Because the threat posed by covid19 remain serious and widespread, we are proceeding in the best manner we can, remotely in todays case in order to ensure the safety of our witnesses, members, staff and the public. Todays conversation is essential to the oversight of how we should adapt and meet the challenge of increasingly assertive china especially in the backdrop of a Global Pandemic. I had hoped this would be a bipartisan discussion. Unfortunately, without reason or justification, republican colleagues have decided to absent themselves from the committee. I repeat my hope they will reconsider and join us for future unclassified public hearings and unclassified closed roundtables. We will continue to have them as they are being used to frame the oversight issues and requests and inform our members of the various threats facing the country. The American People expect congress will continue doing its job even in a pandemic and that means showing up at a minimum whether we want to or
The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
Fellow for joining us this afternoon. We will introduce them in just a moment. As a reminder, attendees have their volume and video that we are eager to incorporate the questions to the extent of time allows. You can submit those using the qanda feature on zoom and we will record a session and distribute and post the video afterwards to the benefit of everyone. Stay tuned for upcoming discussions former under secretary of defense will join us next thursday may 28 and the Jackson Institute to introduce the special guest. Thanks and welcome everyone. As we grapple with the ramifications of the pandemic we are grateful to have a Wonderful Group of faculty and senior fellows. One such individual is the jackson senior fellow howard dean who is a former physician, six term governor of vermont, president ial candidate share of the National Governors association and the Democratic National committee. With maybe a little less wellknown governor dean is professor dean and teaches an incredibly p
Greatly meaningful to speak before the World Health Assembly , a gathering convened to overcome covid19 and usher in new hope. First of all, i would like to offer my deepest condolences and words of comfort to the victims of covid19 all over the world. Moreover, i utmost respect and gratitude go to the medical and quarantine professionals in each country, putting themselves at risk to protect the health and safety of humanity. Today, i would like to introduce to you the choice made by the Korean People to overcome covid19, the choice of freedom for all. The republic of korea was one of the first countries hit by covid19 and we had to swiftly identify a solution against the aggressive virus. In that moment of crisis and challenge, the Korean People made a bold decision. We took our own individual anedoms and turned it to even greater freedom, freedom for all. Rather than regarding our neighbors as dangerous spreaders of the virus or enforcing nationwide lockdown measures, we chose to pr
Of covid19 all over the world. Moreover, my utmost respect and gratitude go to the medical and quarantine professionals in each country, putting themselves at risk to protect the health and safety of humanity. Today, i would like to introduce to you the choice made by the Korean People to overcome covid19. All. Hoice of freedom for the republic of korea was one of the first countries hit by covid19, and we had to swiftly identify a solution against the aggressive virus. In that moment of crisis and challenge, the Korean People made a bold decision. We tooky individual freedom and turned it to greater freedom, freedom for all. Rather than regarding our neighbors as dangerous bettors of the virus or enforcing nationwide lockdown measures, we chose to protect their safety for the sake of our own safety. In order to uphold Free Movement and keep the economy going, the Korean People chose to wear masks and participate actively in social distancing. Even in the face of this social distancing