so we're here today to check in on the food and drug administration and their work to protect the nation's food supply chain and to ensure health and safety for all americans. i was glad to see the fda commissioner scott gottlieb showed his commitment to improving food safety with yesterday's announcement that the fda will accelerate the release of information about problematic products before they may officially be classified as recall items. we look forward to hearing from the fda today about what plans and bench marks it's developed to fully immeant the law and address the recommendations from the oig. we also look forward to the fda implementing the other expert recommendations to provide proper funding and permanent staff to the fda office that oversees the fda labs which do play a critical role in food recalls. i think the hhs/oig for testifying today and commend its work with bomb the resent report in december as well as the early alert it issued to fda in june of 2016. this vent work builds on the past work done by the oig, most notably two reports related to food recalls that were

office of inspector general late last year identified what it called deficiencies in the food and drug administration's oversight of the food recall process. the house commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations held a hearing on the issue. officials from both hhs and the fda testified. >>> the subcommittee convenes this hearing entitled safety of the u.s. food supply, and continuing concerns over the food and drug administration's food recall process. disease outbreaks from tainted food are an ongoing public health challenge. the centers for disease control estimates that each year one in six americans, 48 million people get sick from food borne illnesses, and 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. the number of multi-state food illness outbreaks is increasing, affecting greater numbers of americans and the number of vulnerable people over and immune compromise individuals is growing. the threat of food borne illness persi persist even though we've gotten better at investigating outbreaks and through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules over the last tw

the food and drug administration in approving new opioid drugs puts more opioids in the marketplace becausehese drugs meet the standards for safety and efficacy in treating certain forms of pain but the more opioids there are in the marketplace, the greater the opportunity there is for abuse." what should be done about that? >> well, we certainly need to be sure that there are only the amount of opioids that are necessary to treat acute pain, and cancer pain. so the fact is, more drug that is produced, the more -- the more drug that is in the marketplace, the more abuse there will be. it's not that it's perfectly linear, but that's the reality, and the dea has a responsibility to set production quotas, but it's the fda that's putting the drug, approving the drugs, so we need -- the white house is trying. good people are really trying to coordinate these efforts, but there's a real opportunity for leadership and centralization. this is a public health emergency. the president can i think go the next step. >> thank you so much, david kessler. i appreciate your expertise. >> thank you very muc

and entitled safety of the u.s. food supply continuing concerns over the food and drug administrations food recall process. disease outbreaks from tainted food are an ongoing public health challenge. the centers for disease control estimates feature one in six americans from a 40 million people get sick from foodborne elements as, 120,000 are hospitalized in 3000 died. the number of multistate food on the multistate food illness outbreaks of the increasing effect in greater numbers of americans and the number of vulnerable people over an immune compromised individuals is growing. the threat of foodborne illness process even though we've gotten better at detecting and investigating outbreaks and through the implementation of the hazard analysis and critical control point rules and trend data indicates major reductions of foodborne disease yet the problem remains significant. we've contaminated food the fda in the quickly and effectively help remove dangerous foods from commerce and protect consumers. in 2010, congress gave fda more power to recall tainted food and modernization act enacted to provide fda wi

over the last decade we've had multiple hearings examining the food and drug administration's over sight of food recalls and the agency's authority to protect the nation's food supply. fda plays a critical role. in fiscal year 2017 alone, fda oversaw more than 3,600 recalls. this is no small task but we have seen cases that exposed weaknesses in fda's ability to respond to these threats. for example, as i already mentioned, in 2007 a committee investigation into a salmonella out break identified serious flaws in our food safety network. in 2010 the committee found they had limited authority and did not take swift action when needed. witnesses preet he hadly told this committee that fda lacked sufficient authority to address weaknesses and our food safety system. that's why congress passed the fda safety fizz ma in 2011. and they gave fda new authorities to strengthen the food recall process. for instance, fda now has the ability to mandate recall when a product poses a serious adverse health consequence. this is a significant tool because we have seen cases of manufacturing firms relucta

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country's devastating opioid epidemic and our exclusive interview with the new head of the food and drug administration. while there's no shortage of blame to go around, including drug companies and doctors, some now say the fda could have and should have done more to stop it from becoming a national crisis. here's nbc's cynthia mcfadden with our "one nation overdosed" report. >> reporter: the impact of the opioid epidemic is stunning. with 300,000 american deaths since the year 2000. tonight listen to what critics are saying about the fda's role. >> absolutely criminal. >> i think this may be the best example in history of a regulatory agency failure leading to a public health catastrophe. >> reporter: dr. scott gottlieb inherited the problem, appointed by president trump as the new head of the fda. >> i think that this is one of the biggest public health crises facing this country. >> reporter: ever? >> ever. >> reporter: could the fda have stopped this? >> i don't know that we could have stopped it. i think a lot of people didn't do what they needed to do in the past or we wouldn't be in the situati

steve mayfield not only had to fight a.l.s., he he also had to fight the food and drug administration before he could try steve experimental but potentiay lifesaving treatments. sadly, steve mayfield lost both fights. steve mayfield was barred by the federal government from trying possibly lifesaving treatments and not long ago, passed away. steve mayfield's son, brooks mayfield of florence, alabama, was with his father when he passed away. it is an-n that vain, mr. speaker, that i call on -- it is in that vain, mr. speaker, that i call on the house to have a vote on senate bill s. 204, the right to try act, which passed the senate last year, that restores the right of terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments that may save their lives. brooks mayfield's father might be alive today if the right to try act had been the law of the land. mr. speaker, we must remember who we're as americans. our ancestors fought the revolutionary war over liberty and freedom. yet today in america patients who are 100% certain to die are denied the freedom, the liberty, the right to decide for

. >>> panera bread has petitioned the food and drug administration to define what an egg is. the fast casual chain claims a number of its competitors including burger king, taco bell and duncan sell egg patties that contain more than five ingredients. panera has been getting rid of artificial ingredients and preservatives from its issue. >> if you are going to put something in my egg it better be a denver omelette. >>> recreational pot deliveries begin in mountain view even as the city is grappling with how to manage retail sales there. that means folks who order up recreational pot for delivery in mountain view are actually buying marijuana from outside their community, sending their tax dollars elsewhere. in december the city council passed a 45-day moratorium essentially hitting pause on recreational pot. they are working on their local ordinance as are so many other bay area cities. voters approved recreational pot more than a year ago. >>> well, some of you when you head out this morning you might see scattered showers throughout the area. >> definitely some wet roads tha

does the investment community view the u.s., food and drug administration as a necessary evil or as a critical ally or or something else? >> that's a great question. i obviously can't speak on the behalf of the entire investment community, but i would say overwhelmingly fda is viewed as a critical ally. and it is clearly recognized the ability to do what we all do to invest the quantities of the hundreds of millions of dollars necessary to develop drugs and bring those drugs in a way that is sustainable to the market is a function of having the fda and the gold standard of the fda as the regulator. so i think that really does distinguish the biopharma enterprise from most other industries where the regulators are viewed as a necessary evil and bureaucracy that slows things down. certainly from the industry you will hear complaints about specific decisions or specific interactions that are had with fda. and that is to be expected and inevitable because there's so many different perspectives and complexities here. but i think it's almost universely recognized that without a robust and e

. >>> food and drug administration scott gottlieb announced a new process to approve new drugs. this is 35 minutes. >> thanks a lot. thanks for the opportunity to be here today. we had a dialogue over many years, and i appreciate the relationship we had talking about policy issues. i wrote a subsequent article saying what's taking you so long, josh. so i've been waiting for him to return the favor, and i just got a copy of it. so i appreciate it very much. thanks for the opportunity to be here today. thanks john hopkins for hoestin this, and pew for providing space. transparency can be a powerful tool for innovation. new platforms for visualizing large complex data sets present important new opportunities for the research and development community for regulators and for clinicians. it allows people to harness data to advance the safe and effective and efficient development for medical needs and to communicate information supporting regulatory decision making in ways that engender greater public confidence in those decisions. the fda's goal is to advance transparency without reduc

scott g gottlieb, commissioner of the food and drug administration. this is the first of two hearings we plan to have on this topic. the second will be noticed for tuesday, january 23rd. senator murray and i each have an opening statement, then i'm going to turn to senator alexander and senator casey for any opening remarks they might have. after that, we will introduce our panel of witnesses and hear their testimonies, and then each member will have up to five minutes for any remarks and questions. finishes first i would like to welcome the chairman and thank him for giving me the opportunity to hold the gavel today. this hearing discusses a topic that's critical to our national security and has seen many years of bipartisan work in this committee and in this congress. together, we have developed and strengthened the framework to ensure we are prepared for chemical, biologic, radiolodgic and other tlinhreats. the pandemic and all hazard preparedness act created a framework which has grown and changed as we've learned from each public health experience

food and drug administration sparks said it will offer discounts based on whether or not the drug works initially and remains effective for the estimated one thousand to two thousand patients in the united states with this rare form of i disease caused by a mutant gene and sparks shares continue to experience gains in the stock market and the company has formed multiple agreements with insurance companies on how to best provide those who suffer from this rare form of blindness a potential cure with what approach is fairly straightforward and eye surgeon makes a small incision in the eye and the treatment is infused onto the retina and the hope is that they will take a single treatment to stop the degeneration several of the thirty one patients tested in the clinical trials of the therapy said that they saw unexpected and dramatic improvement in their vision very quickly and sparks is rolling out several programs to spread out the cost over the years or give rebates to payers if the benefits decrease with time sparks has also proposed selling the gene therapy directly to insurance compan

women a being prescribed those drugs and researcher saysk your doctor for saferternatives. >>> food and drug administrationabout opioid cough and coldedines ould notrescribed to children.they will be labeled f. will warn adult users about the risk of addiction addiction andthe move is respone opioid >> "action news" continues. ,000 in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. choose help over helplessness,. make sure that the lives we've lost will not have been lost in vain. addiction is a disease. when you ask for help, help is there for you. let's get a check on the weather with meteorologist chris sowers, it will not be as bad as last week, that's the good news. >> reporter: you don't have to worry about the miserable 60s we saw it's much better today, 30s for high temperatures and windchills in the teeuc yesterday, where we hit 64. tomorrow, cold, 27. monday, increasing clouds, 30. tuesday we're watching for snow on tuesday, dends on how close tooast the l wednesday, 32, thursday, 38. friday, 38 degrees. next week,

. >>> meanwhile a warning to parents the food and drug administration says cough and cold medicines thatntain opioid ingreedz yents should not be given to children. they cop taken codeine or hydrocodone. there will need new labelingto and the agency says the potential risk out weigh the benefits and should only be given to adults 18 and older. >> out west massive wild fairs blazed through the california -- blamed for the california mudslides is contained. it broke out a month ago and forced nearly 300,000 acres and left the ground bare and unable that triggered deadly mudslides. it danaged hundreds of homes and buildings and church in monticedo. this shows the mudd that covered the two story chapel. a woman that lives near the church says she feels likey to ab liver after surviving torrent of mudd and rain. >> there was a huge ball of fire rain coming down like i never seep rain before. it was harder than any tropical storm or anything. >> the church is be loved part of their neighborhood and say the devastation is incredible. rights now the property is abandoned and people are hoping in

sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. >>> food and drug administration scott gottlieb announced a new process to approve new drugs. this is 35 minutes. >> thanks a lot. thanks for the opportunity to be here today. we had a dialogue over many years, and i appreciate the relationship we had talking abouol

then the johns hopkins university hosts a forum on transparency at the food and drug administration. later remarks from russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov. next, a look at the global energy outlook with fatih birol. he testified before the senate energy and natural resources committee about issues including u.s. oil and gas production. this runs an hour and 45 minutes. >>> good morning, efveryone. the committee will come to order. i'd like to provide specific welcome this morning to our new member, senator smith. it is good to have you as part of the committee. i think you will find that this is a committee that does good work. we like to focus on policy and we like to do things in a bipartisan way every now and again. looking forward to starting the new year off with that good foot. we don't have senator capito with us this morning but she is also returning to our committee and i look forward to welcoming her in her ongoing contributions. we do have a lot on the agenda today. our broad bipartisan energy natural resources bill where again we're looking forward to continuing that

food and drug administration. i also want to acknowledge and thank the laura and john arnold foundation which response erpd the blueprint for transparency that we will be talking about today as well as the special issue of journal of law, methods and ethics that's being released today and for responsering today's event. i want to thank anna davis, jim miller and caleb alexander from the johns hopkins bloomberg school of health, alex kessel heim, and joe ross and margaret mccarthy from yale medical school and law school who all worked with me and with our students and chauddry and brian smith in drafting the blueprint that is now available on line. today's discussion will take this document as a starting point and focus on critical aspects of transparency. and i also want to thank nick enquest and barbara venom and susan myrrh row and the whole team at the school public health that's made today's convenient possible. now, i first became interest in transparency in fda when i was part of the transition in 2009 at fda

the food and drug administration says cough and cold medicines that contain opioid ingredients shouldnger be given to children. these medicines contain codeine or hydrocodone and the fda says it will require new labeling on these medicines to indicate the products can no longer be given to treat children. the agency says the potential risks outweigh the benefits and should only be given to adults 18 and older. >>> and this recent warmup caused a rare sight on the potomac. we want to show you this. this water appears to have some steam on top of it like it's being boiled and gary, what is that? is it moisture that's caused this. >> oh, ice. >> it's the ice. >> all right. >> the ice is cold, the air is warm, we were in the 60's and the 70's. >> that looks eerie. >> and just the coldness of the water too is creating that. isn't that cool. >> that is pretty neat. >> looks kind of like a cauldron. >> it's rare we don't get to see that type of thing on the potomac. >> unless you've been in the 30's forever and the 20's and the teens and then it warms up into the 60's and low 70's. >> but yo

the company is asking the food and drug administration to specifically outline what makes an egg, angg. the request comes after panera released a new line of breakfast sandwiches that claim to contain 100% real egg. they say many egg sandwiches contain many other ingredients, for example, the egg in starbucks bacon, egg and gut a sandwich has egg, plus six other ingredients, like cornstarch and cellulose. >> a lot of people don't know that. they assume an egg is an egg is an egg. >> a fight is brewing. eggcellent. i'm sorry. >>> it's friday. >>> horse on the loose. a deputy in florida spotted the animal prancing along the street and tried to get it to stop by talking nice. >> come on. can you stop? please? >> i love this horse. >> this horse is me. >> horse don't care. >> horse is going to keep doing its own thing, not each look at you. it did keep on going for a little while. crews eventually corralled the horse by directing it away from the rushing traffic. the horse wasn't hurt. they found president owners and the horse was reunited with them. >> did anyone ask the horse if it was

food and drug administration has voted to say that philip morris should not be allowed to say that its new electronic tobacco device can reduce the risk of disease. if you look at shares of british american tobacco, altria, i should say, all of those shares are taking a leg lower and bouncing off their session lows. we'll look at these tobacco stocks this afternoon. >> thank you very much, come do. >>> coming up, our traders will debate how high amazon can go. >>> it's the five-year anniversary of the billionaire brawl heard round wall street. rc t's happened since that epi h herbalife battle has exposure to energy infrastructure mlps? think again. it's time to shake up your lineup. the alerian mlp etf can diversify your equity portfolio and add potential income. bring amlp into the game. before investing, consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. read the prospectus carefully at alpsfunds.com/amlp with its high-tech the cameras and radar,c... contemporary cockpit, 360 degree network of driver-assist technologies and sporty performance what's most impress

it administers the food and drug administration, which makes sure that medications are safe and effective, and it works to ensure that health insurance and prescription drugs are affordable, because the best medication a understand health coverage -- and health coverage in the world won't help anyone in you can't afford them. in short, this position is all about people, and i expect our next secretary of health and human services to, above all, put people before politics or profits. unfortunately, i do not have confidence that mr. azar will do that. some of my biggest concerns come in the area of prescription drug prices, an issue that extremely important in michigan. i have spent a tremendous amount of time focused on that over the years on what needs to happen, bringing down costs for families is a very, very critical issue for so many, if not every family, in michigan. far too many of our families are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of prescription drugs. take patricia, who is 73 years old, and a retired nurse. patricia prescribed humira for her severe rheumatoid arthritis.

of defense, our statert departmt and the department of health and the work thats is done in food safety and the federal drug administration and the social security administration to deliver checks to our seniors and to take care of our health care needs. all of that requires that we have the flexibility of a budget. .. ons between democrats and republicans that we are committed to bringing out a budget by february 8 so that we can give that type of predictability to the people of this country. that was one of the principle frustrations that many of us didn't want to go for a continuing resolution without knowing how we were going to deal with the budget. there are some special needs that we've had particular attention to, that we really also need to that we also really need to get done but no longer than february 8. whether that is the opioid funding that clearly is in our national interest to recognize we have a national crisis. every community in the country is suffering from the opioid crisis and we need to make sure we get the wherewithal to the federal government to be a strong partner in dealing with thisle crisis.

. >>> new this morning the new commissioner of the food and drug administration is talking about america'sis. in an interview with nbc news he says the fda is not to blame for the epidemic. >> could the fda have stopped this? >> well, i don't know that we could have stopped it. i think a lot of people didn't do what they needed to do in the past or we wouldn't be in the situation we are in right now. >> how big a problem do you think this opioid crisis is? >> i think that this is one of the biggest public health crises facing this country. >> ever? >> ever. >> come say the government could and should have stopped this from becoming a national health crisis. hear more from this interview at 7:00 a.m. on the "today" show right after "today in the bay." >>> 6:25. continuing coverage on the deadly flu epidemic sweeping the nation. this morning we know it's responsible for dozens of deaths in california and experts say it's already five times more deadly than last year. so far no signs of it letting up. the cdc reports this year has even been deadly for healthy people not just the elderly or th

then the johns hopkins university hosts a forum on transparency at the food and drug administration.later remarks from russian foreign minister sergei lavrov.

the food and drug administration is working on a new anti-smoking plan to try to get americans to kick the habit. the proposal would drastically cut nicotine levels in cigarettes so that they are essentially non-addictive. they would offer lower risk products for those who can't and won't quit. the adult smoking rate has fallen to an all-time low of 15%, but it remains the cause leading because of death and illness. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. scarlet? >> thank you, mark. let's go back to the political drama that continue toss play out on capital hill. join us is lonnie cohen. he is a hoover institution ellow, a policy director for mitt romney's 2012 presidential campaign. great to speak with you. now that we know the shut-down is going to end, the senate is going to hold its vote shortly, what we are anticipating is the government will be open until february 8 because that is when the funding runs out. somewhat the likelihood we are going to be right back here again february 8 because all we have done is push off the imimmigration issue until then? >> i think the likelihood

they work at n.i.h., they work at noaa, the national cancer institute, they work at the food and drug administration, the department of defense, at the state department. my constituents and the people across the country who depend on them are in limb roe because in limbo are because of the irresponsibility. president trump called it a good shutdown, something he barely did in the first place. they got all the republicans behind their obscene tax break for the richest 1% of the country and foreign investers in saudi arabia and the cayman islands but they couldn't bother to pass the budget for the american people which is our essential constitutional function. they don't mind shutting the government down for the fifth time in 30 years as long as their being campaign donors get the huge legislative payoff they are waiting for. let's do our job and let's pass a real budget. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the s

the drug companies, the doctors and the dea have come under fire. but some believe the food and drug administrationnational health crisis. we begin with the two words west virginia senator joe manchin uses to sum up the fda's regulation of opioids. >> absolutely criminal. >> reporter: stinging criticism also comes from a top doctor in the field, andrew coldny. >> this may be the best example in history of a regulation failure leading to a ka ta catastrophe. >> reporter: could the fda have stopped this? >> i don't know if we could have stopped it. a lot of people didn't do what they needed to do in the past or we wouldn't be in the situation we're in right now. >> reporter: the problem started back in 1995, when the fda approved oxycontin, allowing it to be promoted as safe and effective for chronic pain, like back problems. >> fda failed to insist there was adequate before allowing the marketing. >> the rate of pain patients that are treated by doctor is less than 1%. >> reporter: oxycontin's manufacturer said that when it promoted the drug as less add t addictive as other painkillers, they knew it

kadlec exist the commission or the food and drug administration. the fda plays a critical role in our emergency preparedness and response capabilities through its review of medical countermeasures including drugs, vaccines diagnostic tests and ensuring these countermeasures are safe and effective. further the 2013 rappers asian of pappa aim to improve regulatory certainty and predictability for medical countermeasures under review at the fda while also providing the agency with additional authority to support rapid response of emergencies. we are delighted to have you here are delighted to have you in that position at fda. finally we will hear from doctors stephen redd the director of public health response and preparedness. the cdc serves a number of roles under the papa framework and has built strong relationships with state and local public health departments and important aspect of preparing for and responding to emergency public health threats. cdc also works to make sure we have the information we need in advance of a public health emergency.

we heard from the administration on recommendations of advancing the reauthorization of the act including from the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, the food and drug administrator and the centers for disease control administration. in the middle of flu season, it is critical we reauthorize the act before many provisions expire in september. i hope we will do this in a bipartisan way and i expect this tradition with the law and the committee on this on almost all of our major bills. people are not as aware of the , iastation of the flu believe the figures are between 12000 and 50,000 americans die of flu every year. dr. collins has talked to us expediting of the universal flu vaccine which he sees soon. tennessee has seen heartbreaking stories as the flu spread across the state and the country. our state already in this season, a pregnant woman and three children have died of the flu. the act provides a public health preparedness framework that enables us to be prepared and able to respond to public health threats. by ensuring we have enough medicines to protect americans and to ensure our hospitals and state and local health departments are prepar

. >>> today regulators from the food and drug administration will consider a potentially safer alternativellip morris international wants the fda to approve a new tobacco device that's called iqos. the company says the pen-like product creates an aerosol that's less toxic and poses less risk of disease. smoking is the leading cause of preventible death in the u.s. tony dokoupil went there to learn about the product and the science behind it. good morning. >> goomorning. out that unlike an easy cigarette, iqos uses sticks of real tobacco. warming them to below the temperature that produces smoke. that according to phillip morris can save lives. but critics worry that the primary goal is profit as traditional cigarette sales dry up. here we go. on our way to canada. >> reporter: on a hip street in toronto, phillip morris is building what it says is the future of tobacco. this is an iqos boutique, one of many now open in about 30 countries where philip morris promises to quit traal cigarettes and sell iqos instead. they did not accept our request for an interview or a demonstration of iqos. >

with the food and drug administration, inspections will slow down and stop, but i want to caution thathere will be a watchful eye. when there was an outbreak in the last shutdown, they did brink people back immediately so -- they did bring people back immediately so they could deal with it. what is the recommendation for people who currently have the flu or perhaps those who are caring for infants or children or even the elderly currently fighting the flu? >> this is a particular brutal flu season. i'm glad you brought this up. 30 children have died. thousands have been hospitalized. millions have been diagnosed. we have 13 more weeks of this. so if you have not gotten your flu shot, i know it's not as effective as we had hoped, but it is still the most effective method we have in preventing the flu. especially if you are a caretaker for somebody elderly or if you are around children, get your flu shot. it take two weeks for it to kick in. it's worthwhile and could be life saving. wash your hands. cover your mouth. if you are sick, stay home. arthel: we have you here, doctor because yo

. -- food and drug administrations. the thinking is that this is a saint category 2 choose. al forces regulating and scrutinizing these types of companies. those companies that came up with those blockbuster drugs, that is the thing, isn't it? gop -- thean -- boj's stock bible is coming up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ boj governor's sake that they will move toward the 2% target. how japan'ssked inflation fit with what is happening elsewhere. that's -- fits with what is happening elsewhere. >> i think there are two factors to what is happening with the prizes in the region -- prices in the region. one is universal. common factor like globalization, new technologies, even amazon. inflationm make rather subdued. this is the universal factor. --nd, japan's factor is eflation 15 year long d from 1998 through 2013, deflation mindset, people expect prices and wages to not rise. this kind of mindset is that strong. it is not so easy to eradicate the mindset from japanese households and companies. there are some indications that wages are actually rising. some prices have started to r

office of inspector general late last year identified what it called deficiencies in the food and drug administration's oversight of the food recall process. the house commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations held a hearing on the issue. officials from both hhs and the fda testified.

advances if we continue funding the national institutes of health and ensure that the food and drug administration has the tools it needs. one prediction is that scientists will find ways to identify alzheimer's before symptoms appear, as well as how to slow or even prevent the disease. alzheimer's causes untold family grief and costs $259 billion a year. another prediction of yours was using a patient's own stem cells. doctors could rebuild his or her heart. this personalized heart would make transplant waiting lists obsolete and put doctors like former senator bill frist out of business. dr. collins, you have made other predictions that are -- because he was a heart transplant surgeon. >>> dr. collins, you made other predictions, equally breathtaking. the development of an artificial pancreas for diabetes patients. a zika vaccine. a universal flu vaccine. an hiv/aids vaccine. all available within a decade. new addictive pain medicines to help patients as we continue to battle the opioid crisis that kills 91 americans every day. you said this week in another hearing, that might happen in as soon

nih researchers in partnership with private companies to speed up the process and the food and drug administration commissioner, dr. scott gottlieb is on board to fast track the effort within the bounds of safety and efficacy. but i read at least some of your book to say that this holy grail may never be found. you even quote some scientists who say it should not be found. so i hope you'll tell us what you think about this. should we not continue to try to find nonaddictive pain medicine to relieve suffering without addiction? is that not the obvious antidote to opioid epidemic? the second area i would hope to learn from you about is what we can do from washington, d.c. we have tried in important ways to address the ravages of this crisis, which we have all experienced in our states. in 2016, congress passed the comprehensive addiction and recovery act, c.a.r.a., and the 21st century cures act, that gives states and communities, those on the front lines, the tools and resources they need to combat this crisis. for example, in c.a.r.a., provision by senators warren and capito is included that made