Let me take just a moment to talk about what we are attempting to do here in the senate. Exaggeration and hyperbole is the order of the day. Say always reluctant to this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. What the world is experiencing today, what the United States is facing today, is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad possibleit is entirely that it will happen again, and i say this because the experts virus thatt this made the leap from one species can very easily happen again. There are 2000 of these viruses out there. Dohave no idea what they can if they get into a human being. Us they haves tell identified within their ranks about 2000 different viruses. Having said that, we need to want toward, and i stress what i am trying to do with this and what all of us are trying to do, look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on. Theres a lot of hyperbole goin