember congress and then the secretary of health and human services who left amid some sort of scandal a few issues arose with mr price and we asked congress and the securities and exchange commission to look into that and on january fifth of two thousand and seventeen they actually interviewed mr collins and it was seventeen days later that he got an e-mail from nate that they had failed a trial drug experiment leading him to spend about fourteen minutes before he decided to call his son seven separate times for the call went through and the son then unloaded the stock under after seventeen or so different trades the following day i was reading a story about it he was actually at a. in the rose garden at the white house and got this call and then he is usually take fourteen minutes before he actually decided to allegedly break the law yeah i think it's sixteen minutes at six fifty five he gets an e-mail and then you can see him on the telephone it's actuall

authored by dr craig home and that showed that the stock act has led to a decline in trading but we made two observations two members of congress seem to be very active tom price and mr collins and like tom price before remember congress and then the secretary of health and human services who left amid some sort of scandal a few issues arose with mr price and we asked congress and the securities and exchange commission to look into that and january june fifth of two thousand and seventeen they actually interviewed mr collins and it was seventeen days later that he got an e-mail from innate that they had failed a trial drug experiment leading him to spend about fourteen minutes before he decided to call his son seven separate times for the call went through and the son then unloaded the stock under after seventeen or so different trades the following day i was reading a story about it he was actually at a. in the rose garden at the white house and got this call and then he is usually take fourteen minutes before he actually decided to. to allegedly break the law yeah i think it's sixteen minutes at six fifty five he gets an e-mail and then you can see him on the telephone it'

dr. george parkman, one of the wealthiest men in boston, disappeared. he was last seen visiting his alma mater, harvard medical school. next, paul collins, english professor who specializes in books about 19th century crimes, discusses the case in his book, "blood and ivy," in which he details an investigation conducted by the suspect's medic school -- medical school colleagues to locate the victim in the building already full of dead bodies. the massachusetts historical society hosted this hour-long program. then as we do with many cases, we have a display of our collection to explore the items we have. peter jumping will explain the display here. -- peter will explain the display here. >> we had the pleasure of having our speaker do the research right in this room. and the display of materials in this collection, used in this book, this was a scandalous event, and generated in this generated an anonymous amount of literature.

dr. kaufman: probably not. let's look at the republican party. the number of moderates, and ford who has considered himself a moderate, have declined. people like susan collins, very upset with the direction the party has taken, others like olympia snowe have left. i come from south carolina. lindsey graham has been under attack from the tea party on the grounds he is too willing to engage in bipartisanship. so, i think he would be seen as a rino at the very least. >> who do you think influenced gerald ford the most? dr. kaufman: who influenced gerald r. ford the most, i do not think there would be any single person. i would certainly, if i'm talking about people, i would definitely put his parents up there. his upbringing. two individuals, for example, there strength and perseverance, his father's belief in not relying on the government for federal assistance, by pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps, their belief in their spirituality, all of those things i think influenced ford. >> given ford's view of people, that he sought to find the good in them, was his pardon of richard nixon inevitable? dr. kaufman: historians do not like the word inevitabilit

dr. bill bennett was so much deep into the ocean knowledge there. now we turn to breaking news. we are waiting and we have just gotten word that we are closer now to representative chris collins cominge lectern. i key is today an indictment of insider trading, what did you know and who did you tell about nonpublic information on a medical product? did you benefit or did anyone you know benefit? and they are talking to republican reporters for the very first time sisto started to tip. we will take you there live as it happens. plus he was the calming presence among the unrest in ferguson, missouri. captain ron johnson is now saying a whole lot about those 13 violent days, next. >> i grew up there and this is currently my community in my home. therefore this means a lot to me personally and we will break the cycle of violence come away with me barnabas! but i am a simple farmer. my life is here... [telephone ring] ahoy-hoy. alexander graham bell here... no, no, my number is one, you must want two! two, i say!! like my father before... [telephone ring] like my father before... ahoy-hoy! as long as people talk too loudly on the phone, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen m

dr. king was slain, where his spirit transitioned back to the father. on behalf of the fraternity, brothers nicholas collinsice president of the alpha phi alpha fraternity incorporated. objects of the corporation is to stimulate the members to prepare them for the great of the useful -- usefulness in the cause of humanity and freedom and dignity of the individual to encourage the highest and noblist form of man hood and to aid downtrodden humanity in the effort to achieve. this is the mantra by which each other of alpha phi alpha lives and this epitomized our brother dr. martin luther king jr. he was initiated into the sigma chapter of this brotherhood in 1952 and we pause today to remember the life of dr. king, the man who in spite of constant threats of violence against him and his -- against him and his family, led a nonviolent protest fighting for justice and racial equality. a man whose life came to an untimely end 50 years ago in this very spot. although his life ended 50 years ago, his spirit and legacy lives on. for we the brothers of alpha phi alpha in this southern region recognize the direct impa