growing concern over the global food supply. what does the united states or other countries need to do to prevent this potential food crisis. that s why senator risch and myself sent a letter to the president saying we have to have a strategy for global food insecurity. 12 million ukrainians, about nearly i think a third of the entire ukrainian population are insecure in terms of as it relates to food and medical supplies. 4-million-plus have already left the country. when you add to the global challenge as well, we re facing the potential of a food insecurity crisis that we have not seen in some time and the greatest displacement of people since world war ii. so this is why it is my hope that the administration will
and remains a real problem. but for some reason, that part of it never gets discussed and suddenly it s out. by the way, the cdc released new guidance for testing that i think is only going to confuse a lot of people more. as noted in the labeling for authorized over-the-counter antigen tests, negative result should be treated as presumptive negative results. they do not rule out a covid-19 infection. dr. risch, so negative doesn t mean negative? well, i m not exactly strong on the whole testing regime anyway. the whole point of this is cases only know what population of the community you have. they do not count how well you are managing the pandemic. the advantage of the pandemic by reducing hospitalization, by reducing deaths. that is all that matters. so the people have to be treated as high-risk and otherwise, they do well. there was a lot of over-the-counter stuff that
but for some reason, that part of it never gets discussed and suddenly it s out. by the way, the cdc released new guidance for testing that i think is only going to confuse a lot of people more. as noted in the labeling for authorized over-the-counter antigen tests, negative result should be treated as presumptive negative results. they do not rule out a covid-19 infection. dr. risch, so negative doesn t mean negative? anymore? well, i m not exactly strong on the whole testing regime anyway. the whole point of this is cases only know what population of the community you have. they do not count how well you are managing the pandemic. the advantage of the pandemic by reducing hospitalization, by reducing deaths. that is all that matters. so the people have to be treated as high-risk and otherwise, they do well. there was a lot of over-the-counter stuff that helps. so, the cases really don t count anymore.
the choice is vladimir putin s. the paths are clear. diplomacy, dialogue, seeing if we can build collective security in a way that is good for everyone is clearly the preferable path. we re prepared either way. you mentioned diplomatic talks. you just met with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. russia is awaiting your written answers to several key questions. what are the specific concrete answers there? what is the specific off-ramp here for risch yeah? is the u.s. willing to say, for exam, ukraine won t be joining nato any time soon and/or that the u.s. won t put strategic weapons in ukraine? there are a number of areas where i think it would be possible for us to address each other s concerns about the about security in europe in a way that is good for everyone. can you give me an example? we talked about this in the
effort. and it is my hope that what we ll do is have a negotiation that we can announce and then move toward a vote when we return. and hopefully a week is not the timeframe in which putin decides to invade. but in any event, he should understand that there is overwhelming bipartisan support for ukraine in the congress. it is strong. it s a question of whether or not you make it even stronger, whether or not you make sanctions even quicker. but at the end of the day, there is no lack of resolve. and that much putin should know. you re the ranking member. republican senator from idaho. how much of how much are you going to incorporate? he d like some things added to your bill. how much things are you planning on incorporating? we re? discussions with ranking member risch. we re in discussions with senator cornyn who has an idea