Consulted with the centers for disease. Individuals are at least six feet apart. Theres no room for public to attend in person. Representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay their observations to colleague. The hearing may be watched online. An unedited recording will be available on the website. Witnesses are participating by Video Conference in a onetime exception. Some senators, including the chairman, are participating by Video Conference. Senators, we have been advised may remove masks, talk into the microphone when in the hearing room as they are six feet apart. Im grateful to the roall for t hard work to keep us safe. In our hearing last thursday, i said that all roads back to work and back to school run through testing. What our country has done so far on testing is impressive. Not nearly enough. Over the weekend, senator schumer, the democratic leader, was nice enough to put out a tweet quoting half of what i said. He left out the other half, the impressive part.
Systematic issue a major change in the system for manufacturing and delivering pharmaceuticals. The implications of one country controlling the supply of medicine are astounding. No matter what country we may be talking about. Think about it, what if there is a Global Pandemic and its hard to move product across the world because of that . What if there are heightened tensions within the South China Sea, everyone can be vulnerable, everyone could be put at risk. The role of the fda in the situation cannot be overstated because the fda cannot be as effective in assuring the safety of our medicines and force long areas of the world as it can at home. Many of us are not aware of the facetoface contact that the fda has for those manufacturing our drugs. The inspections they conduct. The very handson work involved in making sure the manufacture of drugs is safe. They certainly set up offices all over the world to do that but that is not the same as having offices carrying manufacturing in y
Oversight of the department of Energy Research and development enterprise. Welcome, mr. Secretary. Were delighted youre here today. This committee has jurisdiction over the department of energys vitally important science and Energy Research and development activities. The laboratories and facilities so i hope we see you much more frequently from now on, and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With the budget season mostly behind us, id like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention. Ill start with the good news which is that despite the administrations best effort to make draconian cuts across the board to deo research and Development Programs, most actually fared well in the house of representatives. Im particularly pleased to see the increases to the budget for arpae and the long Programs Office both of which have yielded truly transformative results for Energy Technologies of all types. Im also quite happy that the house supported a subst
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