. >> we have been following a cutting edge clinical trial at the national institutes of health using gene therapy on a brutally painful disease, sickle-cell anemia. you'll hear the surprising results that one day may lead to cures for thousands of other diseases. >> to see that emerging not just as hoped-for advances, but real data showing cures for people... >> you is just used the "curing" word. ( laughs ) you're willing to say that? >> this looks like a cure. ( ticking ) >> i start seeing the colors and the geometric designs and then, boom. visions began. >> visions brought about by the powerful psychedelic drug psilocybin. administered by scientists, aimed at helping people suffering from depression, anxiety, and addiction. do you ever have a day where you wake up and you're like, "man, i wish i could have a vodka right now?" or a beer? >> not at all. which is the craziest thing, because that was my favorite thing to do. >> the image on the left shows connections within the brain before psilocybin. on the right, after. ( ticking ) >> student debt is a crisis. americans owe $1.5 tr

a number of provisions increasing national institutes of health by $2 billion. increaseases -- 3.1% in salaries for employees and also money for the president's wall. about $1.4 billion. host: it is two packages. 4 bills,ge contains including the defense homeland security commerce, giant -- commerce, science, the other holds 8 bills to fund agriculture, labor, health and human services, education, energy, interior, veterans ,ffairs as well as the epa congressional operations and water project. guest: it is all the government. is $1.4 trillion, that is only about 30% of all government spending. suchther 70% is in programs as medicare, medicaid, social security. safety net programs, food stamps, child nutrition. it only represents 30% of government spending. host: this is what congress has the discretion to spend, they have discretionary powers on this type of federal government. guest: correct. whether they want to spend money on a wall or not. that is all discretionary on the part of the government, congress to spend money. the other 70% excluding interest is ma

this package includes $25 public health experts at the center for disease control, the national institutes of health for firearm injury and mortality prevention research. billion invides $1.5 investment in state level the opioid epidemic. they fund community health enters through may next year, ensuring they have vital work works toward a long-term extension. these billsto this, will provide mental health energy ce, low assistance, increase the age to to 21 nationwide. as a representative for i'm ster, new york, grateful for congress's ongoing strong bipartisan support of for the confinement including at , least $80 billion for the university of rochester for energetics, or l.l.e., which is located in my district. them to continue to cement its place as a leader n cutting edge scientific research. with these successes in mind, i am proud to speak in support of this legislation, and i urge all to join me in s supporting its passage. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the reserves from new york the balance of his time. the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. cole, is reco

the other half is ear marked for the national institutes of health. man of new york led. >>> paid family and medical leave for 2.1 million federal workers passed by the senate in a historic vote. the measure was backed by ivanka trump, and the president has already said he will sign it. it provides paid leave for 12 weeks. the president's daughter said she will continue to advocate for making paid family leave a possibility for all american workers heading into the election year. >>> former trump adviser rick gates was sentenced to 45 days in jail and 3 year year' probat. ga gates admits to helping manafort hide money in bank accounts during his years in his lobbying works. he told the judge he accepts responsibility. >>> paul manafort is in the hospital with a heart ailment. his lawyer claims he and manafort's family are being kept in the dark about his specific medical condition. the federal bureau of prisons is not commenting citing privacy and safety concerns for inmates. >>> tomorrow night's democratic primary debate will go on as scheduled. a lab

right now, the democrats bill would be the equivalent of wiping out what we find that the national institutes of health. they would take so much money out of research and development and venture capital that would lead to these great cures. they would wipe out the equivalent of three decades. we had a bipartisan effort going into crackdown on bad behaviors of drug companies to keep generics out of market. the things we have identified as bad behavior by some. the kept competitors out of market. that brings prices down. unfortunately, before they came to the house floor, and another committee they stuck in poison 1.lls doing great until the speaker's office dropped hr three and our lap. all of those negotiations stopped. it became partisan. which we will unveil on monday, is all bipartisan ideas. much like when i let the effort on opioids. pieces ofdifferent legislation. all bipartisan. we melded into one bill. that became hr six. it became law. we dealt with opioids. for the first time ever, if you are a senior, there would be a lifetime cap of $3100. that is the most you would ever pay. we would smoot

importantly, i hear a lot about innovation here, this legislation increases funds for the national institutes of health, to research and develop new cures. it provides almost $3 billion for the f.d.a. to ensure the safety of our drugs, very important, all the committee members know that. it invests in our community health centers and it directs $10 billion to address the opioid crisis in our country. so what's the difference between what the republicans are saying and what the democrats are saying? at the core of this bill, h.r. 3 , is that there will be direct negotiations with the drug manufacturers to bring the price of drugs down. our republican friends do not support that. and we know it works. direct negotiations from the v.a., in the v.a., direct negotiations in tricare, which is the health care system for all of our fellow americans that wear a uniform and their families. so, this legislation is sensible . millions of americans are not only going to save money, they will finally, finally, finally have the peace of mind that they will be able to afford the prescription drugs that they need for t

a major study called heart collaborative aging research using technology from the national institutes of health is currently underway to assess accessibility strategies for senior citizens so they can extend their ability to live independently as part of the study over $200.00 senior citizen households across the united states are wired with activity trackers will start at the home of beverly healing ok beverly so we're we're in your home and you're wired up here with a lot of sensors tell me what we have well as we come in the door and there's a sensor on the door which simply means the door's been open and it's assumed that somebody is coming or going 82 year old beverly healey is a volunteer test subject in a study looking at what happens in the home as we age and what excess ability strategies can be created in the future to remain independent for longer her home has over 20 sensors monitoring her every move. dr jeffrey case of oregon health and science university is the principal investigator of the study if you ask people what they want to have happen to them as they get older 90 percent

the national institutes of health received $12.5 million each in researching the issue appeared legislation would also provide 41.7 billion dollars for medical research at the nih, in year 7% increase. republican leaders are touting the fact that the deal does not include new funding for international efforts to aid family and replayed active health. they are proud the legislation would deliver a $22 billion increase in defense spending as well as a military pay increase -- the largest such in a decade. guest: this is a very big bill. at one point, $4 trillion. one item you did not mention that i like is they did increase the pell grant award. 6000nts now can have up to -- up to $6,000, a major increase on the pell grant which is important. -- there are winners and losers if you like throughout this, but when you're talking about $1.4 trillion to fund the government, there are lots of programs that are receiving some increases. there are some that are being flat too. staff,t goes out to the particularly having been a former staff member, technically we had an agreement we back in july. it h

it would be divided evenly between the national institute of health and the center for disease control and prevention. the san jose fire departments online fireworks reporting tool is now active year-round. originally only available around the fourth of july holidays. with the new year fast approaching the department will be watching out for those illegal fireworks. they are also reminding people that fireworks are dangerous and can cause fires and serious injuries. people can be fined for using, possessing, storing, or selling illegal fireworks. neighbors can also report illegal fireworks with 24 hour phone hotline spray>>> time is 4:46. today is the deadline for pg&e to respond to governor gavin newsom's demand for a reorganization plan. the governor turned down pg&e's initial plan on friday. now the nation's biggest utility is scrambling to come up with a new plan to win the governor's approval. even though pg&e's fate is in the hand of a encrypted judge, governor newsom's support could be critical to emerge from bankruptcy by june 2020. >>> in san francisco, a small group of protes

health insurance programs. h.r. 3 will save the taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars and these savings will be reinvested in health care priorties. these priorities include funding new cures for the national institute of health. funding community health centers. esearch -- which serve thousands across the country and combat the opioid epidemic. the elijah e. cummings lower drug costs now act will lower costs for workers today while investing in a healthier future for all americans. i urge my colleagues to support this legislation and deliver on our bipartisan promise to lower health care costs for the american people. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague for yielding. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you. all of us in this chamber have heard the troubling stories of mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers, friends an colleagues who suffer every day because they can't afford their med cases. that is why congress started a collaborative and bipartisan process to tackle this issue earli

certainly we all want to do more to invest in our national institutes of health. i have no real objection to the gentleman's amendment. but the underlying bill eviscerate what is he's trying to accomplish here in terms of medical research and breakthrough cures. and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment s agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 4 printed in house report 116-334. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. kennedy: good morning, mr. chair. i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in part b of house report 116-334 offered by mr. kennedy of massachusetts. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 758, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. kennedy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes

the bill would provide $25 million for gun violence research divided evenly between the national institutes of healthol and prevention. >>> health officials in southern california say travelers in heaven traveled through the airport last week. the department of public health issued an advisory today that passengers terminals four and five be at risk for developing measles after three weeks after exposure. health officials say this is the 20th case of measles in the law than la this year. > >> hackers have been able to exploit weaknesses in guess station payment systems to steal personal data. it has only involved magnetic swipe readers and not those with chip and pin numbers. they are also asking for the installation of chip systems or be held liable for any fraud committed. >> amazon is no longer allowing third-party sellers to use fedex ground delivery services due to the climbing performance. a spokesperson says the changes to ensure customers get packages on time. amazon says the ban is temporary. it will reportedly take place this week and will last until delivery performance improves. >>> a 1-y

the study was done by the national institute of health. >>> okay, shoppers, beware online and at themalls want your packages. and some bay area police departments are working extra hard to make sure you're not a victim. officers are deploying some new tactics like following delivery drivers to make sure criminals don't swipe the package left on your door. police are also recommending you don't leave anything valuable in your car in plain sight so that thieves don't break in. >>> getting a tesla for christmas just got a little tougher. in past years lots of early buyers for the electric vehicles got help with rebates from the state's air resources board. but the agency is no longer offering rebates on electric or hybrid cars that cost more than $60,000. the average rebate is also getting cut from 2500 to $2,000. low-income buyers can get higher rebates. >>> okay. the warriors have a tough time on the road . we'll show you next live in sports. my parents never taught me anything about managing money. the amount of student loan debt i have, i'm embarrassed to even say. we just decided we di

institutions. and a $150 increase to the pell grant. in health, $2.6 billion increase for the national institutes of health. $637 million increase for the centers for disease control and prevention. that includes tobacco prevention, public health data modernization, and suicide prevention. full funding for a new h.i.v. initiative to eliminate new transmissions of h.i.v. over the next decade. and continued high funding for state opioid grants. i am disheartened that the republicans obstructed us from defending women's health, from the administration's attack on the title 10 program. we will continue that long fight and we will win in the near term. all women's reproductive health must be on equal footing. an incredible win was $25 million for evidence-based gun violence prevention research. the first time in 20 years we have provided money and resources to look at research on trying to prevent gun violence. it follows our hearing on gun violence research, that was the first hearing that we had. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. delauro: thank you. the significance of the achievement cannot be overstated. it

half of the money will go to the cdc with the other half ear marked for the national institutes of healthhe best researchers in the country will work to identify ways to reduce deaths and injuries from firearms. >>> paid family and medical leave for 2.1 million federal workers passed by the senate in a historic vote it. was backed by the president's daughter ivanka trump and the president said he will sign it. it provides paid leave for 12 weeks. his daughter said she will continue to advocate for making leave for all american workers. >> rick gates who flipped on the president in the mueller investigation has been sentenced, the judge commending gates for, quote, an important public service and choosing to spare the truth under enormous pressure. >>> the judge sentenced gates to 45 days in jail. he was a star witness in the mueller investigation. he helps in cases against paul manafort, his former boss, andstone roger stone, the friend of the president. gates said he accepted full responsibilities. the judge ammy jacksy jackson c him for that. in the report the russian investigation shou

right now, the democrats' bill would be the equivalent of wiping out what we fund at the national institutes of health, they would take out so much money out of the research and development and venture capital that would lead to these great cures. they would wipe out the equivalent of three decades. we do not think that is a good way. we had a bipartisan effort going into crackdown on bad behaviors of drug companies to keep generics out of market. we had a bill called the create act. the things we have identified as bad behavior by some. the drug companies kept competitors out of the market. and that brings prices down. we brought it together unanimously unfortunately, . before they came to the house floor, and another committee they stuck in poison pills12. -- pills on purpose that i would argue so republicans would vote no and there were policies they knew we would oppose. we working on modernizing medicare part d for seniors, which republicans led into thousand three. i was on the committee. it needs modernization, we all agree. we were doing great until the speaker's office dropped hr three in our

we did a boost in funding for n.i.h., national institutes of health. that deals with an increase in funding of things like alzheimer's that we should continue to invest in. that also deals with things in oklahoma on some of the oklahoma medical research foundation, stevenson's cancer center at o.u., and also some of the rural health care programs, especially dealing with telemedicine, because if you're in a rural area in oklahoma, it's a long way to go to be able to get health care. this bill also deals with something called the secure act. the secure act deals with seniors' retirement. right now, you can't continue contributing to your i.r.a. past 70 and a half. you're forced to take it. lots of folks are now choosing to work later and later. some retire earlier. that's fine. that's their choice. but for folks that choose to retire a little bit later, they don't want to be forced to take i.r.a. they want to be able to still contribute. this allows them to do this. this also allows part-time workers to participate in fowk plans. its incredibly important

a number of provisions increasing national institutes of health by $2 billion.reaseases -- 3.1% in salaries for employees and also money for the president's wall. about $1.4 billion. host: it is two packages. 4 bills,ge contains including the defense homeland security commerce, giant -- commerce, science, the other holds 8 bills to fund agriculture, labor, health and human services, education, energy, interior, veterans ,ffairs as well as the epa congressional operations and water project. guest: it is all the government. is $1.4 trillion, that is only about 30% of all government spending. suchther 70% is in programs as medicare, medicaid, social security. safety net programs, food stamps, child nutrition. it only represents 30% of government spending. host: this is what congress has the discretion to spend, they have discretionary powers on this type of federal government. guest: correct. whether they want to spend money on a wall or not. that is all discretionary on the part of the government, congress to spend money. the other 70% excluding interest is mandat

pekosz: over the past three years, the national institutes of health in the u.s. really invested a large amount of money in what they call the universal flu vaccine project. that is designed to make a vaccine that will protect against more strains of flu and will have at least a five-year efficacy. clinical trials are starting year. we are hoping over the next year or two, we will have some sense of how far we are away from rolling out a better flu vaccine. vonnie: our thanks to dr. andrew pekosz, codirector of the jon hopkins excellence and surveillance and director of the center for emerging viruses and infectious diseases in the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health. the bloomberg school of public health is supported by the founder of bloomberg lp and bloomberg philanthropies. ♪ omberg philanthropies. ♪ here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. a

starts with our own government-funded research, paid for by the taxpayers, either at the national institutes of health or at our great research universities, two of which i have led. this bill provides critical additional investments in n.i.h., $10 billion to extend research investments in projects like cancer moonshot, to accelerate cancer research and make drug therapies available. it will help fund innovation and esearch for rare diseases, micro byal resistance. this bill makes explicit that pharmaceutical companies should be able to recoupe the cost of research and development and still make a profit. nine out of 10 pharmaceuticals spend more on margetting sales and overhead than research. maybe they won't be making as big a profit as they currently do, because they'll no longer be able to take the american people to the cleaners. but they will make a substantial profit. medicare will continue to cover all of the drugs they cover today so that patients' choices will not be limited. rather patients' choices will be expanded. patients will no longer leaving drugs behind at the pharmacy counter becau

the last year or so the fbi and the national institutes of health, which funds research all over theountry, started going to all these research institutions warning them the chinese government is trying to infiltrate institutions paying off their researchers inviting hem to china and stealing all their stuff. the moffitt center, biggest canter center in florida took a look founded ceo, vice president and four top researchers secretly paid by the chinese communist party and fired all of them on the heels of a similar incident, our cancer center houston. don't we want to solve cancer? what's the big deal? the fbi is telling these institutions. not not just about collaboration, but is good, an organized chinese strategy to pay off all these american researchers, get them to china and steal all their non-public researchers to feed their scientific education aimed at us. >> concerted effort to do just that, fascinating. >> right. >> while i have you here. your thoughts on north korea promising this christmas surprise for the u.s. some options that may be on the table launching a rocket or

national institute of health.gun violence research. it does have to pass the measure and president trump has to cited by friday in order to avoid a government shutdown. professor, thank you for joining us. first go what kind of research could we see with this funding? what will researchers be looking at. >> two separate places where research has been authorized. the national institute of justice would probably do work on particular strategies of firearm control and their infected this lack of effectiveness. the center for disease control which was the place that created the original ban studies, instead, the impact of instrumentality on the death rate of assault customer side, an accident. they would be interested in the role of men's guidance and the events with injured and killed people. both of those agencies are targeted in the house as bills. >> and ask, why has it taken so long to have money to study this issue? what finally given this push. >> well, look. they are two separate things that happened when the

nicotine formula used by juul vaping devices is nearly identical to this morning by the national institute of health seniors said they vape nicotine in the past month. >> pretty astounding and pretty disturbing as well. >>> that brings us to the spending bill approved by the house yesterday. along with avoiding a government shutdown, that bill also raises the legal age to buy tobacco products to 21-year-old. what else is included in this spending bill? >> $1.4 trillion spending bill. it removes the possibility of a repeat of the shutdown we had just one year ago, you remember around christmastime the u.s. saw the longest ever shutdown. in addition to what he just mentioned regarding raising the legal tobacco age, other measures include a military and civilian federal worker pay raise to the tune of 3.1% particularly for military personnel, about $425 million in federal funding for election security grants, $25 million for gun research and a repeal of three health care taxes designed to help pay for the affordable health care tax. this is exactly in line with what was pencilled in for last year. the

have a job working in the white house but you can get a job working at the national library of medicine national institutes of health. i had no idea what the national library was. i said i'm in. i got on a greyhound bus from ohio state drove to washington slept on a cot in a fraternity house put my clothing in a broom closet and went to work at the national library that was a great experience. however every weekend i would hitchhike down to the beach with my pals and one weekend we were hitchhiking and this guy comes by picks us up in this big blue cadillac. we piled in the car and we drive down to maryland to one of the beaches down there and i get talking to him and he tells me that he worked for jon f. kennedy and he was very close to kennedy to the point where he had one of the special pt 109. if you were to try to sell when you would get a lot. a lady shaking her head. very few people have them so i was fascinated. he worked for lyndon johnson and i said this is great. i asked if we could go to lunch and he j said sure. i go down to washington to meet him for lunch and come back the nexto week and he takes me t

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. >> we have been following a cutting edge clinical trial at the national institutes of health using gene therapy on a brutally painful disease, sickle-cell anemia. you'll hear the surprising results that one day may lead to cures for thousands of other diseases. >> to see that emerging not just as hoped-for advances, but real data showing cures for people... >> you is just used the "curing" word. ( laughs ) you're willing to say that? >> this looks like a cure. ( ticking ) >> i start seeing the colors and the geometric designs and then,

it would be divided evenly between the national institutes of health and centers for disease control y, a group of local mothers battling homelessness plans to step up the fight. they've recently held demonstrations trying to claim vacant homes so homeless women can love in them. the group wants to take back vacant investor owned properties in neighborhoods where the mothers grew up but can no longer afford to live. the group will hold a community meeting tonight at taylor memorial church on 12th street in oakland. >>> homeless activists are praising the supreme court after justices refused to hear a case that could have barred homeless people from sleeping out in the public. the case came from idaho and challenged the ruling by the ninth district appeals court in san francisco that allowed homeless people to sleep on sidewalks and in parks if there aren't enough shelters. the high court's decision not to hear this case means the lower court ruling stands. opponents say this prevents cities from regulating homeless encampments on sidewalks. >>> boeing has announced it's temporarily st

according to the director of the national institutes of health, -- francis collins "americans are living longer, healthier lives. life expectancy for a baby born in the u.s. has risen from 47 years in 1900 to more than 78 years today. among the advances that have helped to make this possible are a 70% decline in the u.s. death rate from cardiovascular disease over the past 50 years, and a drop of more than 1% annually in the cancer death rate over the past couple of decades." a drop of just only 1%? for the trillions of dollars that has been poured into cancer research, a drop of just only 1%? today we spend the hour with an oncologist who says we should be treating the disease differently. amy: in her new book "the first cell and the human costs of pursuing cancer to the last," our guest for the hour dr. azra raza nodes we spend $150 billion each year treating cancer, yet a patient with cancer is as likely to die of it today, with few exceptions, as one was 50 years ago. she argues experiments and the funding for eradicating cancer look at the disease when it is in its later stages, whe

. >> brangham: harkema acknowledges this research, which is funded in part by the national institutes of healthlso gives grants to the newshour, is stit the tip of the iceberg. >> we need to look at process dierently right now. regardless of epidural stimulation, whether it should be a treatment or not. we know people can recover. i mean, that's clear. >> brangham: forent stephenson and his wife-- who were babysitting their niece when we visited-- it's meant dreams of an expanding future. >> one of my questions right out of the gate, in the back of my mind was, can i have kids? you know, the physical fitness that i've gotten back eing rt of the stimulator program. it gives me that instillment that i could be, you know, the utmost father that i was going to bbefore or after injury. >> brangham: for marissa kirkling, it not only means the possibility of one day standing and walking on her own, but regaining the ability to do something she loves. ♪ ♪ >> brangham: for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham in louisville, kentucky. >>ang: after a historic turnout from generation z in last yeas midte

million research project conducted by the university of louisville and sponsored by the national institutes of healthd the nature conservancy. it's called "green heart louisvil." researchers say this project is the first of its kind, a large scale scientific study of howee and greenspaces affect residents' health. it comes at a crucial time for the city of louisville. between 2004 and 2012, the city lost an average of 54,000 trees a year to development, storms, pests and old age. during that time, the tree canopy coverage in louisville dropped to just 37%, well below other cities in the region. and since 1996, the american lung association has given the city a failing grade for airik pollutantsozone. stat's more, louisville is one of the nation's t-warming urban heat islands: parts of the city can be degrees hotter an surrounding areas. green heart researchers thinkld more trees ce a solution: they can improve air quality, col neighborhoods, help combat global warming, and even muffle noise pollution. chris chandler is the nature conservancy's urban conservation direor in kentucky. when you look at a

it would be divided evenly between the national institutes of health and the disease for control and base reporting tool is no active year-round. it were originally it was originally only available around the fourth of july. now, they are reminding people that fireworks are dangerous and can cause fires and serious injuries. can be fined for using, possessing, storing, or selling illegal fireworks. neighbors can also report illegal fireworks to a 24-hour hotline. >>> today is the deadline for pg&e to respond to governor newsom's to my demand to amend the bankruptcy organization plan. they rejected pg&e's first plan on friday. now the nation's biggest utility company is scrambling to create a new plan that could when the governor's approval. even though pg&e's fate will be decided by a bankruptcy judge, governor newsom support could be crucial for pg&e to come out of bankruptcy by june 2020 deadline. >> sing back >>> a small group of protesters lock themselves together yesterday in san francisco blocking the street outside of pg&e headquarters. they said they wanted to draw attention t

point $6alth area, two billion increase for national institutes of health, $637 million for centers for disease control and prevention including tobacco prevention, public health data, modernization, and suicide prevention. full funding for a new hiv initiative to initiate new omissions of hiv and continued high fending for state opioid grants. i was disheartened that the republicans obstructed us from defending women's health from the administration's attack on the title x program. we will continue with that long fight and we will win in the near term. all women's reproductive health must be on equal footing. proud to say for the first time in 20 years, we have succeeded in getting $25 million for evidence-based gun violence prevention research. it follows our hearing on gun violence research, the first hearing in two decades. the significance of this achievement cannot be understated. 48 millionbor -- dollar increase for worker protection, 30 million dollar increase for workforce innovation and opportunity act, state grants, 25 million dollar increase for job corps and at $40 million

american tradition of innovative research for scientific breakthroughs and cures at the national institutes of health. and with h.r. 3 we will provide patients like david mitchell with personal experience on cancer. and what he said, is it taught him something. in other words, if you can't afford, you can't have it. lastly, this will provide us a legacy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. without objection, the previous is ordered on the motion to recommit. the question is on the motion to recommit. hose in favor say aye. the house will be in order. the question is on the motion to recommit. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the noes have it. >> i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the chair will reduce the minimum tile of any electronic vote on the question of passage. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national

the next decade nd allows us to make long sought-ever investments into medicare and the national institutes of health. this bill includes legislation that i wrote to include coverage of hearing aids medicare, making them more affordable for our seniors. we'll also deliver vision and dental investments while investing huge sums into the cures.for new all the mothers and fathers who lay awake at night worried about nrolling their kids in after-school activities or making their mortgage or car from this ll benefit bill. we are fighting for them, and to a fight that we intend win. thank you and i yield back the time.ce of my the speaker pro tempore: the chair now recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. womack, for five minutes. am mr. womack: thank you, mr. speaker. i seek unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. womack: mr. speaker, it's a heavy heart that i rise today to honor the life and of a e and the sacrifice hero from the third district of the great state of arkansas, arkansas, police officer steven carr. saturday, december 7, officer to begin repari

drug companies that take all of the research you when i paid for as taxpayers through the national institutes of health and so on, take that research and turnaround, turn it into drugs that they have had a, marketed, made their money, and then they up the price on. i don't mean a little bit, they up the price through the roof. this makes my brothers furious. they use different words to describe it. but they are all very angry about the corruption in washington. they get that they are being cheated. they get that this government works for those at the top. the government is not working for everybody. it is a government working great for those at the top. the next time somebody says our government never works in washington, it is just gridlock, whoa. remind them of two things. when the republican donors wanted that tax break, it took five weeks for the republicans to go behind closed doors and write a taxpayer -- a tax break and give $1 trillion of money away to these guys. the rest of the time when nothing gets passed, when nothing makes it through the senate, think for just a minute. that works pretty

. >> the second ask we have is the increase of funding at the national institute of health for a $315 million increase to support alzheimer's research in the fiscal 2020 budget. last ask, last or was passed, but funding was not passed toward, so we are asking for $20 million to fund the old act. rep. sensenbrenner: all i can say is, i'm going to look at it. the budget is not complete yet. if we don't pass a continuing resolution by thursday night, nobody gets any funding. that would be very bad, in my opinion. asking for $350 million extra without an offset is going to be tough, because budgets are tight, deficits are high, the concern is great. usually what congress has done is let the nih director allocate the money congress appropriates between the various disciplines doing research. and otherwise you have people , who have powerful lobbies ending up getting bills passed that basically suck up all the money, and nobody gets anything because there isn't anything left over. >> the 350 is based on a professional judgment budget that was pushed through for alzheimer's four years ago. r

former chairman of the committee, fred upton, with cures tofort get more research into the national institutes of health, yield him three minutes. the chair: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. upton: well, thank you, madam speaker. to thank the democratic leadership for, i think, the first time this year allowing to actually have a substitute to a major piece of legislation and i want to thank leadership because of that stub constitute is not a -- a partisan s not substitute but a bipartisan substitute. in fact, every single provision bill has got strong bipartisan support, which was together. tomorrow, we'll mark the third anniversary of president obama's signing of 21st century cures, a bill that diana degette and i shepherd through our committee on unanimous vote and e passed here in the house 392-26. it increased n.i.h. funding by $45 billion over a 10-year span. it sped up the approval of drugs devices, and just after three years, we've seen the cell, gene, and ucleoid therapies have more than doubled. in fact, research this last year actually exceed $13 billion. predicted as is approvi

companies that take all of the research that you and i pay for as taxpayers through the national institutes of healtho on, take that research and turn around, turn it into drugs that they've had, they've marketed, they've made their money back and then they up the price on it, i don't mean a little bit. they ups it true the roof and this makes my brothers furious. they use different words to describe it, but they are all very angry about the corruption in washington. they get that they're being cheated. they get that this government works for those at the top. the government isn't working for anybody, it's working great for those at the top. the next time somebody says to you, government never works in washington, it's just gridlock, whoa, remind them of two things. when the republicans donors wanted that tax break, took five weeks for the republicans to go behind closed doors and write a tax bill of trillion and a half dollars to these guys. they know how to move when they want to move. the next time it never passed and nothing went through, wait a minute, it worked well for drug companies, for oil

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