I will have to be strict with the gavel. The witnesses have a tight timeframe, i know you will all cooperate with that. Let us begin. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We are glad that you are here. We have a lot to take up and every bit of it is obviously serious. The chair now recognizes herself for an Opening Statement let me begin with this, mr. Secretary. I think that confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of fairness the Coronavirus Response is on full display. Markets are reacting, in some part, to the lack of trusted information amongst many other factors. Our government has to speak with credibility and authority. Instead, it is like a greek chorus chanting through the state. That adds to the confusion. There are key questions that need to be addressed for the American People. What is the full plan should this virusinfected american in high numbers what is the plan for increasing diagnostic capacity . Limit
Wash authors april ryan and cal thomas sunday on book tv on cspan2. Health alec cesar health and Human Services secretary azar was in washington. He talked about the federal government response to the outbreak and testifying on the president s 2021 budget request. The second panel on the Coronavirus Response, those questions will be limited to five minutes, which is the usual case. Only 10 members will be able to ask questions during that round. I will have to be strict with the gavel. Since the witnesses have a tight timeframe and i know that you will all cooperate with that. Let us begin. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We are glad that you are here. We have a lot to take up and every bit of it is obviously series. The chair recognizes yourself for five and its for an opening statement. Let me begin with this. , mr. Secretary i think that confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of coordination for the Coronavirus
I believe the lask coordination for the Coronavirus Response is on full display. We all know that. Markets are reacting. I think at least in some part to the lack of trusted information amongst many other factors. Our government across the government has to speak with credibility and authority. Instead, its like a great chorus champion on the side of the stage. We have one saying one thing, the president saying something else, and that adds to the confusion. I think that there are key questions that need to be addressed for the American People. Whats the plan, the overall plan should this virus infect americans in high numbers . Whats the plan for increasing diagnostic capacity, and whats the target number for that . Dysfunctional tests, we all know, have limited our ability to diagnose the virus, and the small number, it could be said of u. S. Cases, may reflect limited testing and not the virus spread. But its up to our professionals to put out with clarity that kind of information.
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The early spring right now. Yes, a warmer day coming our way. We need the rain. We need the rain. I know we do. I dont see it in our forecast, but we as frank said have some enjoyable weather for your weekend plans giving you a live look at a mix of low clouds. A few highlevel clouds out there. The low cloud coverage not as extensive and because of that were off to a cooler start. Some of our inland cities starting in the 30s this morning. For your afternoon, partly cloudy and warmer. Then into the extended forecast, were going to cool it back for your sunday and were going to increase the wind once again if you can believe it. Ill have details on what to expect for to day, the rest of the weekend and the rest of the forecast coming up. Police say a murder suicide. He was found dead of a self inflicted gunshot wound. 26yearold woman was found shot to death at lewis brown road before midnight on thursday night so that led detectives to the scene where they found the fouryearold boy also