Following the meeting, health and Human Services secretary zar followed by democrat katie orter. Thank you for being here. We got some of the leaders of the task force that the Vice President is leading as well as senior medical and technical experts from the department. We just concluded what are now regular briefings that we are doing that are open to the full senate, open to the full house of representatives trying to make sure that we are being radically transparent what we know when we know it as well as the uncertainties we face. We acknowledge this is a time for concern by many people and trying to educate people about what we know and dont know in these times. We had a lot of discussions especially about testing. We are happy to provide you with more information and answer your questions as we did the house and the senate, because there has been some confusion around those issues and want to make sure everything is being clear. A major focus in both the senate and house discuss
Services secretary alex azar and Health Officials spoke to reporters about the Coronavirus Response and the latest on testing kit numbers after giving a briefing to lawmakers on capitol hill. Thank you all very much for being here. We had a lot of discussions especially about labs and testi. We are happy to to provide more information to answer questions around that as we did in the house and the senate because there has been some confusion around those issues. We want to make sure representative thing is very clear. A major focus is the senate and the house discussions today was around the issue of just the Patient Experience and a the provider, the doctor experience and we were able to point what was handed up from the cdc web site. Theres an information seat she directed patience is assignment of individual and concerned i might have covid19, what do i do . I dont think a lot of us are aware of that because we want to make sure senators and members of the house armed to be able talk
Subcommittee on health in Human Services, education and related agencies will come to order. Thank you sec. A desire for being here. It has turned out to be a more eventful week than we anticipated but we are grateful you have shown up as we asked to at the time we asked you to. The budget you suggested, the request, many of the same kinds of cuts that occurred in 2020, and i am sure we will have questions about that. It is not unexpected. You will recall when i called you with the final budget numbers from the 2020 budget, my first comment was, the good news is you didnt get what you asked for. Hopefully that will be the case again this time. You propose a 10 cut, similar cut you proposed in the past in programs that we would be very reluctant in the health care workforces and preparedness programs and research programs, all have been about earlier today at the members reading on the current virus. Rural programs we would be reluctant to discuss. We will need more money this year in m
Make sure that we are being radically transparent what we know when we know it as well as the uncertainties we face. We acknowledge this is a time for concern by many people and trying to educate people about what we know and dont know in these times. We had a lot of discussions especially about testing. We are happy to provide you with more information and answer your questions as we did the house and the senate, because there has been some confusion around those issues and want to make sure everything is being clear. A major focus in both the senate and house discussions today was around the issue of just the Patient Experience and the provider, the doctor experience and we were able to point them and handed out from c. D. C. s website, and information sheet that says i am an individual, im concerned i might have covid19. What do i do . I dont think a lot of them had been aware of that. We want to ensure senators and members of the house are armed their constituents and provide that
Experts from the department. We have just concluded what are now regular briefings that we are doing that are open to the full senate, open to the full house of representatives, trying to make sure that we are being radically transparent what we know when we know it as well as the uncertainties we face. We acknowledge this is a time of angst and concern by many people and trying to educate people about what we know and dont know in these times. We had a lot of discussions especially about lab testing. We are happy to provide you with more information and answer your questions as we did the house and the senate, because there has been some confusion around those issues and want to make sure everything is being clear. And we want to make sure everything is being clear. A major focus in both the senate and the house discussions today was around the issue of just the Patient Experience and the provider, the doctor experience, and we were able to point them c. D. C. sd out from the website