in other words, spain was part of the g-20. i know that they are going to talk down britain, but it is bit much them talking down spain. >> angela smith. >> thank you, mr. speaker. the fatal attack last week on four-year-old john-paul massey from merseyside raises once again concerns about the effectiveness of legislation relating to dangerous dogs. will my right honorable friend agree to meet, with me, a small delegation of those who are concerned about the issue to discuss what can be done? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right. this was a terrible death, and i am very sorry to learn about what happened to the little boy in liverpool, john-paul massey. she knows that the police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the death. they have also referred their handling of an original report from february 2009 to the independent police complaints commission. it would obviously be inappropriate to comment further on that instance, but the issue of the status of dangerous dogs was raised at the antisocial behavior w

in other words, spain was part of the g-20. mr. speaker, i know they're going to talk about britain, but it is a bit much they are talking down spain. >> mr. smith? >> thank you, mr. speaker. the attack last week on the four year old raises once again concerned about the effectiveness of legislation with results. will my right honorable friend admit that those concerned about this is to be discussed what can be done to deal with this situation? >> mr. speaker, my honorable friend is quite right. this was a terrible death and i am very sorry about what happened to the little boy in liverpool. i think she knows we are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the death. they have also referred their handling of the original report from february 2090 independent compolice complaint. but the issue of status and dangerous job was raised on the working party a few days ago. we're working with the home office to ensure that those on the front line have the powers available to them. the government has provided additional advice to the

he sent andrew jackson and a small army to seize florida from spain, then spain to redraw the westernboundaries of the louisiana territory to extend into the rocky mountains and northward to the pacific ocean. for the first time since they declared independence americans were secure from attack by foreign troops and they streamed westward over the appalachian mountains into the wilderness to claim their share of america buying wilderness land from the government and carving out forms, harvesting fer, timber, ore, in an era when the plan, not money, land was wealth. the land rush added six states to the union and produced the largest redistribution of wealth in the annals of man. never before in history had a sovereign state transferred ownership of so much land and so much political power to so many people not of noble rank. and with land ownership americans gained the right to vote, to stand for office, to govern themselves, their communities, their states and nation. you couldn't vote and you couldn't stand for office if you didn't own land. if you own land, you own the nation. to e

i was thinking that i am in spain. what am i seeing this in spain? what is going on in spain? spain is probably no more indicative of the rest of the world than any other country. it to me, race is something that is part of the human condition. my interest in it is to focus on making sure that race is not used to disadvantages' some at the expense of others. >> you mention something that is hidden in this town. there are 700 that work for the congressional research service. how long did you work there? >> i worked there in 1997. after i finished graduate school in 2000, i finished my dissertation of the congressional research center, i like to call it the greatest science department. -- political science department. researchers, many of whom have ph.d. s. you probably cannot get in the door anymore without a ph.d. in the field. they are people who do great research at the request of congress. >> can a member really just call up and say they did a study on this? >> yes, it happens all the time. people have their research areas and build relationships with staff members. because

it was a famous nordic crises, finland, norway, crises, finland, norway, 199 1, spain come in 1977 and the biggest of all, and the world's second largest economy, japan, 1992. at the hindsight we said we really are following the script. of these crises were preceded by big asset price booms in equimark bids and a lot of indebtedness. we have been running huge current account deficits. we compared the u.s. data to the average for these crisis in the run-up and the subsequent after crisis and the concluding remarks is we will be lucky if this doesn't happen here. what is the response even in 2007 we're not an emerging market so these are not emerging markets. these are advanced economies. we have the world's most sophisticated financial system, the world reserve currency, the run-up of housing prices is predicated on the fact that we have discovered how to securitized mortgages and create this wonderful new market call the subprime market. we have been so successful in creating this market that to not only are the u.s. firms buying this but the central banks from all over the world are t

spain -- spain is a member of the g20 now and it is in recession. six european countries that are part of the european union or part of the continent in britain are part of recession. but i have to -- i have to say to him, the purpose of asking this question must be either policy that he wishes to put forward. so that we can do. -- so that we can do better or that he's talking down britain. >> the fact is that it is his policies that have given us the longest and deepest recession in our history. only this prime minister thinks that we should all be pathetically grateful for this recession when he led the world when he left britain behind. he's normally reading out lists of countries. australia, canada, turkey, brazil, they all went into recession after britain but they came out before britain. france and germany went into recession at the same time as britain. and yet they came out before. can the prime minister answer this. given that all those countries are now in growth and we are not in growth -- can he tell us what on earth he meant when he sa

when it comes to greece and spain, is difficult. spain also has big macro problems, financial policy, especially in the construction sector. spanish banks are doing very well. the spanish problem is manageable. of little more difficult because of greece, the administration is not working -- if at all report which is monitoring the grease administration, and even the minister does not know the data, that is the feeling. that is a problem. i think it is a danger for the eurozone, but we have to keep in mind that there is a stability and growth pact. in spite of the crisis, you may say that we are quite well. we've brought down deficits and debt for most of the countries. as long as the confidence in the overall stability and growth pact is not lost, i think that we can cope with that. but i will not deny that there are certain risks, and we have to be careful and know that there's some critical discussion starting from some european countries looking to the stability and growth pact. then we have to be alert and not let it go. >> alic

in other words, spain was part of the g20. mr.peaker, i know they are going to talk down britain, but it's better than them talking down spain. >> last week on the side, it raises concerned about the effectiveness of legislation related to today's results. will it be with me the small benefits of those concerned about this to be what can be done in the situation? >> mr. speaker, that's right. it was a terrible death. i'm sorry what happened to the little boy in liverpool, john paul masey. it would obviously be inappropriate to comment further on that instance. but the issue of dangerous jobbed was raised at the behavior working party a few days ago. we are working with the home office to assure they make full use of the power of the communities. the government has provided additional advice. and also funding to the association of police officers to help train the officers in dangerous dog legislation. this is an event that should not recur. we're going to do everything in our power to make sure it doesn't happen. >> thank you. can

let's take spain, for example. recently european news services reported that spain has begun a diplomatic offensive to convince the castro regime to unblock nearly $266 million euros or the regive lent of -- equivalent o of $408 million to -- these are spanish companies doing business in cuba and now can't get access to their money. so what does the spanish government do? not coincidentally, the spanish government announced upon assuming the presidency of the european union in 2010, it would enter into a new bilateral agreement with the castro regime that would replace the current kiewrpian union policy which contains diplomatic sanctions for human rights violations. the castro regime made it clear to spain that the current european policy was an insurmountable obstacle. and i might add for spanish nationals and companies to get their money back. therefore, the spanish government immediately responded to what i consider to be blackmail. and on a recent visit to cuba, spain's foreign minister, met three hours with r

the train in spain is late then people get their money back. i know every person that board it was hoping the train might be five minutes late. we have received an extraordinary number of applications and proposals. $57 billion worth from dozens of states seeking to connect cities and refine existing service. we are narrowing the list down and will announce the recipients of the $8 billion next year. our mission is clear, we want to develop a high-speed rail networks that will provide more good transportation options for all americans. we will reinvigorate our manufacturing base and create permanent jobs for our work force. this is about expanding our assembly work and rebuilding -- rebooting full-fledged manufacturing. we need to get america building its own future. that is what high-speed rail is all about. if this program is perceived as not creating jobs, it will not succeed. this is a tremendous opportunity for every facet of the rail industry to capitalize on an historic investment. many industry leaders agree with us. i am pleased to ann

let's take spain for example. recently european news services reported spain has begun a diplomatic offensive to convince the castro regime to one block nearly 266 million heroes were the equivalent of about 400 million united states dollars in funds that have been frozen by the castro regime of over 300 spanish companies in cuba. these are spanish companies doing business in cuba and now can't get access to their money. so what this spanish government does not coincidently the spanish government announced upon assuming the presidency of the european union in 2010 it would enter into a new bilateral agreement with the castro regime that would replace the current european union policy which contains diplomatic sanctions for human rights violations. the castro regime made it clear to spain the current european policy was an insurmountable obstacle to normal relations. and i might add for spanish nationals and companies to get their money back, there for the spanish government immediately responded to what i consider

you're in germany, want to buy a prescription drug from spain, no problem. you're in italy, want to buy a prescription drug from france, no problem. they have a specific parallel trading system and it works and works well. and i'm going to describe, in the words of someone who's been involved in that system for many years, that the europeans can do it, have done it, do it today with no problems at all. are people really saying that they can do it, they're smart enough, they're capable enough but we aren't? give me a break. that makes no sense to me at all. of course we can do this. it's just that those who don't want to do it have decided that this current deal -- and i use "deal" with quotes -- "the current "deal" which allows the pharmaceutical industry to price as they wish in this country and make certain the american people can't do anything to get the lesser prices in other countri countries, the lower prices for the identical drug, it means that they price this year up 9% -- 9.3% just this year alone. they'll do whatever they want to price those presc

one drug, cholesterol lowering drug, lip to, $63 in the netherlands, $32 in spain, $40 in the united kingdom. every one of these countries, $30, $40, $50 for lipitor, same drug, $125 in the united states. we pay more even though most of the -- in most cases these drugs are either manufactured in the united states or developed in some cases by u.s. taxpayers and developed certainly in the united states for americans, but we pay two and three times more. 2009 consumer report survey found due to high drug prices, one out of six consumers failed to fill a prescription, 23 consumers cut back on groceries. they choose between do i get my groceries or do i pay for this drug? consumer after consumer will put their pill in half and take one part today and one part the next day which is not what their doctor says they should do. we know this isn't good for american's health. we know this isn't good for america's pocketbooks. it's not good for the taxpayer, not good for small business or big business, the large companies paying the freight, paying these costs, it is american consumers, taxpayer

we had cases in toronto, in england, in spain, france.hink we can expect more. >> larry: all right. harry humphreys, the preliminary fbi analysis found the device contained petn. what is that? >> petn is a german explosive developed around the first world war. it doesn't detonate. it burns very rapidly. it is used as a basic explosive for detonating cord. it is also used as a booster in many high-level military explosives. >> larry: if it had gone off inside that plane successfully what would have happened. >> i understand there was 80 grams. if the detonator, okay, in fact, was close enough -- >> larry: the button? >> the device that detonates the petn would have penetrated the skin and because he was sitting over one of the fuel tanks in the aircraft the fuel in the aircraft would have accelerated. >> larry: kill the whole plane? >> absolutely. >> larry: why do you think he was doing it on the ground not in the air. >> he wasn't doing it on the ground, he was approaching. >> larry: why not 35,000 feet? >> there are several schools of th

the train in spain is late then people get their money back. i know every person that board it was hoping the train might be five minutes late. we have received an extraordinary number of applications and proposals. $57 billion worth from dozens of states seeking to connect cities and refine existing service. we are narrowing the list down and will announce the recipients of the $8 billion next year. our mission is clear, we want to develop a high-speed rail networks that will provide more good transportation options for all americans. we will reinvigorate our manufacturing base and create permanent jobs for our work force. this is about expanding our assembly work and rebuilding -- rebooting full-fledged manufacturing. we need to get america building its own future. that is what high-speed rail is all about. if this program is perceived as not creating jobs, it will not succeed. this is a tremendous opportunity for every facet of the rail industry to capitalize on an historic investment. many industry leaders agree with us. i am pleased to ann

in spain, they pay $32. in germany, they pay $48. again, the american consumer is told no, you get to pay $125. i have described over and over again the two bottles of lipitor, empty bottles, made in ireland by an american corporation and distributed all across the world. the most popular cholesterol-lowering drug. same pill put in the same bottle made by the same company, f.d.a.-approved. the only difference is this one has a blue label, this one has a red label, this one went to canada, this one went to the united states. and the united states consumer got to pay nearly triple the price. fair? not where i come from, it's not fair. and by the way, in the past year, my colleague from maine who spoke moments ago talked about a nearly 10% increase in price for brand name prescription drugs just this year. this shows what's happening. arthritis drug called enbrel. if you were taking that, this year you got a 12% increase. singulair for asthma, this year a 12% increase. boniva for osteoporosis, this year you got an 18% increase for your

war, and the issue was, did the american constitution apply in the territories that we acquired from spain? and in the short form of it was, does the constitution follow the flag? the democratic party's platform in the 1900 election was that the constitution does follow the flag. the supreme court in a 5-4 set of opinions held that the constitution does not fall-- follow the flag and dunn as mr. duly telling a customer, that i don't know whether the constitution follows the flag or not, but i do know that the supreme court follows the election returns. [laughter] and i think that is as fundamental and insight about the supreme court is you can get. now, remember it is a nine member body, or at least that has been since 1870 and that doesn't mean all justices are following the election returns, but it does mean that majority are, and i think that that has been a truism throughout american history with a single, huge exception. in 1935 and 1936, the supreme court threw out ten freshly minted new deal statutes ranging from the national industrial recovery act to the agricultural adjustment ac

memos to the french foreign minister, talking about the balance of power in europe, and why france and spain should come in on our side in the revolution, and it was a great triumph of realism. i also discovered that benjamin franklin was a wonderful scientist. totally interested in science. in fact he would have thought people were fill steens if they weren't interested in science. we think of him as some old dude playing with a it could in -- a kite in the rain, and it was one of the most important scientific experiments of the time, and electricity was the most important scientific theory of the period after newton's theory of gravity. and it occurred to me that people in our generation, who are not scientists, sometimes just flinch from science. we would be, what frankly calls the phili sty ns and we have friend who would never admit to not knowing the difference between hamlet and macbeth and not knowing the difference between a shakespeare play but they would happily brag about not knowing about the relativity theory. but science is just as interesting, we can all love it just like sha

çi çhaq family in spain, we have ç traveled ççfive times this ye.are very ççi]xd >> they are secure about their security.çq:"ti p'd you have t attempts from 2001 çare people coming in from the outside. host: let's look at ]ithe "ne york times" and they detail the ways that airports are çtryingç to make things safer.i] the ççthings that are done ar the airport perimeter and ñrthe watch-list where they are designed to watch passengers xdç and çtheir behavior. and 20 million was spent on machines for traces on passengers, but the programs ended because of the programs +pp'd the dog scanning teams an finally çu!cargo, the tsa said they met the deadline for passenger screening of çcargo this çyear but w3çnot çófor t deadline for all cargo. let's go to our caller on the line, good morning. caller: good morning, it seems we will have this problem until we adjust the murderer foreign policy. we are killing people çokevery with unmanned dromes çand calling everyone member al-qaeda members to justify this crap. i don't believe it and i can't be

if you were in spain, you'd pay $36; france, $67; spain -- great britain, $41; germany, $37. why is it the american consumer has the privilege of paying ten times the cost for exactly the same drug? same drug put in the same bottle, made by the same company, made in the same plant. justify that. mr. mccain: could i also ask my friend, has he seen this chart? this chart? this chart shows that the pharmaceutical companies in america have increased wholesale drug costs, which it doesn't reflect the retail drug cost, by some 8.7% increase just this year while the consumer price index, this little line here, inflation, has been minus 1.3%. now, how in the world do you justify doing that? then these are lists of the -- of the monthly -- of the increases over a year in costs of some of the most popular or much-needed prescription drugs. so why would pharmaceutical companies raise costs by some 9% unless they were anticipating some kind of deal that they went into. and i've -- i don't want to embarrass the senator from north dakota, but it isn't true when the president of the united

spain may increase its total to 1,200. iceland has two, lument amburg has nine. every bit of help counts certainly, but it's clear that the great amount of blood that will be spilt will once again be american and the cost will be to the american taxpayer. now the united states army doctrine as written by general petraeus calls for one counterinsurgent for every 50 members of the population. in afghanistan with a population of 30 million that would work out to about half a million additional troops, not 30,000. whatever the exact number is, it is clear that to meet the military's own objectives more installments are in order. all this effort to prop up a corrupt karzai government that just stole over a million votes to keep you itself in power -- to keep itself in power as it attempts to control a fraction of the country of afghanistan. my fellow americans, we must chart a better course. congress has a constitutional responsibility to scrutinize this request carefully as well as how to pay for it. to find a better way, to achieve our shared goals of protecting eve

if you are germany want to buy from spain you can. if you're in italy and want to buy from france, you can. they do it successfully. i don't think anybody should tell us that we are not capable of doing what the europeans have done for 20 years and that is giving the people the freedom to access those prescription drugs where they are sold at a better price. >> could have to senator another question? isn't it true in letter was written to one of her colleagues to the administer of the fda, the organization that would basically make sure that any product that goes to american consumers along these lines would go through that bureaucracy and said it would require significant amount of assets and resources. i've since been told there is 11,000 employees of that bureaucracy. and i wonder if he thinks about that argument and again was the senator of north dakota informed about this position which, by the way, is the same position as the previous administrations? >> well, mr. president, the senator from arizona is correct. there is a letter

spain $36. u.k. $41. united states of america, $424. five, six times more than in the united kingdom. and people wonder why americans are running over the canadian border or they're on the internet trying to get this medicine. why is it that the drug companies charge $424 here and $41 in the u.k.? well, the reason they're charging it is because they can charge it. if you walk into your drugstore tomorrow, you can find that the prices that you pay double, triple, because in this country we're the only country in the world that does not have in one way or another some kind of regulation on prices because all these countries, by the way, have national health care programs. that's another reason why their drug prices are much lower. we don't, of course. but at the very least what re-importation is about is saying in a global economy, when all kinds of products all over the world, we buy every day products from other countries, let the consumer, let the pharmacist, let the prescription drug distribute tor be able to take advantage of the glo

a policeman, 300 of them from france, italy, portugal, spain, netherlands and several other countriesthose policemen will do is go out to the afghan precincts and try to help make them better. i have been impressed with that and i've also been impressed with the afghans. the senior military leaders that i need with, for example, the minister of defense that i have met with this week, and one of the several -- one of the generals of the army, they are committed individuals. they want to make this country better and are very thankful to the degree to which we are contributing to make improvements in their nation. i have been improved -- impressed with the general warrior spirit as well. host: back to your calls, thomas honor republican line. are you there? this is palm springs, i'm sorry. is this the archbishop? caller: yes, host: it. go ahead. -- caller: yes, it is. host: go ahead. caller: i would like to send my blessings to you and your troops and remind people, baghdad has a cushion -- a big christian community. i'm sure you have a lot of troops that celebrate kwanzaa day coming up.

spain -- spain is a member of the g20 now and it is in recession.six european countries that are part of the european union or part of the continent in britain are part of recession. but i have to -- i have to say to him, the purpose of asking this question must be either policy that he wishes to put forward. so that we can do. -- so that we can do better or that he's talking down britain. >> the fact is that it is his policies that have given us the longest and deepest recession in our history. only this prime minister thinks that we should all be pathetically grateful for this recession when he led the world when he left britain behind. he's normally reading out lists of countries. australia, canada, turkey, brazil, they all went into recession after britain but they came out before britain. france and germany went into recession at the same time as britain. and yet they came out before. can the prime minister answer this. given that all those countries are now in growth and we are not in growth -- can he tell us what on earth he meant when he sai

a policeman, 300 of them from france, italy, portugal, spain, netherlands and several other countries. what those policemen will do is go out to the afghan precincts and try to help make them better. i have been impressed with that and i've also been impressed with the afghans. the senior military leaders that i need with, for example, the minister of defense that i have met with this week, and one of the several -- one of the generals of the army, they are committed individuals. they want to make this country better and are very thankful to the degree to which we are contributing to make improvements in their nation. i have been improved -- impressed with the general warrior spirit as well. host: back to your calls, thomas honor republican line. are you there? this is palm springs, i'm sorry. is this the archbishop? caller: yes, host: it. go ahead. -- caller: yes, it is. host: go ahead. caller: i would like to send my blessings to you and your troops and remind people, baghdad has a cushion -- a big christian community. i'm sure you have a lot of troops that celebrate kwanzaa day com

if you're in jeryl any and want to buy a prescription from spain, no problem. parallel trading. yet we're told we can't do it. europe can do it but we can't? we don't have the capability to make that work? that doesn't make any sense to me. the pharmaceutical company says to the american people if we can't charge you the highest prices in the world we'll do less research. how about cutting off some of the advertisements. every day we see go ask your doctor this or that. go ask your doctor if the purple pill is right for you. these are encouragingtous ask someone if we can take more drugs. how about knocking some of that of off and doing more research. caller: good morning senator dorgan, i haven't been a volunteer lobbyist on the hill for about 30 years. it's obvious to me that sometimes our issues have come up that the american people overwhelmingly vote for a showing in polls that they are opposed to -- and it's like we have a renegade congress that goes right over our heads, and the other issue, another kind of drug that i think we've got to get out of our c

. >> i am the correspondent from spain. you look at the map of afghanistan. it is very different from the soviet union. the war is pretty much focused in specific areas. it is said that they are very influential. is there a security problem in afghanistan, or is there is security problem with the past two montshtuns? >> pthe pastuns being used and recruited. they're all not terrorists. they are the prime victims of that. most of the killing, most of the fighting takes place in those areas of afghanistan and pakistan. there have been grievances in the past on the part of the pashtuns. there are more vulnerable to terrorism. that includes elle lack of delivery of services on both parts of the border -- that includes a lack of delivery and services on both parts of the border. there's not an ethnic nature to it. how can a man because of some ethnic problem, instead of trying to improve his life and participate in building his community will where a suicide belt and go into a mosque full of other pashtuns on a friday and go and kill himself? how can we explain th

spain. a wide variety.st: what is not happening in trade that you think would change and make it more profit frbl you? guest: from a small business perspective a deeper committee comment from the government to help small business overcome barriers that exist. such as financing that's key to us. export, import bank of the united states has done a good job but a lot of people don't know about the export, import bank and what they do and how they can help. also, the u.s. trade representative represents all businesses in this country as far as negotiating and opening markets. i think it would be a statement well received by the small business community to see an assistant u.s. trade representative for small business. there's not such a position at this point in time. host: many people don't understand how the import and export bank can help. guest: provides our end use customers. say our customers in brazil. they provide the credit guarantee. we bring the packages and it's under written and fits accepted they p

deadly terrorist attack rushed just two weeks ago, on a train, and the same thing happened with madrid, spain, india, and london, england. each one has emphasized the importance of passenger rail security. these incidents also clearly demonstrate the fact that security in rail environment protect ue phoenix opportunities for -- present ue phoenix opportunities for terrorists. you don't have the t.s.a. officials there, law enforcement officers, processes passengers through these stations. we haven't provided amtrak the resources to fully fund this operation let alone the additional cost and manpower this legislation would necessary to comply. the traveling public deserves better. i'm asking each member to vote no on this rule so we can come back and get a fair rule pertaining to the traveling public. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, as i prepare to yield to mied good friend from alpine, utah, mr. chaffetz, i would simply say that give him two minutes which would total $15 billion of this measure based on the $7.

guest: spain and germany are two of the other countries that are moving forward aggressively. india is also moving very aggressively forward, particularly in the solar bit. but all across -- when we look at the installation of renewables, europe is moving forward aggressively with wind and solar. they have set goals of 25% by 2025 of renewables installed. and i was in ireland meeting with the irish energy minister, who has set an internal goal of getting to almost 40%. so a lot of countries moving forward with renewables, and part of that intent is to try to get some of that manufacturing. we can take a leadership position in the united states on that if we move forward aggressively, and there's significant job creation that comes from both the installation and the development and manufacturing of those facilities. host: san fernando, california can, matthew is on the independents line for mr. filsinger. what's your question? caller: well, basically i do have a question on the renewable energy. i am seeking a way and information on how to get -- i have several ideas for renewa

greece, ireland, potentially spain, maybe austria. where they basically have run up so much debt as a result of not running proper fiscal policy that they are essentially collapsing. we have the unique luxury of being able to monitorize our debt because we are the world currency. but even that luxury and strength cannot confront and stand up to the debt numbers that are copping at us. we know that for a fact. and we're being told this. we're being told it by independent groups, moody's just put us on a special list. there are 17 industrialized nations which they have in a certain category in rating bonds. they have decided that mongse those 17, the united kingdom and america won't be on a special group. they haven't put us on a warning or watch list. but they have given us a new title. i think it's called relevant or something. it's reflecting the fact that there's -- they know the problem's coming unless we address it and atres it soon. the -- and address it soon. the issue, of course, is, why don't we do it in regular order? i mean,

if you were in spain and would pay $36, france, $67, great britain $41, germany $37. why is it the american consumer has the privilege of paying ten times the cost for execs we the same drug put in the same bottle made by the same company made in the same plant? justify that. >> ka also ask my friend has he seen this chart? this chart shows that the pharmaceutical companies in america have increased wholesale drug costs which it doesn't reflect the retail jug costs by some 8.7% increase just this year while the consumer price index, this whole line here, inflation has been negative 1.3%. now when the world do you justify giving that? attendees are lists of the increase is over a year in cost of some of the most popular or much-needed prescription drugs. so, why would pharmaceutical companies raise costs by some nine per cent unless they were anticipating some kind of deal they went into and i don't

greece, ireland, potentially spain, maybe austria.cally have run up so much debt as a result of not running proper fiscal policy that they are essentially collapsing. we have the unique luxury of being able to monitorize our debt because we are the world currency. but even that luxury and strength cannot confront and stand up to the debt numbers that are copping at us. we know that for a fact. and we're being told this. we're being told it by independent groups, moody's just put us on a special list. there are 17 industrialized nations which they have in a certain category in rating bonds. they have decided that mongse those 17, the united kingdom and america won't be on a special group. they haven't put us on a warning or watch list. but they have given us a new title. i think it's called relevant or something. it's reflecting the fact that there's -- they know the problem's coming unless we address it and atres it soon. the -- and address it soon. the issue, of course, is, why don't we do it in regular order? i mean, that's our job,

if you were in spain would pay $36, france $67, great britain $41, germany $37. why is that the american consumer has the privilege of paying ten times the cost for the exact same drug, the same drug put in the same bottle made by the same company. justify that. >> could i also ask my friend, has he seen this chart? this chart shows that the pharmaceutical companies in america and have increased wholesale drug costs which does reflect the retail drug caused by some 8.7% increase, just this year while the consumer price index, this little line here, inflation has been-1.3%. how when the world do you justify doing that? these are lists of the monthly increases over a year and cost of some of the most popular or much-needed prescription drugs. so, why would pharmaceutical companies raise costs by some 9% unless they were anticipating some kind of deal that they went into. and i don't want to embarrass the senator from north dakota but is it true when the president of the united states was a member of this body he co-sponsored this amendment? >> mr. president that is

if you are in germany and want to buy a prescription drug from spain you can, italy from france you can, they do successfully. i don't believe anybody should tell us we are not capable of doing what the europeans have done for 20 years and is giving people the freedom to access those prescription drugs or the are sold at a better price. >> can i ask another question? isn't it true that a letter was written to one of our colleagues from the administrator of the fda, the organization in that would basically make sure that any product that goes to american consumers along these lines would go through that bureaucracy, it said it would require significant amounts of assets and resources. i have since been told there is 11,000 employees of that bureaucracy and i wonder if he thinks about that argument and again was the senator from north dakota and front about this position which by the way is in the same position as the previous administration? >> well, mr. president, the senator from arizona is correct. there is a letter from the fda. you know, the practice we have seen it this over the y

he said that in the 16th century, the leaders of spain about thought they would remain a world leader. in 19th century, great britain. in the 20th century, it was the united states. he ended it by saying, "unless we do things dramatically different, including shutting our investments and research and education of the 21st century -- and education, the 21st century will belong to china." thanks again for having me here. >> thank you, congressman wolf, for really outstanding testimony. i am delighted at the quality of this panel. i think the message that has been sent is clear as it can be. now is the time to move on in a different direction, and we simply cannot rely on the traditional standard regular order to try to take on a challenge of this magnitude. it simply will not work. and so what is required is a special process. and i think we have got in the budget committee a series of alternatives. all of them have merit, and our job will be to sort out for the senate side but proposal can advance. i want to thank you all. i deeply appreciate your testimony before the committee this mo

. >> i am the correspondent from spain. you look at the map of afghanistan. it is very different from the soviet union. the war is pretty much focused in specific areas. it is said that they are very influential. is there a security problem in afghanistan, or is there is security problem with the past two montshtuns? >> pthe pastuns being used and recruited. they're all not terrorists. they are the prime victims of that. most of the killing, most of the fighting takes place in those areas of afghanistan and pakistan. there have been grievances in the past on the part of the pashtuns. there are more vulnerable to terrorism. that includes elle lack of delivery of services on both parts of the border -- that includes a lack of delivery and services on both parts of the border. there's not an ethnic nature to it. how can a man because of some ethnic problem, instead of trying to improve his life and participate in building his community will where a suicide belt and go into a mosque full of other pashtuns on a friday and go and kill himself? how can we explain th

this bottle is shipped to virtually every other country: great britain, france, germany, spain, canadavirtually every other country and sold at a much, much lower price. the question is should american people be required to pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs and not have the freedom to access those drugs in the global marketplace? some say if you allow the american people to abg those *f -- to access those drugs, we'd get counterfeit drugs. in our amendment we have more safety than exists in our domestic drug sphraoeufplt there does not now exist tracing capability, pedigree, patch lots. that would be a part of our amendment. that doesn't exist for america's drug supply today. we will actually improve the safety of the drug supply with this amendment. i didn't offer this amendment to cause trouble for people, and i know this is causing great angst here in the united states senate. i know the stparplt industry has a great deal of cloud -- the pharmaceutical industry has a great deal of clout. this issue revolves around billions of dollars. and so i understand why

greece, ireland, potentially spain, maybe austria.asically have run up so much debt as a result of not running proper fiscal policy that they are essentially collapsing. we have the unique luxury of being able to monitorize our debt because we are the world currency. but even that luxury and strength cannot confront and stand up to the debt numbers that are copping at us. we know that for a fact. and we're being told this. we're being told it by independent groups, moody's just put us on a special list. there are 17 industrialized nations which they have in a certain category in rating bonds. they have decided that mongse those 17, the united kingdom and america won't be on a special group. they haven't put us on a warning or watch list. but they have given us a new title. i think it's called relevant or something. it's reflecting the fact that there's -- they know the problem's coming unless we address it and atres it soon. the -- and address it soon. the issue, of course, is, why don't we do it in regular order? i mean, that's our j

. >> i am the correspondent from spain. you look at the map of afghanistan. it is very different from the it is very different from the soviet union. is there a security problem in afghanistan? >> the pashtuns are being recruited and used. there is no question they are dying. uns being used and recruited. they're all not terrorists. they are the prime victims of that. most of the killing, most of the fighting takes place in those areas of afghanistan and pakistan. there have been grievances in the past on the part of the pashtuns. there are more vulnerable to terrorism. that includes elle lack of delivery of services on both parts of the border -- that includes a lack of delivery and services on both parts of the border. there's not an ethnic nature to it. how can a man because of some ethnic problem, instead of trying to improve his life and participate in building his community will where a suicide belt and go into a mosque full of other pashtuns on a friday and go and kill himself? how can we explain that, that young men will go into a mosque or market in

the united states lags behind france, japan, spain, sweden, italy, australia, canada, and several other nations. and according to the world health organization, the united states ranks 24th in the world in healthy life expectancy. this term measures how many years a person can expect to live at full health, robust health. the united states again trails japan, australia, france, sweden, and many other countries. these statistics show that we're not spending our health care resources wisely. the system is failing to identify and treat people with conditions early on that can be controlled. part of the answer without question is expanding coverage. too many americans cannot afford basic health care because they lack basic health insurance. but another piece of the puzzle is ensuring this coverage provides affordable access to preventive care. the ability to be screened ear early, and that's what the mikulski amendment will accomplish. women need preventive care, screenings and tests that potentially -- that potentially serious or fatal illnesses can be found early and treated effectively.

nobody found any hard evidence, and of course he was always able to say, i have been trading with spain before so they owed me some money for tobacco, for this, that or the other. so it was always passed off as a legitimate business expense. his relationship with arnold is quite interesting bus arnold is one of the people he had hero -- arnold was the most effective aggressive military general that there was, and he was really regarded as the star, and particularly during the canadian campaign. and