Word signup box. While the house of representatives remains out of session due to the coronavirus pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee met on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Good morning, and welcome to the labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member congressman tom cole. Our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center
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Coronavirus. Like all other efforts on the supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, including my friend and Ranking Member, congressman tom cole. Before you begin of what to extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives, and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. The cdc, from 20092016. And dr. Caitlin rivers, senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security, and assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineering at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Frieden in his testimony will provide a perspective based on 30 years of fighting epidemics including leaving the cdcs response to ebola, where we are and what we need to do to protect americans. Dr. Rivers makes a case why in the months and years to come will we need additional capacities and diagnostic testing, Contact Tracing an
Pandemic, members of the House Appropriations subcommittee and on capitol hill to look at the virus. The hearing included testimony from former cdc director tom frieden and caitlin rivers from the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security. This is 2. 5 hours. The hearing will come to order. Welcome to thend labor, health, and Human Services and education appropriations subcommittee. Todays hearing is on the nations ongoing response to the coronavirus. On thether supplemental package, it has been bipartisan. Let me commend my colleagues on both sides of the aisle clouding my friend and Ranking Member. Before i begin, i want to extend a very warm welcome to our witnesses, dr. Tom frieden, president and ceo of resolve to save lives and former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the cdc. From 2000 92016. Dr. Caitlin rivers, featured scholar at the Johns Hopkins center for Health Security and assistant professor in the department of Environmental Health and engineerin