We still cant hear you. I wonder if we should try having you sign in again or have you call in rather than just a video link and we could hear you by dialing in. I will let my staff interact with you directly and in the meantime we will begin with some questions. My apologies, Mister Morrison, we will get this worked out. Let me look for any of our witnesses that can be heard. The current pandemic began in china. If possible the next pandemic may begin somewhere else. If the pandemic were to begin or begin spreading in africa what level of confidence do you have in our ability to identify that it is taking place, what transparency would we find, given there was not much transparency out of china in some critical early days and weeks, how would you assess the threat of a pandemic coming from the african continent . Can i start . Sure. Im confident that should such a pandemic start in africa we would have tremendous cooperation. I look back on the situation with ebola in west africa wher
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C before we say or do anything else today i want to pause to extend our thoughts and our prayers for the wellbeing of with scalise and our colleagues. Police and staff who were attacked by gunman this morning in virginia. Several members of this committee were there. This is a sad day for our country. We still dont have all the details but we do know that there are those who want to use acts of violence to create chaos , to disrupt our democracy. The American People will not let them when. So after deliberation with the Ranking Member, we have decided to proceed. The secretary has a very challenging schedule. Given the circumstances of the delayed start of our hearing, i want to appeal to members who intend to use less than their full five minutes so that more of our colleagues have a chance to speak and i will be abbreviating my Opening Statement. Today secretary tillerson will testify on the administrations budget and reorganization plans for the department of state. First off mr. Se
C before we say or do anything else today i want to pause to extend our thoughts and our prayers for the wellbeing of with scalise and our colleagues. Police and staff who were attacked by gunman this morning in virginia. Several members of this committee were there. This is a sad day for our country. We still dont have all the details but we do know that there are those who want to use acts of violence to create chaos , to disrupt our democracy. The American People will not let them when. So after deliberation with the Ranking Member, we have decided to proceed. The secretary has a very challenging schedule. Given the circumstances of the delayed start of our hearing, i want to appeal to members who intend to use less than their full five minutes so that more of our colleagues have a chance to speak and i will be abbreviating my Opening Statement. Today secretary tillerson will testify on the administrations budget and reorganization plans for the department of state. First off mr. Se