Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us here today. This is the h. H. S. Briefing on the china coronavirus and we aim to do two things today. Provide the American Public with an update on the risk presented by the virus, and provide the latest update on the actions that president Trumps Administration is taking to respond to the outbreak and keep americans safe. Mr. Azar im joined today by the Principle Deputy Principal Deputy director for the centers of Disease Control and prevention in atlanta. The National Institute of allergy and infectious disease. Dr. Kadlec, h. H. S. s assistant secretary for preparedness and response, and the commissioner of food and drugs. As of this morning, we still have only 14 cases of the china coronavirus detected here in the United States. Involving travel to china, or close contacts with those travelers. We have three cases among americans repatriated from wuhan. And we have 40 cases among american passengers repatriated from the diamond pri
Come to order. I just want all members to know that our Witnesses Today have to leave at 5 00 p. M. The questions for the first panel on the hhs budget with secretary, and, welcome, mr. Secretary, will be limited to four minutes. The second panel on the minutesl case, but 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. 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. Every bit of it is, obviously, serious. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me begin with mr. Secretary. I think that the confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of coordination to the Coronavirus Response is on full display. We all know that. Markets are reacting, i think, at least in some parts, to the lack o
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Looking at how do i put encryption and make it so no one can mess with the device other things that might have impact on People Living there. First off we noticed to make sure the government doesnt weaken encryption. Second of all we need to continue to see the growth in the kinds of research around encryption that is in some cases supported by the government. Anyone else . I share his comments. Also going back to the garage door opener. When that was introduced it was primitive, it was a fun thing to do to drive around the neighborhood and open up other peoples garage doors or similarly other peoples telephones. By todays standards it was relatively primitive even though novel then. As weve gotten more sophisticated, memory chips have grown, theres solutions and we dont hear about those problems anymore. It hasnt been an issue. Thank you. The reality is significant investment is made in innovating around privacy and security because its the right thing to do and consumers are demandin
Now that is 10 trillion. So there are not many places you can say i can take 10 trillion out of the spending stream to keep you healthier. Let me follow up on this now speaker gingrich. You are a conservative and as a result may have credibility than i do in some circumstances on the question on the role of government here. Why isnt it enough to count on private industry to do this . Why do we have to have a substantial investment from the federal government . Its a question about American History. [ inaudible ] and i are developing a project on why George Washington matters. And people dont often notice that the Founding Fathers wrote into the constitute a Patent Office because they so deeply believed in the future. They made investments. The First Federal highway was built during washingtons lifetime. They believed in improving things. They talked about them as improvements. Jefferson launched an expedition to the west and there was a Childrens Book on this called from sea to shining