tabak and volkow. how is this appropriately addressed in coordination of relative institutes and centers? and do you have the resources necessary to meet this moment? dr. tabek: so we do have opportunities across n.i.h. or the different institutes and centers in this space to collaborate with one another. through, for example, the brain initiative which is now seeking to understand the circuits -- how the circuits of the brain work. but there is also emphasis on making sure mental health is provided as well as efforts to avoid the stigmatization that accompanies mental health conditions. let me turn to dr. volkow for her input. dr. volkow: thank you very much for that question. as we're addressing all of the challenges with the covid pandemic, we realize when we saw the covid pandemic, mental health issues will be remaining. particularly vulnerable, our children and adolescents and we're already seeing that with 30% increases in depression, anxiety, loneliness. we've seen an increase in suicides among

volkow: thanks. judy: as wildfires continue to burn across new mexico, almost 350,000 acres have been scorched. we turn to a perspective of how these increasingly common events are affecting the people in the midst of them. lucy walker is a documentary filmmaker. and her most recent work, "bring your own brigade," follows residents after the disastrous camp fire in california. tonight, she offers her brief but spectacular take on the power of documentary filmmaking. lucy: when fire burns in the community, when people are forced to grab a few things and go someplace, you really see what matters. what do people grab? where do people go? what resources do they have or not have? it felt very revealing to be with people in these incredibly intense moments, where they realized that they had lost everything. "bring your own brigade" is a film that wants to understand the global fire crisis and uses the case study of the worst time in fires in california, these fires that we had in malibu and paradise, which

volkow, is this ready shoot aim? we're basically approving a medicine, so-called medical marijuana around the country, without having done the studies yet. we don't know what effect on tumors are, of all widespread marijuana use. this is a rhetorical question. can a bad idea, isn't? should we know the questions to whether testicular cancer for instance, is increased by marijuana before we actually legalize it everywhere. rhetorical question. >> this is why we do research. >> thank you very much. dr. tabak any notes you noticed in your adjustment nutrition research is going to be kind of overseen by the office of the director. do you think it would be worthwhile to study whether snap purchases should be limited to the wic nutrition-based d list or to deal with the problems with obesity, diabetes, things likewi that? do you think that would be worthwhile thing to look a? >> i think would be worthwhile. >> we know from covid pandemic that obesity is a real problem in america that leads to a series morbidities and metabo

volkow? >> i don't have expertise. >> okay. all right. thank you very much. >> thank you, chairman murray. i don't have the benefit of knowing what's been asked and answered, so i'll ask my questions and recently, the arpah proposal. this is for dr. tabak. would focused on three diseases, cancer, alzheimer's and diabetes and housed under nih. congress nih invested in research and development into these three diseases. how can there be proper oversight nih's current work isn't simply being replicated? >> i think those three diseases are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive. in terms of the larger issue that you raised, as you know, nih does extensive portfolio analyses and the expectation there will be a cross-talk between the new agency and the nih to avoid, as you put it, the potential for duplication. >> this again for you dr. tabak. in recent national coverage determination cms indicated it would support f.d.a. and nih by covering drugs for medicare beneficiaries participating in randomized controlled trials. i would interpret

volkow. >> we're leaving this here. you can continue watching if you go to our website c-span.org. or their free video app, c-span now. today, lawmakers are considering a benefits bill for federal firefighters and a bill involving radiation compensation. live coverage of the house here on c-span. -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. holy god, evening, morning, and noon your people in ukraine cry out in distress. hear their voices from the wreckage of their homes and cities. give he'd to those -- heed to those ravaged by war's destruction. listen to them from the pits of their hiding places. rescue them from the battle waged around and against them. attend to the children who have lost their parents and tremble in fear. comfort the men and women who grieve the death of their loved ones and are anxious in their forced separation from their families. uphold the country's leaders an all who battle relentlessly in defense of their homeland and who defend their country's future agai