and that the n.i.h. had some $600 million that was sit being in -- sitting in a fund from ebola that had not been completely used and a determination was made, including the gentleman from oklahoma, hal rogers, and nita lowey, that were engaged in a decision that said we'll allow the money to be switched over if you would like to do that, switch over and use that money for this specific event that we are now looking at. what happened is they used the money very quickly. they accelerated spending the money. that's fine. we want them to do what they need to do. some $600 million. as soon as that was known, the gentlewoman, mrs. lowey, the gentleman mr. rogers, the gentleman, mr. cole, went about and looking at a request to fill for the next five months hat would be some $1.2 billion that would be spent just this year remaining. we are in may. just until the end of september . the president asked $1st9 million for five years -- $1.9 million for five years and we gave $1.2 million of that for five months. we

as well as the n.i.h., we have put forward a plan, have got a plan over the next ext, and continually improve diagnostic tests. if we see an outbreak in the united states during the summer mosquitos are more active. and what we're also trying to do new tools for vector control, meaning how do we kill mosquitos and reduce their populations, particularly the kind of mosquitos. hat's a tricky piece of business, because we've been using a lot of insecticides for time, that have become ess and less effective, new strains of mosquitos become resistant through the insecticides that we have, the methods that we use aren't as effective as they used to be, and so we're also investing a lot of time and research, logistical support through state and local communities, that start improving our ability to mosquitos. puerto rico and some of the territory, but we're also spending time working with the states so they can be better prepared. all of this work costs money. have put forward a package that cost $1.9 billion in emergency funding in order for us to make sure that we are doing effective mosqu

and that the n.i.h. had some $600 million that was sit being in -- sitting in a fund from ebola that had not been completely used and a determination was made, including the gentleman from oklahoma, hal rogers, and nita lowey, that were engaged in a decision that said we'll allow the money to be switched over if you would like to do that, switch over and use that money for this specific event that we are now looking at. what happened is they used the money very quickly. they accelerated spending the money. that's fine. we want them to do what they need to do. some $600 million. as soon as that was known, the gentlewoman, mrs. lowey, the gentleman mr. rogers, the gentleman, mr. cole, went about and looking at a request to fill for the next five months hat would be some $1.2 billion that would be spent just this year remaining. we are in may. just until the end of september . the president asked $1st9 million for five years -- $1.9 million for five years and we gave $1.2 million of that for five months. we

and that the n.i.h. had some $600 million that was sit being in -- sitting in a fund from ebola that had not been completely used and a determination was made, including the gentleman from oklahoma, hal rogers, and nita lowey, that were engaged in a decision that said we'll allow the money to be switched over if you would like to do that, switch over and use that money for this specific event that we are now looking at. what happened is they used the money very quickly. they accelerated spending the money. that's fine. we want them to do what they need to do. some $600 million. as soon as that was known, the gentlewoman, mrs. lowey, the gentleman mr. rogers, the gentleman, mr. cole, went about and looking at a request to fill for the next five months hat would be some $1.2 billion that would be spent just this year remaining. we are in may. just until the end of september . the president asked $1st9 million for five years -- $1.9 million for five years and we gave $1.2 million of that for five months. we

and the n.i.h. and the administration that should additional money be required, and there's still almost $2 billion of ebola money, if you need more and you're going to spend it over the next several years, come back and we'll sit down and we'll work with you and get you the money. . my friends use a lot of rhetoric here, largely to hide the fact that while we've got plenty of available money both setaside in the normal appropriation process and certainly in this bill to pay for things, they just simply want to add it to the national debt. they don't want to use available resources. they don't want to operate within the normal appropriation committee. i guess because they want to spend that money someplace else. but to suggest that anybody's disingenuous or shortchanging either zika or shortchanging ebola doesn't square with reality. it was congress, after all, republican majority, and house, a democratic majority in the senate, but frankly genuinely bipartisan effort, that voted the $5 billion-plus

whether it's at the c.d.c., whether it's at the n.i.h. those public health officials who are going to make sure that the mosquito control occurs that's necessary, to those who are at other agencies where we develop the vaccines that are necessary and do the necessary research. this house bill is in distinction to the president's request, it's targeted and well thought out. this bill deals just with zika. the president's request didn't. it dealt with whatever other infectious disease comes down the road as well. yet zika is what's in front of us now. mr. speaker, it's going to take two to three years to complete the necessary research and to complete the vaccine development, bring it to market. this bill deals with the needs over the next six months, the administration requested a total of about $1.6 billion in research. because there's about $300 million that has nothing to do really with researching and curing zika. so $1.6 billion over three years. the house took the position, we actually need to front load that. we need to deal with thi

antibiotic-resistant bacteria with action plans and new funding, particularly for areas such as in the n.i.h. and the c.d.c. so we are aggressively attacking this problem. >> you can imagine political responses in this environment both in terms of saying americans in the military and other aid programs shouldn't be involved in countries like that because they'll come back with something, and/or the trade and sensitive agriculture should be cut off because it's a danger and there is not enough control in emerging markets, what should the united states do in a policy perspective given the fears that will emerge in headlines. >> the policy of complete isolationism is foolhardy and doesn't work. we live in a global community. we've just got to get it and face it. we live in a global community. to say our military should not be doing any projects of humanitarian aid in other parts of the world and we shouldn't be having interactions in other parts of the world because of fear of bringing microbes here is very short sighted and fool hardy, i think. >> ian: the message we need to hear. dr. grow fau

it was anthony fauci at the n.i.h., at the center for infectious diseases, who said that if we wait for the appropriations process, we are not going to be able to do what we need to do to get ahead of this virus. on the bill that my colleague has introduced, let me be clear with all due respect to my colleague, it is a phony. it is a sham. it is nothing but trying to weaken the environmental regulations. it exempts, broad exemption of toxic pesticides from the cleann water act. this bill was introduced two or three years ago, has noct to do with zika. our states and municipalities today have the authority in which to be able to control the mosquito population and to-- and to deal with it. this will only pollute our rivers and contaminate our water. this bill that was passed today has nothing seriously to do with controlling the zika virus. it's rebabd branded. >> woodruff: congressman gibbs. >> the american mosquito control association has said we have had communities that are slow to get the preventative mosquito control programs up and going because of this court case that created thi

applied for numerous federal grants and we keep getting message back, "this is not within the scope of the n.i.hwithin the scope of the national cancer institute." and all of these grants are relegated to a very small agency with a fraction of the budget-- $300 million for the entire agency, including the grants. if you look at the number of people that die from breast cancer, it's about a fourth or a fifth of the number of people that die from medical care gone wrong. and yet, they have billions more because the great lobbying efforts and the vocal advocacy work of that group. well, it turns out that it's not proportional to the burden of prevent abandon health in america. >> sreenivasan: how do you capture the number of people who might not be killed by a medical error but might be with some serious negative health outcomes when they leave the hospital? >> well, studies in-- even in the "new england journal of medicine" show as many as one in four patients in the hospital will have some medical error that they experience, almost always nonconsequential. and it's estimated about half of 1% to a

very top of this using language that's common with the c.d.c., the new england journal of medicine, the n.i.h., they're basically riting it in a way where their dialogue and their way of framing the issue is getting picked up in scientific publications and it's not getting picked up by anybody else. they're actually quite distant from organizations that have a much greater reach, that it's probably quite hard for the w.h.o. to start talking in the same language that the new york times is talking. they're simply framing these issues so very differently. when the ht be a time w.h.o. spends a lot of time talking to the b.b.c. or talking to the guardian and trying to figure out whether they can carry some of their water and some of their points. it's also a way of sort of trying to define the landscape are really talking about here, that when you say up are the topics that end being in common between a lot of diloaloguedialogues, at the center s of the map, around quarantine, around hospital and symptoms. this e really looking at idea that people are deeply as something this, personally effecting

this graph, is using language that's common with the cdc, the "new england journal of medicine," the n.i.h. they're basically writing in a way where their dialogue and their way of framing the issue is getting picked up in scientific publications and it's not getting picked up by anybody else. they're actually quite distant from organizations that have a much greater reach. that it's probably quite hard for the w.h.o. to start talking in the same language that the "new york times" is talking. they're simply framing these issues so very differently. but it might be a time where the w.h.o. spends a lot of time talking to the bbc or talking to "guardian" and trying to figure out whether the bbc or the "guardian" can carry some of their water and help make some of their points. it's also a way of trying to define the land skascape that pe are really talking about here. that when you say what are the topics that end up being in common between a lot of these different dialogues they're the ones at the center of the map. the ones around quarantine. they're the ones around hospital and symptoms. t

the collaboration between the department of defense and the n.i.h. to combat triple negative breast cancer can support the development of multiple targeted therapies with this devastating disease and help women in the united states military. those who are serving our country. triple negative breast cancer is a specific strain of breast cancer for which no targeted treatment is available. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. moulton: i yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from texas. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for additional seconds. ms. jackson lee: thank you so very much. it is a disease that can however be conquered. triple negative breast cancer, tnbc, accounts for between 13% and 25% of all breast cancers in the united states. they are highered grade, they're onset at a younger age, that means these women are in the united states military. because it continues, there is a need for research funding for bio marker selection, early trials that will lead to early detection, to the development of therapies to tre

we had the opportunity to travel to the n.i.h. and to learn so much about the research that is being done there and i believe that having an expert in adolescent and young adult addiction, because we do know that it so very often begins, and so i appreciate and thank you for strengthening the bill and with that i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from indiana yields back her time. the gentlelady from massachusetts is recognized. ms. clark: i yield back my time. the chair: the gentlelady yields back her time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from massachusetts. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the chair: it's now in order to consider amendment number 5 house in part a of report 114-551. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. pallone: mr. chairman, i'd like to rise as the designee of mr. moulton to move his amendment number 5. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk

because what we have done both here at the n.i.h. and at the c.d.c.ey from other accounts, money that would be spent on other important areas and moved them so that we can get started and not just wait to move on zika. when you are dealing with an outbreak, if you have to wait for the designated funding, you'll be behind the eight-ball right away. that's the reason we started it but we'll very soon run out of capability to do that. that's the reason why we really do need the money that the president has asked for. >> in terms of the preparedness that we've already taken -- we spoke earlier today with ran clain, the former white house czar in charge of ebola and heading up those efforts. he says you were the right man for this job but is also concerned that we have not done enough in terms of mosquito eradication and testing to find out when and if there are cases of transmission here in the united states. what do you say to that? >> i say that we have actually done a lot. but ron klain, who was amazingly helpful with us in the ebola outbreak, you know

the detectives are talking to have been able to talk to the surviving male suspect to get information. this hospital was on lockdown along with n.i.h. across the street. the lockdown has been lifted. at this point the police are here talking to the surviving victims, those two still alive. one gentleman fighting for his life. horace holmes, abc7 news. leon: our thoughts are with him. thank you. we will continue to follow major story as it develops. these were pictures taken earlier. the suspect in the case who for the last 24 hours shot six people, killing three. that was when he was taken into custody this afternoon in a parking lot. after one of the shootings, he went to a boston market in a strip mall and sat for a while. in a few minutes we'll check back with jennifer donelan who is peeking with people at the restaurant where the -- speaking with people at the restaurant where the suspect eulalio tordil was hiding inside the mall at the time of the shooting. that is coming up. so on weather alert tonight as heavy rains are bringing potential for problems all across the abc7 viewing area. mobiletrak7 monitoring the road conditio

number one, last year when the president asked for $1 billion more for n.i.h. we said that's not enough. we said we're going to give you $2 billion. last year the president submitted a request for c.d.c. we looked at it and said, it's not enough. you evidently don't care about public health, mr. president. we're going to spend more money. this year he brought us a request to try to take $1 billion of discretionary funding away from n.i.h. my friends on the other side were as appalled as we were. we said, no, mr. president. you're not going to take $1 billion out of n.i.h. at a dangerous time of disease. we're not only going to keep that money there, we'll put more money, additional money than you asked for. we said the same thing about the c.d.c., and so we'll do it. in terms of what's been done, the minute the zika virus appeared and the administration asked for emergency money, hal rogers, the chairman of the committee, responded and said, spend whatever it takes and indeed the administration has done that. my friends seem to suggest that there's something tha

obviously the c.d.c. and n.i.h. have shared medical information about the risks posed by zika to pregnant women. with doctors all across the country. we have tried to do as much as we possibly can to educate people about what exactly those risks are. and i certainly would encourage people who are thinking about becoming pregnant to consult the c.d.c. website, to consult their doctor and understand exactly what the risks are as they make that decision. reporter: listening to the doctors debate back and forth about it, does the white house view it as an ethical issue not to weigh in on that debate, ecause you're telling people about planning a family, as this is as serious as you're aying, possible birth defects, for their children? mr. earnest: i think our desire is for people to have access to the best medical information possible. obviously the government is not going to be making decisions for people. particularly had it comes to something as personal as starting or growing your family. but we do want people to hav

. >> i have an updated status in atms of the work being done the c.d.c. and n.i.h. on a range of diagnostic or vaccine development. do know, as public health professionals have indicated, if given additional resources, there's more they could do to development of andical diagnostic tools speed up the development of a vaccine. one of the limiting factors is capacity and additional resources could be devoted to expanding lab capacity that allow for the more use of diagnostic tests both in terms of using them more broadly but also in terms of getting a more prompt response to the tests. the other thing that public health professionals have we're going toat be relying on the private sector to do a lot of the work around vaccine development particularly when it comes to widespread testing and eventually the manufacturing of a vaccine. we're going to rely on the private sector that has can devote to that effort but we know that would require a multi-year commitment the part of the private vaccine inroduce a that largethat are so that's why we've made a strong case to the u

the n.i.h. also needs more resources to help fast-track research and development of a vaccine for the zika virus. the zika virus has the potential to circulate in the united states over the long term and we need to be prepared for the fact that we'll be combating this disease for more than just a few months in the summer. we also need more research on the virus. the zika virus has been around for decades, and there have been outbreaks in other parts of the world, but we didn't know that it could impact the brain development. we still don't knee the long-term impacts on the children and their mothers. i plan to support senator nelson's amendment. i appreciate his efforts to push this issue and help ensure that we have robust funding to help combat the threat of zika. while senator nelson's apostcloture is pleaserrable, i also plan to support senator murray and senator blunt's amendment to provide $1.1 billion in funding to address zika. this amendment is a bipartisan compromise and my hope is that

the $1.9 billion. we had people from n.i.h. that were at the round table talking about the research that's being done right now to develop medicines and treatments that we hope can minimize the risk of a birth defect from those who have been inp effected. -- infected. no, we don't know how to cure it. we don't have a treatment that candure the zika virus -- that can cure the zika virus, but we're hopeful we'll be able to develop the protocols to minimize the effects of the virus or developing neurological problems. what i take away from that discussion, we want to make sure that they have all the tools they need in order to deal with this crisis. dr. wynn pointed out that if you take a look at some of the action in the house of representatives where they're taking additional moneys away from the funds that go to our local health departments, that's counterproductive. dr. wen pointed out that the money that she receives from the public health emergency preparedness funding has been cut -- cut -- in order to pay for the zika funds

provides the full $1.9 billion through the following: approximately $743 million from the c.d.c., $277 million for n.i.h, $335 for usaid. and $41 million for the state department. and here's an important aspect of it. it also pays back borrowed ebola money that we need to ensure that countries stay prepared to prevent another ebola crisis. there are few proposals to pay for this, but i want to make the following point. this is an emergency. it fits the definition precisely, and so it shouldn't require a so-called pay-for. and i'd like to say something to the members who have rediscovered their fiscal conservatism. remember that we just passed a $622 million tax subsidy package last december, and none of it was paid for. more than half a trillion dollar not paid for. and five months later, we are nickeling and diming the centers for disease control. i recently visited c.d.c. headquarters in atlanta to heroin more about their efforts -- to learn more about their efforts about zika and other vector-borne diseases. we have to give them the strongest funding possible to make sure that they can do their good

it's as if they are betting against all the experts and c.d.c. and n.i.h. who say the zika virus is a real threat to americans. they're saying it's a real threat to americans because it is. so instead of gambling with health and safety of millions of americans, republicans should give our nation the money it needs to fight zika. and they should do it now, not next month, not in the fall but now. as the president said on friday, we in congress should not leave for the memorial day break without having taken care of this issue. he's so right. we've been on record for weeks saying the same thing. we don't need more time off. we already hold the record, the record for working less time. this senate is working less time than any congress in the last six or seven decades. so we don't need more time off. so next week when we take some -- rather than take some time off, let's get the legislation to the white house appropriating that money. we have time to get out ahead of zika but we need to do it now but that window is rapidly closing by the day. so let's work toge

the first thing you will do? >> check my phone. michelle: now to a new study n.i.h. rts are already poking holes in the agency's new study that seems to link heavy cell phone radiation to a slight increase in brain tumors in male rats. they found tumors in 2-3% of male rats which the study authors called low. but the females weren't affected at all. "7 on your side" with a consumer alert and the takata air bag recall ballooning by 12 million more vehicles. eight auto makers joining in because the defective air bags explode with too much force. the canisters breaking apart and sending shrapnel to drivers and passengers as a massive planned expansion of the recall. with 35 to 40 million in total being added to what is already the largest auto recall in the world. this weekend is the unofficial start too summer. there is plenty to do. no excuses for being bored. kidd o'shea has the weekend kickoff. kidd: wel weekend. but if you are sticking around, there is tons you have to happening. begin with eric benoit. he has two shows tonight at bethesda blues and jazz. he was on

he was pleased, and i know you were also as we were able to last year for the first time in 12 years to have an increase in n.i.h. research. the future statistics that the senator from tennessee talked about on alzheimer's and other things can be disrupted. in fact, that number that twice the defense budget spent on twice the alzheimer's, you could reduce that number by 42%. those research dollars not only have the impact we want to have on families and the individuals involved in that and other diseases that we're dealing with now, but also have an incredible impact on taxpayers, have an incredible impact on what we can do with the rest of the health care revolution that's occurring and the mental health effort that the senator from michigan, senator stabenow and i were able to work on together a few years ago, about to produce at least eight states and hopefully more where at the right kind of facilities mental health will be treated like all other health. this congress is talking about doing the right things. we're making important steps in that direction. i want to talk today about another thing that really

voices from h.h.s., the d.a., f.d.a., d.e.a. and n.i.h. and other agencies will join subscribers, substance abuse disorder professionals, patients suffering from chronic pain and patient who was lived through the heartbreaking reality of becoming addicted to prescription pills. these advocates and experts are on the front lines of the fight every single di. under their guidance, the task force will ensure we implement the policies that balance responsible pain management with the urgency that our opioid crisis requires. again, i'm encouraged by the bipartisan progress we are making on this issue. and our work is just beginning. i urge my colleagues to support this bill and look forward to working with each of them to build on this. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the gentleman from new jersey reserves this egentlewoman from indiana is recognized. ms. brooks: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. walden: you can s

if we do it the right way, they can develop at n.i.h., centers for disease control a vaccine.hey can't do it with no money. and again, there's no money. they shift things around. they say well, we've got a plan. don't worry about ebola which was 18 months ago, a ravaging -- ravaging fear in the american people. it's still there once that disease pops up again, that condition pops up again in africa because it affects americans who are over there. but they've taken the money from ebola, most of it, and the house is going to take it all in it great plan that he has. they need this money. they need to prepare for this public health threat which is here. to leave now without putting an emergency spending bill on the president's desk is the height of irresponsibility. no matter how you boast about that, that's a fact. as reported by "the washington post" this morning, the new england journal of medicine released findings from a study of the zika virus. here's what they found. women infected with zika in their pregnancies have as high as a 13% chance of having a baby with microcepha

the treasury. number one it could be used for essential federal functions. i wouldn't -- wouldn't n.i.h. like to have $7 billion to be able to hopefully break through on a wonder drug that would address alzheimer's or diabetes or something else? wouldn't the department of defense want to have this money for the shortcomings that they've had with the drastic reduction of expenditures for our national defense and security? wouldn't any number of federal agencies that produce essential programs that have to be addressed financially want to use that money for the right purposes? and, most importantly of all, wouldn't the taxpayer want to ghat money back---- get that moy back or not use it at all, or use it -- wouldn't the treasury want to use it to reduce or ever-deepening national debt? so a lot of uses for this money sloshing around in a trust fund -- not a trust fund, but sloshing around in a fund held by the treasury department. that is waste because it's sitting there. it's going to be spent on something it was not intended to be spent on. and for that reason, it becomes a "waste of the

the zika virus. i spoke with cdc director tom frieden two weeks ago. he told me this is no way to seriously fight a public health danger. we need a multi-year commitment so c. d.c., n.i.h., public health departments can begin studies to understand the risks to others, improve our surveillance system, study how long these mosquitoes actually carry the virus and definitely a vaccine as quickly as possible. the cdc takes this seriously. the center, for disease control is the front line of defense of the united states of america when it comes to public health danger. and how seriously do they take the zika virus? they have dedicated a thousand staff members to fighting it. they understand this is a public health emergency and we have a limited opportunity to catch up and try to stop its spread. last week i held a round table event in chicago with local health department officials, medical professionals, vector control expects. they're coming neferg they can to prepare for -- everything they can to prepare for zika. ramping up health education. we're lucky because in our part of the united states, there's no evidence of the mosquito that's the carrier. however, travelers wh

n.i.h. grant that found not only is the answer "yes," but according to n.i.h. standards, there is a bing drinking bird out there -- a binge drinking bird out there now. they also wanted to answer the question, what type of music do monkeys and chimpanzees prefer to listen to? i'm not sure what's more surprising -- the fact that n.i.h. actually studied this or that the answer is "metallica." now, another thing they studied at n.i.h. is, is yawning contagious. i would submit that anyone who's seen a senator give a speech knows that the answer to that is "yes." the n.i.h. decided to spend taxpayer money studying it anyway. so i began investigating projects being funded by other research arms within the federal government, including the national science foundation and darpa in the defense department. here are some of the questions those agencies are using their multibillion-dollar budgets to try to answer. where does it hurt to be stung most by a bee? one researcher used part of a $1 billion n.s.f. grant to sting each part of his body. he came to the conclusion that