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
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
And good morning. You the subcommittee today and him and him and the subcommittee today examines the center for Disease Control anthrax incident last month that potentially exposed dozens of from you potentially exposed dozens of researchers to live and you and anthrax because established cdc policies were not followed. You last friday, the director and you and you announced corrective actions being taken. Are you corrective actions being taken. The review identified a fundamental flaw the agency had no written plan to ensure the safety of workers and proper handling of live biological you agents. The department of agriculture agriculturetment of the disinfectant they used was expired. This is troubling, and completely unacceptable. The center for Disease Control is supposed to be the Gold Standard of the u. S. Public health system, and it has been tarnished. We rely on cdc to protect us, but the recent anthrax event and incidents have raised serious questions about the cdc ability to
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