respected producers of nordi, well, they are allowed to sell electricity to the construction industry . now this debate is no more, now everyone agrees that electricity is a commercial product, and it has a hardworking producer like others as we have seen, the industry is carrying out this production in difficult conditions, such as high air temperature, in very complex technical conditions, despite the problems caused by the embargo, despite the fact that it is in the middle of the day. kenan, i think what you are saying is correct. the development solutions of electricity production in the country are looking at renewable energy. mr. hamidreza salehi is an expert in renewable electricity. their relationship with us is actually established . renewables are close to 1900 megawatts , the deficit is almost as much as our neighboring country's electricity. the country's renewable energy capacity was supposed to reach 5,000 megawatts by the end of the fifth and sixth plans. we were supposed to install 5 thousand megawatts in the 5th development plan, but we didn't get it, so we transferre

the ceo of novo nordis is testifying about drug pricing today.ing is he's being hauled up to explain why these drugs are so expensive and pointing the finger art pharmacy benefit managers. >> that's right. they played a big role in today's hearing, and senator bernie sanders said he knew that they were going to say it was their fault, so he reached out to those companies and the three largest pvms in the u.s. have said that they are willing to actually expand coverage of these drugs if novo nordisk lowered the prices. they said if we lower the price, we're not going to get the same coverage, and those pvms telling sanders that they would not -- it would not negatively affect coverage of whagovy if they changed the list price and they would cover the drugs more if that price was lower. take a listen. >> if, in fact, they keep their commitment, are you then prepared to substantially lower the list prices in the united states? >> i have to understand what this entails, because when i hear statements that pvms would accept this product, it needs to g

. >> nordis is not the villain. they're a hero.celebrating this miracle innovation. >> fellow republican bill cassidy of louisiana -- >> we still have to preserve the profit incentive for the creativity for drug companies to invest in order to develop the drug that is are going to affeco positively affect the burden of disease in our society. that is the tension. >> the hearing comes at the same time a new government study finds that in the last 10 years, the u.s. obesity rate remains largely unchanged at about 40%. and that severe obesity rose slightly in the last decade. >> we talk about the cost of medicine. but it's -- it's really the cost of the diseases that is breaking the system. >> jorgenson said that the price ozempic pails in comparisons that diabetes and oh beesity costs the u.s. every year. >> these are very expensive diseases. and we talk about the cost of the medicine. specifically in these diseases, the cost of the medicine is less than 10% of the disease burden. >> experts predict that one or both drugs may be invo

. >> on tuesday, the ceo of nordis testifies on weight loss drugs ozempic can which cost 10 or 15 timesmore in the u.s. than in other countries. watch live coverage of the senate health committee hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. c-span now our free mobile video app or online at c-spa

. >> on tuesday, the ceo of nordis testifies on weight loss drugs ozempic can which cost 10 or 15 times more in the u.s. than in other countries. watch live coverage of the senate health committee hearing at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. c-span now our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. >> on capitol hill chuck schumer and majority whip dick durbin spoke on bipartisan agreement till december 20th, congress has until next monday to pass spending bill in order to prevent a government shutdown. >> madame president, we announced that congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement to avoid a government shutdown on september the 30th. this agreement will keep the governmentme open at current funding levels until december 20th. this agreement thankfully is free of any partisan poison pills and was negotiated in good faith. i thank the speaker and my team for putting package over the weekend. i also wish to thank the house democratic leader, the senate republican leader and, all the appropriators particularly senators murray and collins for helping us get to this point. the