STUART: STATE LEGISLATURE IN
NEW YORK HAS APPROVED A BILL
THAT WOULD GIVE EMPLOYEES 3
MONTHS PAID BEREAVEMENT LEAVE TO
NO, YOUR HONOR LOSS OF A LOVED
ONE AND COVERS GRANDPARENTS AND
UNLESS AMONG OTHERS.
FORMER NEW YORK STATE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR IS WITH US.
>> THERE'S A REASON THEY CALL
BEREAVEMENT BILL.
IT'S ANOTHER NAIL TO THE
ECONOMY.
STUART: HOW COULD YOU, PEOPLE
NEED TIME OFF WHEN A LOVED ONE
PASSES?
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOUR IN-LAWS, RIGHT?
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK,
THEY ARE PUTTING INTO EFFECT A
15-DOLLAR MINIMUM WAGE IN NEW
LEAVE WHEN ANYONE IN YOUR FAMILY
IS SICK, RIGHT, IT'S ONE THING
-- NEW YORK ALREADY HAS SUCH A
HUGE TAX BURDEN, IT'S RANKED
DEAD LAST OR NEAR DEAD LAST IN
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND NOW ON TOP
OF ALL OF THAT THEY ARE PILING
ON WITH ANOTHER BURDEN.
I KNOW THAT ANDREW CUOMO IS
MAKING NEW SIGNS FOR HIGHWAY
THAT SAY NEW YORK'S ECONOMY
CLOSED, NO MORE HIRING.
STUART: TELL THE AUDIENCE THAT
PRESSURE TO SIGN THIS BECAUSE
HE'S TRYING TO MOVE TO THE FAR
LEFT AS POSSIBLE AND OWN LIBERAL
BONAFIDE BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY.
STUART: YOU KNOW WHAT BOTHERS ME
PEOPLE TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS?
STUART: THEY DON'T COUNT.
>> HOW MUCH MORE STAFF WHEN
SOMEBODY IS TAKING TIME OFF, NOT
SIMPLY BECAUSE GRANDMA IS SICK
BUT NOW ANYBODY IN THE FAMILY
DIES YOU GET ANOTHER 12 WEEKS.
MONTHS WHEN AN IN-LAW DIES BUT I
SHOULDN'T BE SAYING THAT.
[LAUGHTER]
STUART: VERY HARSH.
I WILL MOVE ON, BETSY, BEFORE I
LOSE THE WONDERFUL JOB.
[LAUGHTER]
STUART: DRUG MAKER THEY ARE NOT
GOING RAISE PRICES, FROZEN
AND TRUMP DID IT, WHAT SAY YOU?
>> IN FACT, HE DID, LISTEN TO
RHETORIC.
HE SAID THAT HE WANTS DRUG
COMPANIES TO STOP RAISING PRICES
OR ELSE AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED,
FIRST WEEK OF JULY PFIZER SAID
NO MORE PRICE HIKES, THIRD WEEK
OF JULY, MERCK SAID WE ARE NOT
RAISING PRICES, IN FACT, WE ARE
LOWERING PRICES ON POPULAR
DRUGS.
HERE COMES AMGEN.
STUART: I GET THE POINT, IF YOU
WANT TO GET DUG PRICES DOWN YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A MUCH MORE INTENSE
POLICY.
>> WELL, HE DOES.
HE'S USING TRADE POLICY BECAUSE
IT'S THE FOREIGN FREELOADERS WHO
ARE FORCING DRUG PRICES SO HIGH
HERE, AMERICANS -- AMERICANS
CONSUME 46% OF TA -- PATENTED
DRUGS AND PROVIDE 76% OF THE
PROFIT AND EUROPEAN MARKETS BUY
THE DRUGS FOR MARGINAL PRICE OF
THE NEXT BILL, WHO IS BEARING
ALL THE R&D COSTS, AMERICANS,
THAT'S WHAT TRUMP IS GOING TO
FIX WITH TRADE DEALS.
STUART: YOU THINK THAT DRUG
PRICES ACROSS THE BOARD,
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES WILL
COME DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY BECAUSE
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICIES?
>> AT LEAST PREVENT FURTHER
INCREASES AND LET ME TELL YOU --
STUART: I'M LOOKING FOR
DECLINES, DO YOU THINK THEY WILL
COME DOWN?
>> WHY ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
WE ALSO HAVE PROOF THAT THOSE
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS LOWER
THE HOSPITAL AND OFF THE
OPERATING TABLE LIKE ANESTHESIA
REVERSAL DRUGS, FOR EXAMPLE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> YOU ARE THE FORMAL LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK?
>> I AM.
I BELIEVE THAT PHARMACEUTICAL
INNOVATION IS ONE OF THE KEYS TO
CONTROLLING HEALTH CARE COSTS.
STUART: THAT IS TRUE.
BETSY, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, THANKS