I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso
Youre expecting here in the coming days and week. What we should be watching for this week. Hanks for having me, john. That makes two of us as far as trying to keep on top of everything. As far as the current state of play, these past three weeks we have seen three crucial positive readouts of data from leading programs. The first came from pfizer, the second came from moderna, and the third one this morning just came from astrazeneca and the team at oxford. These are three leading vaccine front runners, all three in late stage studies appear to be effective, the first to 95 effective in preventing covid19. Thatnity is expected to do late november, early december. That will set up an fda decision, all eyes turning to the agency to see how quickly they can approve it and for what subgroups of the population. Vaccineing on in the phase, but there is a lot going on and muchneeded positive news when you think about the surge that we have seen in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The fda
As far as the current state of play, these past three weeks we have seen three crucial positive readouts of data from leading programs. The first came from pfizer, the second came from moderna, and the third one this morning just came from astrazeneca and the team at oxford. These are three leading vaccine front runners, all three in late stage studies appear to be effective, the first to 95 effective in preventing covid19. Thatnity is expected to do late november, early december. That will set up an fda decision, all eyes turning to the agency to see how quickly they can approve it and for what subgroups of the population. Vaccineing on in the phase, but there is a lot going on and muchneeded positive news when you think about the surge that we have seen in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. The fda approval, how quickly could they approve it, and what could keep them from being approved, and how is the fda ensuring confidence in the public in the safety of these vaccines . Guest i
Phone lines split up as usual this morning. Democrats, 202 7488000 is the number to call in. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also send us a text. That number, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. You can catch up with us on social media, twitter and facebook. A very good monday morning to you. You can start calling in now. Theheadlines on this topic, first use of the vaccine maybe december 13. 40 million doses said to be available by the end of the month. That from the front page of usa today. Frontline gets the first vaccine doses, but then who . Thats the question we are asking this morning, asking you to be in the position of setting the priority, how would you do it . Turning to the cdc webpage there, i q a on how the cdc is making its covid19 vaccine recommendations. Making those disease vaccine recommendations based on the input from the Advisory Committee on immunization practices. Its a federal Advisory Committee
That is correct, mr. Chairman. We got to find something we can join here. There may be good reasons, im just trying to i want a global fund to be created like we have done for aids and malaria and other things to deal with plastics that we can control. I want us to look at the World Bank Program and see if we can make some contributions there. We are going to leave the hearing open to friday at 2 00 p. M. For additional questions. I just want to thank you both. I look forward to working with you on this. We are going to provide you more resources. Tell us what you think it is best utilized. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much and thank you for the attention. Thank you. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Thank you so much. Today, the conclusion of a q a interview about the relationship between the media and u. S. President s. Todays program talks about president s from Franklin Roosevelt to donald trump. With joe biden as president elect, go to cspan for live coverage of the