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
Bring an advisor and have them tell us every way what about the National Science Advisory Board . That is not the current planned. That is not the current plan. They purged half their members from the board. I was inquisitive whether you knew about this. Why the administration took this action. Whether an ih consultant nih consulted. You will have to do for to them. That eliminates one question. In light of the anthrax incident they recently completed you think inspections were sufficient . I do. The protocols were in place because of the primary cause of the incident, which was the the bacteria was not inactivated, it was transferred to a laboratory that would not this is early have to have a locked cabinet. When we provide a report on select agents, as indicated earlier, we report on those laboratories where the select agent went. In this case not deactivated. That concludes my questions. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker week recognizes mr. Long. Thank you. Docrtor, a
That lets people know when thers been a problem there . There are multiple alarm systems within cdc. In this case, it was a crosscontamination of a culture. So somehow, and we havent figured out how yet, a relatively low virulence Avian Influenza was crosscontaminated with the highly pathogenic h5n1. Is there any evidence of cover up here from employees not wanting to let someone else know that no. Weve seen at this point no evidence of a cover up, but we do see the need to strengthen the culture of safety that encourages reporting. Anytime theres a problem or potential problem so we can assess it and take rapid and prompt action. Thank you. I now recognize ms. Degette for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Dr. Kingsbury, let me just make sure i heard your testimony right. You testified that theres an increasing number of labs that are handling these bioagents, correct . Correct. And you said theres really no one agency in charge. Is that correct . Correct. Now, in you said that to
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