Security, cybersecurity, Disaster Preparedness and the coronavirus. The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committee is meeting today to receive testimony on Administration Budget request for the department of Homeland Security. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point. Acting secretary wolf is here today on the extraordinary troubling circumstances. Americans are rightfully concerned about this coronavirus, and spread its way across cost group called and claimed the lives of thousands and including at least six years home. Working to the government for leadership and guidance. And fourthly the Trump Administration, has not been equal to the task so far. In the place of this potential pandemic, the president is downplayed as threats, overstated help close scientists are to developing a vaccine, and muzzling experts in his own administration who disagree with him. It is a crisis unfolds, the president has continued to
This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time to give money welcome to todays hearing on coronavirus, understanding the threat of Infectious Disease and mobilizing Innovative Solutions. I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then i woke frank recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement again thank you for being here. Obviously this is an incredibly timely process. Covid19 is not the first pandemic we are ever going to deal with and certainly not the last one but it is incredibly important that we come together as a nation to get ahead of this, dress it and come up with treatment for it. If we think about Global Health security to threepronged approach. Containment medication and treatment. This is the third hearing that im sharing on the subject and the hearing is focused on the containment. It was the first hearing the congress held. The conclusion of that was the initial strategy of trying to contain th
They also cautioned against the misinformation on social media regarding the coronavirus. This house, science, space and Technology Hearing meeting is out is about one hour and 40 minutes. This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Good morning and welcome to the hearing on coronavirus, understanding the spread of the Infectious Disease and mobilizing Innovative Solutions. I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement and i will introduce the witnesses. Again, thank you for being here. Obviously this is an incredibly timely process. Covid19 is not the first pandemic we are ever going to deal with and certainly not the last one but it is incredibly important that we come together as a nation and as a planet and become to get ahead of this and address it and come up with treatment for it. If we think about Global Health security to threepronged approach
Covid19 is not the first pandemic we will ever deal with and certainly will not be the last one, but it is incredibly important that we come together as a nation and as a planet to get ahead of this, address it, ad, you know, come up with remedy for it. If we think about the basis of Global Health security, it is a threepronged approach containment, mitigation, and then treatment. This is the third hearing that i am chairing on this subject. The first focused on the containment strategy. That was the first hearing that congress held. The conclusion of that was the initial strategy of trying to contain this disease with travel bands, etc. , was likely not going to be successful. Very difficult, and i think what china did was ambitious. About us some time that most of us in the Public Health world recognize that we would likely see in community cases, it would be difficult to stop the spread of this disease. The second hearing we had was on mitigation, largely looking at testing, this wa
This hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Good morning and welcome to the hearing on coronavirus, understanding the spread of the Infectious Disease and mobilizing Innovative Solutions. I will recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for his Opening Statement and i will introduce the witnesses. Again, thank you for being here. Obviously this is an incredibly timely process. Covid19 is not the first pandemic we are ever going to deal with and certainly not the last one but it is incredibly important that we come together as a nation and as a planet and get ahead of this and address it and come up with treatment for it. If we think about Global Health security to threepronged approach. Containment, mitigation, and treatment. This is the third hearing that im chairing on the subject and the hearing is focused on the containment. It was the first hearing the congress held. The conc