one woman dr francis kelsey a canadian born doctor and pharmacologist had just joined the federal drug administration when she received an application to bring thalidomide onto the american market here was a drug that looked like it should be no problem but at the same time there was just a feeling to do something in the leader of the absence of the. cause of concern the application came from richardson merrill one of america's oldest drug companies known years ago for its best selling product vix cough drops merrill poured on the pressure they contacted the f.d.a. fifty times they went behind her back to those periods they complained of better and rushing to threaten global proceedings they pushed and pushed and pushed and she was resolute she was unbelievably tough. but i know that we're always most indebted to dr kelsey the relationship in the hope that all of us have for our children in august one thousand sixty two. and john f. kennedy awarded the highest civilian honor an american can receive to dr francis kelsey so kill c. really. for the mother because. i come home from the playground one day

we need to make sure that usda and the federal drug administration and all of the agencies that are shut down will open and open quickly to support the needs of the american people. with that, i yield extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. price: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 267. legislaon

at the federal drug administration, more than 10,000 employees are working without pay while another 7000 have been furloughed which is impacting everything from collections to the reduction of food safety inspections, jeopardizing the food we eat. according to usda, nearly 9000 people are working without pay to inspect our meat, poultry, and our egg products. this bill would fund the food safety and inspection service at over $1 billion and restore our safety. i will be the first person to admit that this bill is not perfect. but no bill ever is. however this is about opening the government and putting it back to work for the american people. this bill has passed the senate by a vote of 92-6. there is no reason why we should not pass this bill since it has already been adopted by the leadership of the senate and the members of the senate overwhelmingly so that we can put american workers back on the job. this legislation provides over $23 billion in discretionary funding for usda and fda that is $225 million above the 2018 enacted level. it provides $2.73 billion, for agriculture re

when martha hamburg retired as the head of the federal drug administration, she was interviewed on nprent delight, that amberg had been in charge of 20% of the american economy, you think what, 20%? one person? yes. food and drugs. and it's a persistent error that the economy is easy. that's another of the socialist that's it's easy to do. we don't need discovery. we don't need to learn if the neighborhood needs another hairdressing salon. what's the second question? >> follow-up to the first question, why is this theory wrong? like top down economy, why is this wrong? >> it's possible there is a world, perhaps an alternate universe, in which top down management economy is fine, and indeed as i said in a family that's how it's managed. top down. the analogy of the emperor was a mandate of heaven being the father of the nation and is a metaphor that occurs everywhere is the source of the problem. people believe they can take the model of the family and apply it to the whole society. as i said, from an ethical point of view from the point of view of the 16-year-old that doesn't know anyt

we need to make sure that usda and the federal drug administration and all of the agencies that are shut down will open and open quickly to support the needs of the american people. with that, i yield extraneous material on the measure under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. price: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 267. legislation to reopen and responsibly fund the departments of transportation and of housing and urban development. the bill before us is bipartisan and invests in critical national priorities. it passed the senate appropriations committee on a unanimous vote, and it was adopted by the full senate on a 92-6 vote. it provides $71.4 billion in discretionary funding, which is $23.3 billion above the president's budget request, and $1.1 billion above the fiscal 2018 enacted level. this legislation is critical for the success of america's families, communities and businesses. in addition to maintaining existing infrastructure, it will allocate $17 billion for new transportation and housing projects in both rural and urban areas. like last year,

we need to make sure that usda and the federal drug administration and all of the agencies that are shut down will open and open quickly to support the needs of the american people. with that, i yield back and urge that this motion to recommit be rejected. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia yields back. without objection, the previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. the motion is not agreed to. mr. aderholt: mr. speaker, i'd ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama has requested the yeas and nays. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this uestion will be postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina, mr. price, seek recognition? mr. price: mr. speaker, pursuant to house resolution 28, i call up h.

women include personnel at the federal aviation administration , the bureau of prisons, the federal bureau of investigation , the department of homeland security, the food and drug administration, and departments of agriculture, treasury and justice. these are the men and women who keep our country safe, ensure the safety of our airports and food, protect our national parks and, yes, keep our economy moving. senate bill 24 will provide back pay to federal employees furloughed during this shutdown and potential future shutdowns. the measure also would allow essential employees to use their annual leave instead of having to cancel already scheduled and approved vacation plans. many federal employees are suffering. but not only are they suffering, mr. speaker, their children are suffering and they are in pain and they're worried and they're scared. you see, they have mortgages and car loans to pay, daycare expenses to cover, and food to put on the table. and even while they struggle to pay these bills, furloughed employees face the stress and anxiety of not knowing whether or not they will be paid when the shutdown ends. the least we can do is to relieve that uncer

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there is another difficulty for the drug administration that federal workers are not receiving the salariesthem later we hope but the government, top officials of us government, top officials of us governmentjust received government, top officials of us government just received a government, top officials of us governmentjust received a massive pay increase and that does not look good. for most members of the government that amounts to $10,000 added to the salaries, it does not look good when no one else is getting their pay the administration is getting a pay increase for shutting down government. i think it's administration will go back to compromise sooner it's administration will go back to compromise sooner rather than later. the optics are not great and the other element which is new is that government shutdowns have happened but they have been reluctant affair is and there is a sound bite from trump saying idol shut government down so it looks very much like he was relishing the opportunity to do that to show that he can. as far as strong's base are concerned has pledges as far as th

of next, economist steven moore discusses the economic policies of the drug administration and former federal reserve examiner and whistleblower reports on bank oversight following the 2008 financial crisis. later, booktv visits the washington dc jail where inmates were holding a meeting of the free mind book club. that's alec had at the next three programs. now steven moore on the president economic policies. >> hello, it's my pleasure to be here today steve moore and to talk about his new book trumponomics, a book he co-authored with arthur and i don't thank you need an introduction to anyone who's worked in washington dc but the audience and not everyone is here you are a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation but you have been pretty much everywhere. you started -- and its year was

every single american relies on the federal government for essential public safety and security. the food and drug administration shuts down contaminated food can kill thousands. tsa agents and air traffic controllers we rely on to keep air travel safe. they are unpaid. and in a massive irony, president of trump's shutdown means the department of homeland security is unpaid. there are an estimated 2,000 new mexicans we rely on for border security, international trade, and integration work. they are unpaid. this really, truly is matt ness. for their sake and the sake of all who are affected by this tragic situation, we need to end the shutdown now. the consequences of inaction are too great. and once again let me just thank senator cain for his passion on this issue and his joints in terms of bringing this issue and fighting with all of us here on the floor and i would yield to the senator. >> the senator from virginia. >> i will briefly conclude my comments recognizing my colleague from indiana is on the floor and i want to thank the senator from new mexico for his words. he spoke about the notion i just made a.

discusses the economic policies of the drug administration and former federal reserve examiner and whistleblower reports on bank oversight following the 2008 financial crisis. later, booktv visits the washington dc jail where inmates were holding a meeting of the free mind book club. that's alec had at the next three programs. now steven moore on the president economic policies. >> hello, it's my pleasure to be here today steve moore and to talk about his new book trumponomics, a book he co-authored with arthur and i don't thank you need an introduction to anyone who's worked in washington dc but the audience and not everyone is here you are a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation but you have been pretty much everywhere. you started -- and its year was that? >> guest: that was around 1999. >> host: and you were on the editorial board of the journal and you are a contributor at cnn and a regular and you are on fox before so you have been everywhere. >> guest: i knew everywhere. >> host: in your co-author if you are in the world of texas and visit a reagan economist and he's the preside

. >> rr: david ardello works for the food and drug administration and now o is of the 800,000 federal employees not getting paid. >> these h thingsappen so we try to prepare. >> cooking at homestead of ting out. deciding which cable and tv subscriptions to cut. he even considered returning some of presents he bought for his family. >> somef them i felt were a little too costly for me to have ent the money knowing that this might happen. i dec hed toe for the best and, yes, i've been tempted to return them but now i don't have the heart to do it. >> thege b banks areep stping in to lend a hand, wells fargo reversing any overdraft fees for federal employees. and chase set up a dedicated hotline. some local credit unions are promising zero interest loans. thousands of its members have signed >> helping them through this time especially through the holidays and going into the new year. we wanted to give them that level of comfort. >> meanwhile a shutdown showdown shington, president trump still calling for a concrete wall over twitter, saying he will get it build and fast. and democratsla

." >> the food and drug administration is one of several federal agencies recalling workers who were fur loyed by the government shutdown. they won't be paid but will be assigned to inspect food, drugs and high risk medical devices. the report come amid a report on food safety. it claims recalls of hazardous meat and poultry have gone up 86% in the last years. one in six americans gets sick every year from eating contaminated food with at least 3,000 deaths a year. mr hasne family'ss at45 eveear. story. >> wihen you eat a meal you wan to make sure it's safe. one researcher says recalled foods like lettuce, beef and cereal call food safety into question. we spoke with a grandfather from new york who says a tainted salad forever changed life with his wife. >> it's very sad to see her. she's not herself. >> reporter: benjamin selig has been married to his wife karen for almost 55 years, but in october, she went into septic shock. the 75-year-old tested positive for the same strand of e. coli linked to romaine lettuce. >> we used to travel a lot. we traveled together. every year. i'm sor

federal law. we solved a lot of criminal justice problems. we are solving the drug problem by agreement on marijuana. what is left? what's left is immigration. the trump administration, along with the pelosi view of the disagree.'s agree to they don't care about the federal employees getting her. we have to get out of this. i am waiting for the american business community, the unions, and the people to say enough. we will do what we did in france. you are out of here if you cannot solve this and come to some type of deal. it will cost more than $5 billion. the contracts, government workers, all of these second and third gratifications. it's unconscionable. hopefully by the time this airs, you can excerpt this part and it will be out of there. i'm afraid it will not be resolved. host: one of the critiques of the fangs is they are buying up all these small startups and companies in tech. that's limiting competition. gary: what is great about having a lot of different companies and investment money in the u.s. is money toages the early come in. if it wasn't for the exit money, the entry money wouldn't be there. that's what i hear from countries, you have us because the

lung association says the federal government is not getting the job done when it comes to protecting kids from e- cigarettes. they are giving the u-s food and drug administrationan "f" grade. the association is accusing the f-d-a of doing very little to combat e-cigarette use among high school students. nearly 21 percent of all high school students currently use e-cigarettes according to the association. the f-d-a says it's taken, quote, "an escalating series of unprecedented actions" to stop young people from using tobacco... particularly e- cigarettes. (grant) fewer people are signing up for california's health insurance. covered california reported today new sign-ups have dropped by twenty-five percent. state health officals speculate the drop in new requests for coverage could be the result of congress getting rid of the requirement to have health care coverage or face a fine. governor gavin newsom wants to restore that mandate in california. (grant) next on kron4 news at next on kron4 news at 5... global warming could impact the health of your children. we'll have details on the startling new report. (vicki) any woman who's ever been pregnant can tell you

(pam) among the many federal agencies affected by the partial government shutdown ... is the food and drug administrationabout 80-percent of the nation's food supply... is inspected by the f-d-a. due to the furloughed workers... the f-d-a has stopped doing most of its routine inspections. foreign food imported to the u-s... is still being inspected, outbreaks are still being investigated.. and recalls are still being issued. but while inspectors are off the job, some are worried something could slip through the cracks. (pam) there are local and state officials who can check food producers, but the f-d-a is still trying to get as many employees back ... as soon as possible ... to check-up on high risk foods. one note... the president.. all members of congress are paid (ken) here in the bay area... the government shutdown is having an economic impact on hundreds of employees of the nasa ames research park in mountain view. as k

mountain view rob fladeboe kron4news (vicki) among the many federal agencies affected by the partial government shutdown is the food and drug administration. in the last year, everything from romaine lettuce to cereal has been recalled by the f-d-a but now, there are new food concerns in light of the partial government shutdown. due to furloughed workers, the f-d-a has stopped doing most of its routine food safety inspections. foreign food imported to the u-s is still being inspected, outbreaks are still being investigated and recalls are still being issued. health experts say it's possible something could slip through the cracks while inspectors are off the job. (vicki) in the face of gridlock, the fda is trying to get some employees back as soon as possible to check-up on high-risk foods like fresh fruits and vegetables, baby formula and seafood. (grant) now to a stunning development in wisconsin - where a girl... missing for months ... has been found alive. 13-year-old jayme closs went missing back in october .

we reauthorized the federal aviation administration modernizing airport security for the air traveling public. we eliminated the gag clause to ensure drug price transparency and those are just a few of the things we have done together in a bipartisan way. working with those you disagree with isn't something to be ashamed of. it's actually how we turn good ideas into good laws. and in so doing, govern. i'm glad to see them on the floor because i was going to mention the great example from our friend from tennessee, senator alexander who wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" today about the importance of finding common ground. and he gave an object lesson of how working together on potentially polarizing legislation can be mr. issued in a way that produces a result from which the american people benefit. and of course, that with the lessons he learned from negotiating with president obama while working on the every student succeeds act. he wrote, why as a republican did i agree to a democratic president's request with which i did not concur? because i've read the constitution, he said, and i understand that the president doesn't sign le

services we just saw that the food and drug administration is stopped routine food safety inspections of seafood. we just saw that the epa has halted one of the federal's most important public health activities, the inspection of federal factories, power plants, oil refineries, water treatment plants. 800,000 federal employees are not getting pay. hundreds of thousands are going to work including protecting our border, not getting paid. hundreds of thousands more have been locked out of work. there is a maryland mom who just had to go on the internet to set up a go fund me account to help pay her son's college tuition because they are on monthly installment plan. i talked to the head of a community college in maryland just the other day i went to see her and the first thing she told me, her phone had been reading Ãbringing off the hook all morning because the parents of the community college would be able to make the monthly installment payments. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are one paycheck away from not being able to pay their mortgage. or the rent. and tomorrow hundreds of thousands of them are not going to get a paycheck. to the maj

drug administration joining us from minneapolis, minnesota. good morning. >> good morning. and thank you for the opportunity to sit with you. >> this is your fifth government shutdown in your 19 years working in the federal government for the fda. just tell everyone first what it is you do every day. >> my job -- i'm a compliance officer for the food and drug administration. and the basics of my job is to ensure that the regulated industry complies with the regulations and laws that govern the products they manufacture. >> that matters for safety. >> folks imagine it is government agencies, what do they do? >> there you go. >> they impact people's lives every day. you see it in the national parks and in jobs like you do. i want to ask you this, because you must feel like a political pawn in this. who do you blame for the shutdown? do you blame the president or congress or blame them both? >> i don't think it is right to ascribe blame. but what i would suggest is that it was very clear that there were resolutions passed by both the house and the senate that would have permitted the government shutdown to keep operating as its prior funding levels and for reasons that i'm not privy to, those resolutions we

federal workers affected by the shutdown will miss their first paycheck tomorrow. many workers are already applying for unemployment and looking for part-time work. >>> the food and drug administration has furloughed 5,000 food inspectors because of the government shutdown. inspectors look for things like unclean conditions, bug infestations and harmful contaminations. the fda is working on a plan to resume inspection at place that is that handle things like seafood, soft cheese and vegetables. scott gottlieb says the agency is doing what it can to minimize the risk to the public. >>> palo alto police are investigating a hoax known as swatting. this comes after someone called 9-1-1 claiming to have killed his wife tied up his children and planted pipe bombs. an untraceable call to police prompted this large response tuesday night. officers descended on a home on emerson avenue with two unsuspecting residents inside. police determined it was swatting. it's a form of harassment or prank when someone calls in a false report to get police to respond. the palo alto daily post reports that one of the victims is a facebook cyber security executive. >> we take it seriously because our polic

women include personnel at the federal aviation administration , the bureau of prisons, the federal bureau of investigation , the department of homeland security, the food and drug administration, and departments of agriculture, treasury and justice. these are the men and women who keep our country safe, ensure the safety of our airports and food, protect our national parks and, yes, keep our economy moving. senate bill 24 will provide back pay to federal employees furloughed during this shutdown and potential future shutdowns. the measure also would allow essential employees to use their annual leave instead of having to cancel already scheduled and approved vacation plans. many federal employees are suffering. but not only are they suffering, mr. speaker, their children are suffering and they are in pain and they're worried and they're scared. you see, they have mortgages and car loans to pay, daycare expenses to cover, and food to put on the table. and even while they struggle to pay these bills, furloughed employees face the stress and anxiety of not knowing whether or not they will be paid when the shutdown ends. the least we can do is to relieve that uncer

federal government shutdown is now in its 20th day. there is new concern for consumers. >>> and the food a and drug administration says most food inspection has been halted. we'll have details for you today at 4:00. >>> stocks traded in a narrow range for really all of today's session. we see that the dow jones is going to end on the up side, though, almost 1 half of 1%. gaining 11 points. >>> tarting tomorrow, fans of the hit movie bomemian rhapsody, are invited to sing along. >> we will, we will rock you ♪ >> after take home the golden globe for best picture and best actor, fox announced the release of a sing-along version of the queen biopic. it will screen. for more information, go to ktvu.com and click on the home section of our biopick. >> if you have little children, you know the song baby shark. it's now cracked the billboard top 40. >> baby shark ♪ do, do, do >> baby mark is now at number 32 on the billboard hot 100. it would stream 20 million times to crack the top 40. also the 26th most viewed in youtube history. >>> one last live picture down in texas. president trump getting a tour of the border there. as he continues to push

federal workers but on you as well. how? let's start with the food you eat. inspections by the food and drug administration have been sharply reduced during the shutdown, increasing the chances of food borne illnesses. the fda is also running short on money for new drugs making their way through the approval process and if the shutdown continues to drag out, patients could see a delay in new life saving treatments. then there's the impact the shutdowns having on small businesses and entrepreneurs. the life blood of the u.s. economy. small business administration which loans money to start-ups and guarantees loans for small businesses has been forced to close its doors leaving in limbo billions of dollars earmarked for main street. the shutdown's impact on the economy is also far more serious than initially projected. it showed that lost economic growth due to the shutdown is double initial estimates and perhaps ironically the shutdown has disproportionately hit the very people who helped put president trump in office. of the ten states with the most affected federal employees per 10,000, six of them went f

drug addiction. and plans for southwest to fly to hawaii are on hold because of the shutdown. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stories and more. ( jane )good morningthe federal aviation administrationed thursday that southwest airline's new service to hawaii has been delayed due to the federal government shutdown.the delay is due to aviation inspectors, which are essential in providing certification for operation, being laid off.southwest had planned to begin flights to hawaii in march or april. amazon is reportedly developing a subscription video game streaming service. 'the information' reports the service could potentially bring top-notch titles to virtually anyone with a smartphone or streaming device, could make amazon a major competitor in the space already in play by microsoft and google.excessive social media use has negative consequences that include the kind of risky decision-making associated with drug and gambling addicts.michigan state university researchers say when social media was taken away from the subjects, the reactions and decision making were about the same as among substance abusers.other studies have shown that reduced social media use can reduce loneliness

federal reserve bank of new york yesterday trump administration officials announced against both wales state energy company p.t. via say blocking access to about seven billion dollars in assets in the u.s. drug national security advisor john bolton told fox news quote we're in conversation with major companies now in the us it would make a difference if we could have american companies produce oil in venezuela it would be good for venezuela and the people of the united states follow the money or in this case the oil money i suppose and here to catch us up on the history of that coveted oil supply is our own. thanks bart and bart as you mentioned u.s. government officials this week announcing venezuela's state on oil a company known as p.d.s.a. now raising the risk of destruction to oil supply from venezuela well then as well has the world's largest proven oil reserves followed by saudi arabia canada iran and iraq but now if you look at the top of world oil exports you'll see that venezuela is not even and top twelve men as well actually comes in number twelve and that's because venezuela is potential has not been realized due to a lack of investment and now is short of a history of venezuela

we just saw that the food and drug administration has stopped routine food safety inspections of seafood. we just saw that the e.p.a. has halted one of the federal government's most important public health activities, the inspection ever federal factories, power plants, oil refineries, water treatment plants. 800,000 federal employees are not getting paid. hundreds of thousands of them are going to work every day, including at our border protecting our border, not getting paid. hundreds of thousands more have been locked out of work. there's a maryland mom who just had to go on the internet to set up a go fund me account to help pay her son's college tuition because they're on a monthly installment plan. i talked to the head of a community college in maryland just the other day. i went to see her, asked how are things. the first thing she told me, her phone had been ringing off the hook all morning because the parents of students at the community college weren't going to be able to make their monthly installment payments. hundreds of thousands of federal employees are one paycheck away from not being able to pay their mortgage or their rent and

prior to the obama administration, known could've imagined that the federal government would attempt to force nuns to provide their employees with abortion inducing drugs. the same groups that favored the abortion inducing drug mandate comes forward and say rfra has been used in novel ways remind me of the old joke definition where a person to murder his parents in a drums up on the mercy of the court as an orphan. rfra is about allowing americans of all faiths or no faith to compromise and reach solutions. if a religious pharmacist has an objection to providing abortion inducing drugs, make arrangements with the pharmacist down the street and send all customers requesting those drugs to that store. that is a win-win solution. the customer gets his drugs in the pharmacist does not have to violate his faith. repealing or weakening rfra substitutes government coercion for compromising coexistence. imagine the state or law requires every pharmacist to stock every drug and there is no rfra in place. the pharmacist and clients cannot reach a mutually beneficial agreement and the pharmacist must provide abortion inducing drugs. his conscience is irrelevant.

drug administration, and dr. gottlieb was very explicit. he said the area which was hardest hit was food safety. food safety is a responsibility assumed by the federal government over 100 years ago after the publication of the novel "the jungle" by upton sinclair. we decided that we would create a federal agency with the responsibility of inspecting food so that people across america would not suffer food-borne illness or worse. well, we have a great agency and it does a great job when it's fully funded operationally, but the fact of the matter is over 40 million americans will end up with a food illness in any given year and over 3,000 will die. so the responsibility of this agency is not some bureaucratic function. it is literally a life-and-death responsibility, and i asked dr. gottlieb, so what does the government shutdown do to the food and drug administration when it comes to food safety? well, he said we have had to suspend inspections at the highest risk food operations. i asked him for an illustration. he said, for example, those facilities which make baby food, baby food, high-risk food inspection responsibilities to the f.d.a. he said we

federal workers affected by the shutdown will miss their first paycheck tomorrow. many workers are already applying for unemployment and looking for part-time work. >>> the food and drug administration has furloughed 5,000 food inspectors because of the government shutdown. they look for things like unclean conditions, bug infestatio infestations. harmful contaminations. the fda says it's working on a plan to resume inspection places that handle things like seafood, cheese and vegetables. fda administrator scott gottlieb says the agency is doing what it can to minimize risk to the public. >> on the peninsula today, family and friends will remember a teenager found shot to death in the parking lot of a belmont school. 17-year-old muhammad othman was found at central elementary school late monday night. he was a senior at carlmont high school. police have not made any arrests, but they have detained several people after surrounding a home in pleasanton tuesday night. muhammad's funeral is at 12:30 this afternoon at burlingame center. >>> it's a video going viral and in a second you'll understand why. a man brought a dead raccoon into a san francisco mcdonald's. chris brooks captured t

at the food and drug administration, concerns the agency has just five weeks until money runs out for approving new drugs. more perspective on this. it's gotten so bad for some federal in the state of georgia, some don't have enough gas money to get to some of the food banks that have been set up for them. >> it's sad. jason carroll in new york. thank you. >>> we have a lot to talk about with our political, legal and counterterrorism experts. they are standing by. we will continue this conversation right after this. metastatic breast cancer is relentless, but i'm relentless too. mbc doesn't take a day off, and neither will i. i treat my mbc with everyday verzenio, the only one of its kind that can be taken every day. verzenio is the only cdk4 & 6 inhibitor approved with hormonal therapy that can be taken every day for post menopausal women with hr+, her2 negative mbc. verzenio plus an ai helped women have significantly more time without disease progression, and more than half of women saw their tumors shrink vs an ai. diarrhea is common, may be severe, or cause dehydration or infection. before taking verzenio, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other sig

administration have been saying some things that democrats would be wildly happy to accept. things like importing foreign price controls, getting the federal government to intervene to tell what they can charge. drug companies are in no way a sympathetic character. the problem and challenge with drug pricing is this conversation in washington about mandate ago cost and a price doesn't take into account how much it cost to produce a drug. we remain one of the most innovative ecosystems to create drugs. you need an environment where companies can hold on to intellectual property and innovate in that space. unless they can make money doing that, there's no way that moves forward. a hard balance to strike. unfortunately i don't think we've seen a lot of leadership as to how to strike the right balance while keeping the prices down and innovation alive. >> gary, this was a highlight on a few drugs. when said and done, it's going to be over 100 medicines. in some cases, some blood pressure treatments in excess of 30% increases. what do you make of this? >> all of these companies have paid big dollars to some political people to work at those companies to take the temperature of the political winds. i do

administration has ordered, ordered an additional 50,000 federal workers to return to work without pay. to fulfill key government tasks including disbursing tax refu refunds, flight safety and inspecting the nation's food and drug this comes with little almost no movement in washington. yesterday, house democrats declined the president's invitation for a bipartisan working lunch at the white house and we'll keep an eye on in this afternoon when the problem solvers caucus heads to the white house. with more, hans nichols is in huntsville, alabama, a city being hit hard by the shutdown and hans, we need to remind the audience, it is not just federal workers. there are subsequent businesses that get hurt. and if those federal workers capital pay their rent, can't pay the piano teacher, the coach, all of those people, more and more people are not getting paid and when they cannot pay their bills, think about all they will lose. think what will happen to their credit rating. when your credit rating gets shot, you're screwed for life. >> reporter: so here's what's happening here in a federal city rocket city like huntsville. it's the exponential, the hurt we're witnessing. from preachers to pawnshop owners's not just