I like to call the hearing to order. And id like to recognize the chairman of the committee for a statement. Thank you senator burns. Senator casey members of the committee. How to think senator burr for chairing the hearing today and senator casey for serving as Ranking Member at senator murrays request. Theyre both been leaders. Senator per was the original author of the first passage of the pandemic. He helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats. Natural disasters and outbreaks of net the disease. Then in 2013, senators bring caseys led the bipartisan authorization of the pandemic and all hazards act. Many can be contributed to that time including senators and see in bennett, war, hatch, roberts, and others. Now it needs to be reauthorized for second time. Todays hearing is the second weve have the sheer. Last week we heard from the administration on recommendations of advance including from the assistant secretary of preparedness and response the senators for the
This is just over two hours. I would like to call the hearing to order. First off, i would like to recognize the chairman of the committee for a segment. Thank you. I want to thank the senator for chairing the hearing today. Sen. Casey serving as Ranking Member at senator murrays request. They have both been real leaders on this subject. Senator burr was the original i will call it the all hazards preparedness act. In 2006. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats. In 2013, senators berger and senator burr and senator casey led the committee. Many members of the committee contributed, some are still on the committee. In the middle of the flu season, it is critical we reauthorize the act before many of its provisions expire and set number. I hope we will do this in a bipartisan way and i expect that. It has been the tradition with the law and with this committee on almost all of our major bills. Thele are not as aware of devastation of, for example, loop. I
Hazards preparedness act. I will collect all hazards preparedness act, that makes it better for me. Fromaw helps protect us the full range of Public Health threats. Then in 2013, senator burr and , senator casey led the authorization. Many members of this committee some are still on the committee. Now, the bill needs to be reauthorized for a second time. Todays hearing is the second we have had this year. Last week, we heard from the oninistration recommendations in advance of the reauthorization act, including the secretary from preparedness response, the food and the administrator centers for Disease Control and prevention. The middle of the flu season, it is critical that we reauthorized the act before many of its provisions expire in september. I hope will do this in a bipartisan way, and i expect that. It has been tradition with the law and this committee with all of our major bills. People are not as aware of the devastation of, for example, flu, and they mentioned the flu season
Thursday. This is after greece voted no to proposed bailout terms. Mr. Tsipras has submitted another request. This is an hour long talk on the future of greece. [applause] thank you very much mr. President. President , esteemed members, it is a great honor to address the Democratic Forum in europe. It is an honor to be able to talk about key representatives of the people. At the official time my country and the European Union as a whole. I find myself here only a few days after the verdict of the people. After we chose to give the floor directly to ask the greek people directly and let them be part of the negotiations. We have not gotten an answer to double the efforts in order to get economically sound for to greek problem without repeating the mistakes of the past that condemned the economy. For a period that was neverending and an impact of severity that hurt the economy in a vicious cycle. The creative response by the greek people at a time when there was such pressure with the ban
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