Also to those that are joining us this morning the director of the Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Human Development and the subcommittee on health and education services. Doctor fauci director of National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases. And then the director of the National Cancer institute and director of the National Institute on drug abuse. Again, welcome to all of you leader hoyer asked me this morning you have the nih coming he said can you get all the Institute Directors and he said he will this is one of the most remarkable hearings that we have and we thank you for the great work that we loan that you do and saving lives the people of the great country. Let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus i just want to say i thank you to the director and all the institute tends particular thank you to doctor fauci i want to say Public Health experts deserve our praise for what is the excellent work that you are doing and clearly a matter of National Importance an
The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Welcome back to the appropriations subcommittee also to those that are joining us this morning the director of the Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Human Development and the subcommittee on health and education services. Doctor fauci director of National Institute of allergy and Infectious Diseases. And then the director of the National Cancer institute and director of the National Institute on drug abuse. Again, welcome to all of you leader hoyer asked me this morning you have the nih coming he said can you get all the Institute Directors and he said he will this is one of the most remarkable hearings that we have and we thank you for the great work that we loan that you do and saving lives the people of the great country. Let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus i just want to say i thank you to the director and all the institute tends particular thank you to doctor fauci i want to say Public Health experts deserve our prai
Specialists. Review the latest events any time at cspan. Org coronavirus. Now several directors from the National Institutes of health testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president s 2021 budget request and the coronavirus outbreak. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, all. Dr. Collins welcome back to the labor hhs education appropriationless subcommittee. Let me also welcome all of you, the five institute and senate directors joining in this morning. Dr. Bianchi, director of the Eunice Kennedy sh rieber National Institute of child health and human development. Thats almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, Human Services and related agencies here. So anyway. Dr. Anthony fauci director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious deceases. Dr. Gary gibbons director of the National Heart, lung and blood institute. Dr. Ned sharpless. Director of the National Cancer institute. And dr. Dara volkow director of the National Institu
Those who are joining this morning, doctor bianchi of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute for child health and develop, almost as long as the subcommittee on health, education, Human Services and related agencies. Doctor Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Doctor gary gibbons, director of the National Heart, lung and Blood Institute. Doctor sharpless of the National Cancer institute. And doctor dora volkow, welcome to all of you. Leader hoyer asked me to you have the nih coming . And he said this is one of the most remarkable hearings we have, thank you for the work you do and the differences you make in saving lives. At the start, let me touch on the matter of the coronavirus. I want to say thank you to the director, all the institutes. I want to say thank you to doctor fauci and say for Public Health experts, what, what you are doing on what is clearly a matter of National Importance and national urgency. We will be discussing the 2021 budget
Act and we look forward to your testimony. For the past year our committee has been working to improve, strengthen and streamline health care and welfare programs under our jurisdiction. In health care we have taken action to cut needless red tape, makes it more difficult for providers to deliver high quality care to their patients we advanced targeted bipartisan reforms to improve medicare to the American People. Continue the drive to strengthen quality and care coordination. In our committee played a firsthand role developing comprehensive legislation repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. With the American Health care act passed by the house last may we delivered marketoriented solutions that would truly increase flexibility, reduce costs, and return control of health care to the American People where it belongs. All this bill stalled in the senate, congress continued to deliver relief from obamacare, including repealing the harmful effects of the individual mandate in independ