To unmute your microphones anytime you speak. If at any time during hearing im unable to chair the hearing the human chairman colon or vice chairman of the committee congressman kennedy will serve as chair until im able to return. Documents for the record can be sent to Benjamin Tabor at the email address weve provided. All documents will be entered ininto the record with the inclusion of the hearing. The chair will not recognize herself for an Opening Statement. Today the energy and Commerce Committee continues itser oversight of the nations covid19 Pandemic Responsee examining a safe and effective covid19 vaccine that the American People can trust. In the eight months we battled covid19 over 7 million americans have had the virus and tragically over 200,000 have lost their lives. Millions ofll people face on employment and have lost their Health Insurance and families are still juggling childcare and virtual classrooms. The list of those most vulnerable to covid19 is especially on th
I is possible. They also appreciate the chance to bring some ten i ten unseat e Trump Administrations work speed effort. This transparency will be crucial to secure the american Peoples Trust that the vaccine will be made available only once it is proven to be safe and effective. Congress has already taken actions to support these efforts. This spring, congress provided the Vaccine Development and manufacturing of birds and other medical countermeasures. Then two months ago the house passed the heroes act, the comprehensive legislation to strengthen the nations ability to fight the pandemic like altering the Strategic National stockpile and increase funding for Research Development and manufacturing vaccines and treatments. It would also require the administration to get to congress a vaccine plan identifying the activities undertaken to manufacture distributed vaccines safely. The house passed the act more than two months ago and the senate has failed to take it on into the death rate
Her Covert Affairs team have no influence or insight into the resourcing over all. I cant comment that we can get back to you. Thank you for your comments, congressman. So thats exactly why we are here. I speak for a section of the pharmaceutical industry that few people actually appreciate, especially given the statistics that i referenced that two out of every three new drugs approved by the fda last year actually originated in companies that are small biopharmaceutical emerging companies. We dont have a voice in washington. Excelixis is not a member of pharma. Where a number of bio. We dont hear the realities, the pains and challenges that are faced to bring an important new drug to market, represent and the debates because i think a lot of people take for granted that its all great Big Companies with huge budgets and throwing a lot of money at problems. You may be an example of someone who is at a competitive disadvantage because you dont have the same resources to deploy into thos
Porter Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Clymer, who said he was obligated by law to grant the dismissal, said he was not happy about the last minute timing.