The committee will please come to order. First, straightive matters based on the sergean u attending physician after we consulted the department of health and Human Services and the centers for Disease Control and prevention, individuals in the hearing room are six feet apart. As a result theres no room for the public to attend in person. Relayingni observations to colleagues. The hearing may be watched online. Unedited recording will be available on www. Senate. Gov. Witnesses are participating individual i dont conference in a onetime exception. Some senators, including the chairman, are participating by video conference. Senators, weve been advised, may remove their masks, talk into the microphone in the hearing room six feet apart. Grateful to the rules committee, sergeant of the arms, capital police, Committee Staff all for their hard work to keep us safe. We are hearing last thursday, all roads back to work about back to school run through testing. And what our country has done s
Essential work places. Im sorry, senator, you broke up at the beginning of your question. If you could just say it again. Im sorry. Yes, dr. Redfield, do you think that the testing protocols currently in place in the white house present a model for other essential work places. Well, thank you for the question. I think one of the important things you bring up is the essential worker guidance the cdc put out and i think it was originally modeled on Health Care Workers where there was significant shortages. Im asking if you think the white house protocol testing are a model for other essential work places. I would say i think each work place has to define their own approach how to operationalize. Had some considerable comment on the fact osha has not stood up an enforceable mandatory temporary standard for workers in all sorts of work settings. That aside, would you say that the ppe rules and protocols in effect right now in the white house are a model for other essential work places . We
Ms. Johnson i move to suspend 4372, es and pass h. R. The minority serving institutes tem achievement act, as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number directr. 4372, a bill to federal science agencies and the office of science and Technology Policy to undertake activities to improve the quality of undergraduate Stem Education and enhance the Research Capacity at hbcus, t. C. U. s m. S. I. s and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the texas, ms. From johnson, and the gentleman from klahoma, mr. Lucas, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentlewoman from texas, ms. Johnson. Ms. Johnson thank you, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on 4372, the bill thats under consideration. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Johnson mr. Speaker, i yield mys
Days take on a life of their own. I want to say good morning. Good morning, dr. Collins, welcome back to hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say a thank you on behalf of the on behalf of the sub come they for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a real wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease and develop treatments for major depression and shrink cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials and it was a moving and informative, but a very moving experience, as well. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five institute and senate directors who join us today and in addition, and always a great addition, dr. Francis collins and joined us many times director of the National Institutes of health today joined by dr. Bruce tromberg director of biomedical engineer, the director of
Being late. The days take on a life of their own. So, but i wanted to say good morning. Good morning, dr. Collins, welcome back to labor hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. Let me just say a thank you on behalf of the of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. We had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nihs work. We met with the researchers who were working to cure Sickle Cell Disease, to develop treatments for major depression, the shrinkage of cancer tumors in children. We heard from participants whose lives have been changed by Clinical Trials. So it was a moving and an informative, but a very moving experience, as well. Let me welcome our witnesses including the five institute and Center Directors who join us today, and in addition, and always a great addition dr. Francis collins who has joined us many times, director of the National Institutes of health. Today joined by dr. Bruce tromberg, by the institut