Chair wenstrup the select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. Pursuant to rule 7d of the committee on oversight and accountability, and at the discretion of chairman comer, mr. Jordan, a member of the full committee may participate in todays hearing for purposes of question. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an Opening Statement. Today, the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to exam the centers for Disease Control and preventions policies and decisions during the covid19 pandemic. The pandemic sent shock waves through all aspects of american life. School, work, family, sports, and faith. This was a novel virus. There was much we didnt know. And we didnt know how to react. Educated guesses were the best things we could do especially early on. Throughout i maintained hope and what should have and could have united our country but did not inst
This subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself, with the purpose of making an opening statement. Today, this subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization, and our relationship, as the United States, with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. It played a key role in eradicating smallpox, and significantly reducing the cases of polio around the globe. Yet, when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19, the pandemic, we saw that the w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw it is not an organization that serves all of humankind, but instead perhaps an organization that became beholden to, or are trapped in, politics. When it was most essential that the w. H. O. Be able to step up
The hearing was held amid ongoing concerns from u. S. Lawmakers w. H. O. It was was impy influenced by china through the covid19 pandemic. This is about two and half hours. It was not. [background noises] these select a subcommittee of the coronavirus pandemic will come to order but want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chairman to clear recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization. And our relationship with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. Played a key role in eradicating smallpox and is significantly reduced in the cases of polio around the globe. And yet when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19 and the pandemic we saw w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw its not an organizat
[inaudiblele conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to this csis discussion. Im very pleased to honor our guests here today, and ill introduce them in a moment. But we are going to be discussing cdcs Global Mission and the integration of a more global strategy that the agency is leading. Im julie, i am currently the president and ceo of the foundation for the nih, but im wearing a different hat in this meeting as the cochair of the csis bipartisan alliance on Global Health securities. My cochair and i, i welcome you, and and i will make sure we have time for questions [inaudible] if prepared for that, and is well invite you to the microphone to participate in the conversation. We also welcome our online guests and hope that you enjoy this discussion. So why are we here . Well, were here because we are operating under the basic premise that biosecurity is National Security and that cdc has an absolutely critical troll play in that. Bipartisan a aligns [inaudible] in helping th
We will hear from senior cdc officials and agencies former director. The center for Strategic International studies hosted this event. Welcome to this discussion. Im very pleased to introduce our guest in a moment. Were going to be discussing the evolution of our integrated strategies. Im wearing a different hat in the context of this meeting as the cochair of the bipartisan alliance on Global Health security. I welcome you and i will make sure there is time for questions at the end of our discussion, so be prepared for that as well if youd like to participate in the conversation. We also welcome our online guests to this discussion. So why are we here . We are operating under the basic premise that cdc has a Critical Role to play in interNational Security. We try to be productive in helping the cvc build its capacity in this regard and really look at what is necessary for the cvc two in a sense recover from some of the issues that emerged during the global pandemic. We had a wonderful