Panel, don oconnell, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response. Rochelle walensky the director of the center for Disease Control and dr. Robert califf the commissioner of the food and drug administration. On our second panel we will hear from a doctor and Robert Wiseman and martin mccarrick. We have two very important panels. Let me begin by thanking all of the folks that run the first panel. All of us know that the last three years have been unprecedented in our lifetimes. We dealt with the worst Public Health crisis in 100 years. I want to think all of you under those difficult circumstances for the work you did for the American People. Today, our job is to take a look at at where we are today in terms of where we are preparing, god forbid, for another pandemic. And, the need to reauthorize the pandemic preparedness act later this year. I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the previous leadership on the bill from senator murray, chair of the committee, and senato
Encouraging for them and all of us because these practices not only help Climate Change but produce more food and make and they make themselves more resilient against drought so its one of these amazing winwinwin but very few of us really appreciate it. Thats what anna is so good at getting across and we hope that our new book can help too. Thank you for that great question. [ applause ] tonight, our Washington Journal Program focusing on community policing. Well reair yesterday mornings entire program from richmond, virginia with your cools and comments, the Richmond Police chief and head of the Police Training academy and richmond mayor dwight jones. It starts at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Former president jimmy carter held a News Conference this morning in atlanta and briefed reporters about treatments for brain and liver cancer. Well show you the event on cspan. Heres some of what president carter had to say. Spots on the liver and the operation and that same afternoon, we had an
A negative ebola test result means a patient doesnt have ebola but just this week a physician died after being flown to nebraska for emergency treatment after initial tests showed a negative test. His colleagues are in quarantine causing greater anxiety in a medical profession lost more than 500 to ebola. Hospitals and Healthcare Workers were to have proper guidance on personal protective kwichlt. Cdc guideline do not require a threeweek selfisolation period for healthcare officials. They can return to work immediately. But the hospitals i talked to did not agree. I asked an er doctor from my district about whether any of his colleagues volunteering in west africa could come back to work immediately. He had a simple response. I quote him. He said, they should stay away. The administration continues to pose travel restrictions and quarantines yet respected institutions have policies to ensure Public Health is protected. Its impossible for the American People to understand why the govern
Be. Lauren . Besides starving the im going to try to be better about giving affiliations. Go ahead. Republicans have made clear they plan to load up appropriations building with riders targeting many of these things. They and industry folks indicate they think they could see wins there with deadlines or what have you and also maybe not necessarily climaterelated but ozone or clean water act. Are you prepared to negotiate with republicans on these issue snz s . Do you think you and the president will stand your ground and not give . Do you see room for compromise . You know, i feel very confident that the president has the best interests of epa in mind. He has made very clear what his priorities are. So i feel like were on very solid ground in recognizing that there may be challenges ahead but that the president will do the right thing. And he has made those, i think, interests clear. So you know, the other point id just like to make on top of that while theres a lot of discussion and t
A negative ebola test result means a patient doesnt have ebola but just this week a physician died after being flown to nebraska for emergency treatment after initial tests showed a negative test. His colleagues are in quarantine causing greater anxiety in a medical profession lost more than 500 to ebola. Hospitals and Healthcare Workers were to have proper guidance on personal protective kwichlt. Cdc guideline do not require a threeweek selfisolation period for healthcare officials. They can return to work immediately. But the hospitals i talked to did not agree. I asked an er doctor from my district about whether any of his colleagues volunteering in west africa could come back to work immediately. He had a simple response. I quote him. He said, they should stay away. The administration continues to pose travel restrictions and quarantines yet respected institutions have policies to ensure Public Health is protected. Its impossible for the American People to understand why the govern