Thought about todays hearing as it relates to cdc, it is this. With the recent incidents, we recognize the pattern at cdc where we need to greatly improve the culture of safety and i am overseeing sweeping measures to improve that culture of safety. Cdc works 24 7 and our scientists protect americans from threats, including naturally occurring threats like ebola and mers and drug resistant bacteria such as anthrax. But we must do that work more safely and we will. Theres a recap of the recent incidents that summarized in our report which has been completed and were just at the outset of our investigation of the influenza contamination. Id be pleased to go through the two diagrams weve provided to the subcommittee which outlined what we know to date. But in brief, the anthrax incident shows deeply troubling problems. A lack of proper protocol, incorrect inactivation procedures. Failure to ensure that we were transferring materials that were sterile when we thought they were sterile. Use
Political participation as two of his principles while at the same time the president has kept afghanistans first lady hidden from the eyes of the world for the most part. Do you think he fears that its going to ignite the same protests and reactions from the tribal leaders in the conservative sections of the society . I will answer in the following way. The best solution would have been if the afghans could have solved this themselves. Clear in his immigration speech in 2009, karzai said i want to organize the process. That was after the interference trying to unseat him at the time. Now that didnt work. That didnt work and, therefore, i believe that the visit by john kerry. I admire and respect the fact that he went there, sat down and came to what for me is im going to say the only obvious solution when it comes to the counting. If you disagree on how much to count, count it all, huh . But kerrys handson diplomacy in this respect is admirable. I think its admirable. In 2009 when he
Testified before this committee the same thing, no single Government Agency was responsible for tracking all of these labs. That is correct. That is correct too. Frieden, are you aware of this finding by the g. A. O. Going back all the way to 2007 . Yes, i am. And do you agree with dr. Kingsbury there are an increasing number of labs handling these bioagents . Yes. If we look back over the last 10 years, there is a increasing number. Do you agree with her there has never been one agency in charge despite the red flags going up all of these years . There is a Clear Division of responsibilities between cdc and aphis inspection and , enforcement. Several years ago at my direction, we turned over some buthe inspections to aphis, the issue of lab safety touches many parts of both the Public Sector and nongovernmental sector. So are you saying that aphis is in charge now since you put that into effect the last few years . In terms of the inspection of laboratories which are working with sele
National captioning institute] signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from tennessee, rs. Black, for five minutes. Mrs. Black thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today to honor a friend and an exemplary member of our community, judge tom gray. Judge gray has led a distinguished career in tennessee serving as a judge since 1982 and as a chancellor of the 18th judicial district since 1986. And he will soon step aside from his career in Public Service to spend more time with his family. I w
Make the clock radio wakes you up and you hear the news being reported about the slim losses by republicans in iowa. You wanted to lay there and think to yourself, if i had only done a little bit more. If i had only put aside some of my personal pursuits for that 110 days, and put my state first, put my country first, just for 110 days, if id done that, maybe wed have had a different result. Governor branstad would have had a legislature who would have been moving fully in the direction of his bid for iowas future. Maybe we would have a Republican United States Senate and bigger majority in the house of representatives that would pressure the president of the United States to finally start leading and acting in this country, and not being a bystander in the oval office. [ applause ] but we didnt do it. We came up short. Well have that feeling of regret. And those pangs of guilt. Scenario number two. Its much better. You wake up on november 5th. The clock radio goes off. Youre hearing t