This video, titled "I Was There," contrasts the speaker's experiences at a chaotic Senate hearing for RFK Jr.'s nomination for Health and Human Services with the professional and compassionate response of American Airlines during an emergency. The speaker argues that the U.S. healthcare system is broken due to corporate greed and political influence, highlighting how pharmaceutical companies impact policy. She proposes several changes to fix this, like banning corporate contributions to politicians and empowering independent health research, and stresses the importance of personal health responsibility.
Key Takeaways
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The speaker attended a Senate hearing for RFK Jr. as the nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department.
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She was stranded at the airport due to a flight cancellation after witnessing a helicopter crash in the Potomac River, near the airport.
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The airline's response to the emergency was professional and compassionate, providing hotel rooms and meals for stranded passengers.
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In contrast, the Senate hearing was contentious, mean-spirited, and embarrassing due to the behavior of some senators.
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The speaker believes the healthcare system is corrupted by corporate interests and greed, where pharmaceutical giants dictate policy through political contributions.
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She points out that many senators on the panel received millions in campaign contributions from Big Pharma, influencing their questions and refusal to hold corporations accountable.
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The speaker proposes banning corporate contributions to elected officials overseeing public health, stopping the revolving door between government and pharmaceutical companies, and holding Big Pharma accountable for harmful practices.
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She also advocates for empowering independent research into the true causes of chronic disease and supporting real health through prevention and lifestyle medicine, rather than just medication.
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The speaker emphasizes that true leadership involves taking action, solving problems, and putting people first, contrasting the Senate's dysfunction with the airline's effective crisis management.
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Ultimately, the speaker encourages personal responsibility for health, stressing that individuals have the power to make informed choices for their well-being and for future generations.
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good morning and welcome to another
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is what new in research what's hot in
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the news or any topic that can help you
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better this week is more of observation
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of news events that I witnessed big news
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and I think because it came around a
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kind of significant birthday I began
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pondering you know life and how I can
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help with changes I think need to be
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made what a week you know it led to that
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deeper reflection starting off with a
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couple of days with my son in Florida
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where we did a big race or I really
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should say an event and then a
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spontaneous trip to Washington DC to
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attend the Senate hearing for RFK Jr as
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the nominee to head up Health and Human
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Services government
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Department the trip was supposed to be
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just a day trip where I left early from
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Columbus and was supposed to come back
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the same day so I only took my phone
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charger just in case nothing for an
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overnight trip no toothbrush no makeup
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not even a comb and fate had different
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plans for me it as I was about to board
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the American Airlines flight back to
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Columbus my phone alerted me to the
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cancellation of the
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flight as I looked out the window I saw
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emergency Vehicles racing away from the
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building it was the American airline
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crash with the helicopter that had just
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taken place in the pomac just shortly
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away from the runway very close if not
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the same gate I was about to
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board over the next few hours it was a
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quiet airport as everyone with a somber
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Universal concern was either looking out
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the window to observe hundreds of
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emergency lights in the river or
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gathered around the TV screens to get
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some idea of what happened and hoping
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against hope for some miracle of
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rescue as the hours drag on I Was
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preparing to settle in and sleep one in
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one of those oh so comfortable airport
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chairs in the boarding area and and wait
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for the next flight I'd heard that at
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midnight they were going to hand out
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blankets but then an airport
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representative came up to me and calmly
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said the airport was closing I had to
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leave and the airline would get me a
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hotel room and meals everything was
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going to be covered the professionalism
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the
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politeness the desire to be kind and
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treat everyone well was
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welcome let me tell you the behavior of
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the airline was warm
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symbolized and kind of what we've go
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grown to expect from society but oh boy
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that was in stark contrast to what I
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experienced hours earlier in the Senate
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hearing I was really embarrassed for the
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behavior of some of the Senators who's
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who it was just horrible I heard people
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say if my kids acted like that they'd be
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in timeout and you know I totally agree
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I mean we don't have to agree on how we
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would solve the big problems how we're
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going to approach the problems how we
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look at things even if you're on
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opposite side
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es I was raised to be respectful
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honorable and kind and don't get me
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wrong some of those Senators who pressed
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RFK Jr on controversial topics like
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autism like vaccination and abortions
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were very respectful and polite even if
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they didn't
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agree but that first day of the hearings
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was overall contentious and
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mean-spirited but I was so glad I was
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there there were many of us who had come
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to support the Maha movement many of
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them have been come to be called the
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Maha moms because they're concerned with
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the health of their children who are
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inheriting a toxic food system a toxic
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environment and all the chronic diseases
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that are growing at epidemic rates here
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in America autism ADHD anxiety
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depression aggression cancer autoimmune
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disease heart disease dementia liver
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disease infertility PCOS overweight and
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obesity just to start off so today we
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really stand at a cross M Crossroads at
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American Health the recent Senate
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hearings for the Secretary of Health and
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Human Services was not just
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contentious they were
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revealing the
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system the whole thing laid bare a
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system where corporate interests I
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should say greed often outweighs Public
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Health where pharmaceutical Giants
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dictate policy through political
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contributions and therefore the
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influence over those that make the laws
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where the very officials meant to serve
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the people are entangled in financial
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ties that put profits over people over
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patients let's be clear the American
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people deserve a Health Care system that
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prioritizes Health not stock prices time
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and time again though we see decisions
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influenced by not what is best for the
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public well-being but for the Deep
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Pockets of the pharmaceutical companies
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it's no secret that many senators on
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that panel receive millions in campaign
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contributions from Big Pharma and it
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showed their questions their defense
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their outright refusal to hold powerful
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corporations accountable all point to A
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system that is fundamentally
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broken they are held harmless for side
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effects of any harm from vaccinations
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that have been practically
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mandated and here's what I believe to be
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the truth it's not about one hearing or
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one
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nominee it's about the cult of
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corruption that's taken roote in
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Washington where industry lobbyists
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paying billions of dollars write the
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rules where regulatory agencies are
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filled with former Executives of the
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very companies they're supposed to
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oversee where the cost of staying
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healthy in America is often bankruptcy
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bankruptcy on a personal level where an
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illness can wipe out an entire savings
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of a couple with what insurance won't
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pay or on a national level where we
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spend more on healthc care than any Co
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other country yet we're sicker have a
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shorter lifespan than any other
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comparable country in fact we are sicker
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than poorer countries like Romania or
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Cuba where we have the worst outcome
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meaning more deaths from covid that any
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other country because of what the CDC
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states we are met mically
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unwell four chronic diseases are
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common American people are sick of all
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this literally and figuratively we are
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sick of skyrocketing drug prices where
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pharmaceutical CEOs make billions and
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yet are held harmless we're sick of
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chronic disease skyrocketing where Food
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and Drug Industries pump out products
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that keep people addicted
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and unwell chronically sick we're sick
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of politicians who claim to fight for
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public health yet kneel to corporate
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donors no research on why these
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epidemics are happening only what drugs
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we can use on them usually very
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expensive drugs no root cause research
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from NIH our National Institute of
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Health the research is only on drugs
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that com corporations will profit
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from there's no profit if we're well if
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we're fit if we're strong and as a side
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note this also plays into the defense of
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our country did you know that 77% of our
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youth do not physically qualified to
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join the service
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77% it is time for real leadership
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leadership that refuses to be bought
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leadership that values trans
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transparency Integrity honor and the
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health of every American over the
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interests of a few billion dooll
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corporations big Pharma Big Egg big food
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big Insurance here's what needs to
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change let me know what you think good
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for conversation number one ban
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corporate contributions to elected
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officials that are overseeing public
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health if a senator I mean why should
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they get com contributions from Big
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corporations anyway if a senator is
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voting on policy they should not be
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making money from the industries they
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regulate period second thing stop the
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revolving door no more top officials
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leaving government to take gushy jobs in
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the pharmaceutical companies they
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regulate public service should serve the
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public not being a stepping stone to
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corporate wealth while we're at it maybe
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term limits
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that they can serve the lifetime
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benefits and they should have the same
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Health Care as the rest of the country
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they serve third thing hold big Pharma
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accountable if a company knowingly price
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gouges life-saving medications or pushes
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drugs that have deadly side effects they
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should face real consequences Financial
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penalties that hurt not just slap the
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wrist number four empower independent
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research we need unbiased publicly
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funded Research into the true cause of
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chronic disease and the safest most
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effective treatments not just studies
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backed by the industries that profit
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from illness fifth thing support real
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Health not medication instead of a
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Health Care System designed to treat
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symptoms with expensive drugs we need a
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system that prioritizes PR prevention
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metabolic health and lifestyle
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medicine time for waiting is over I
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think the corruption in Washington will
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not clean itself up it's going to take
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all of us every citizen every health
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care professional and Leaders with
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Integrity to demand change this isn't
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about left or right it's not
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about you know bipartisan it's not
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Republican Democrat independent or
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libertarian it's about right and wrong
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this is whether we let our country's
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Health be dictated by corporate
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interests or whether we reclaim our
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system for the people it was meant to
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serve I think the American people
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deserve better next Generations deserve
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better and it has to start with us and
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it really all comes down to being pretty
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non-political it shouldn't be a
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political stance it's about standing
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against corruption bias and greed with
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the epidemic of chronic disease we have
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to change we can't wait if we care about
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our children and grandchildren's
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future and I just want to do a little
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contrast between the Senate hearing for
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RFK Jr's nomination as secretary for
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Health and Human Services and the way
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American Airlines handled the aftermath
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of the airport
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helicopter crash it's dark a study in
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professionalism versus dysfunction at
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the Senate
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hearing what should have been a serious
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and thoughtful evaluation of a nominee's
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qualifications and policies instead
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devolved into grandstanding anger and
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political
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theater many senators rather than
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engaging in meaningful dialogue seemed
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more interested in making speeches
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scoring political points and fueling
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division the hearing lacked lacked
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respect true commitment to serving the
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American people the tone was contentious
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the behavior was embarrassing
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unprofessional and the process was
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overshadowed by Personal Agenda rather
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than the well-being of the
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country in contrast the airport faced
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with actual crisis one that required a
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immediate action and affected countless
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Travelers American Airlines responded
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with care compassion and
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efficiency instead of self-serving
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theatrics they focused on Solutions
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ensuring that passengers were informed
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supported taken care of during a very
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stressful situation the employees didn't
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waste time pointing fingers worrying
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about their own time schedule or making
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speeches they simply did their jobs even
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worked overtime with
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professionalism and
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empathy the irony is striking a senate
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hearing meant to uphold the highest
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standards of government became a
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spectacle of dysfunction meanwhile an
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airline in the midst of an
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unexpected horrible emergency
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demonstrated the kind of leadership
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responsibility and service that are
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elect officials should aspire to one
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group had a responsibility to lead and
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failed the other had a responsibility to
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serve and
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excelled a stark reminder that true
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leadership is not about making noise
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it's about taking action solving
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problems and putting people first and
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this contrast serves I think as a
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powerful reminder that when it comes to
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our Health we cannot rely on a
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dysfunctional system that
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prioritizes over our well-being while
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those in power can bicker and grandstand
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it's up to each one of us to take charge
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of our own health just as the airline
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employees stepped up with calm
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leadership in the face of Crisis we
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don't have to wait for policies to
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change or for officials to get it right
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we have the power right now to make
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informed choices to nourish our body to
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prioritize movement to reduce toxins to
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manage stress to take responsibility for
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our own
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well-being true Health starts with
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personal
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responsibility not political theater you
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can do it so let's rise above the noise
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let's be proactive not reactive because
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when we take control of our health we
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create real change not just for
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ourselves but for our families for
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future Generations our communities
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everything so thanks for listening to
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another edition of today's nutrition I
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hope it made you think let me know your
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thoughts and as always if you ever need
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my education and experience to help you
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make healthier changes just let me know
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have a great day and remember to make
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those healthier choices
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I Was There
Deb Ford DCN RDN
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Feb 8, 2025
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I witnessed the recent Senate hearings for the Secretary of Health and Human Services that were not just contentious—they were revealing. They laid bare a system where corporate interests, shall I say greed, often outweigh public health. Where pharmaceutical giants dictate policy through political contributions and therefore influence. Where the very officials meant to serve the people are entangled in financial ties that put profits over patients. Then…. I was at the gate as the airline tragedy transpired. Compare and contrast the behavior.