Of the countrys north african enclave saying the time to get to friends with a growing crisis of the thousands of my friends across the border with morocco. And defectors from me and mas amin tell d. W. How the countrys military regime controls nearly every aspect of soldiers lives from that finances to bethel tips. And if you can and thanks so much for joining us. Calls are intensifying for an end to fighting between Israel And Hamas militants in Gaza Francis filed to draw Frezza Nation at the un Security Council with Egypt And Jordan calling for a Cease Fire but despite international efforts to keep find a Solution Israel is keeping up its strikes on Gaza And Hamas continues to launch rockets into israel. More rockets flew through the skies over Gaza Light on tuesday but missiles fired from there were intercepted by Israels Defense System israel says it responded with targeted strikes prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says they will continue as long as it takes to restore security an
As this meeting is virtual, we must address a few housekeeping matters. Please stay muted to eliminate background noise. If i note that you have not an muted yourself, i will ask if you would like to be an muted. If you indicate approval by nodding, i will ask zach to unmute your microphone. If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next member and you will retain the balance of your time. A clock on the screen will show the balance of the time remaining. I will use the gavel to remind members that their time is almost expired. The clock will turn red and i will begin with the next member. We will begin with the chair and Ranking Member. Members will be recognized by seniority. Finally, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email to which members can send anything they wish. That Email Address has been provided in advance to your staff. With that, i want to acknowledge ranking Member Cole and all of our colleagues, and i want to thank our witnesses for t
If there is a technology issue, we will move to the next member and you will retain the balance of your time. A clock on the screen will show the balance of the time remaining. I will use the gavel to remind members that their time is almost expired. The clock will turn red and i will begin with the next member. We will begin with the chair and Ranking Member. Members will be recognized by seniority. Finally, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email to which members can send anything they wish. That Email Address has been provided in advance to your staff. With that, i want to acknowledge ranking Member Cole and all of our colleagues, and i want to thank our witnesses for testifying. Good morning to dr. Collins. Welcome back. I would also like to welcome the five institute directors joining dr. Collins today. Dr. Diana bianchi, director of the national institute of Child Health and human development. Dr. Anthony fauci, director of the national institute of alle
Nih. So i think we are taking this with a grain of seriousness and watching for other examples. I think nobody would imagine that we are looking the other way, we are looking carefully to identify the people misusing the resources that we provide them and we will not allow that to continue. I appreciate you for that diligence and double down. Dr. Fauci if i could come to you quickly. I am interested in the efforts on tickborne research. One of our best supporters is chris smith, who has it has been an interest of his and i appreciate his advocacy. I would like to give you a chance to update us. Dr. Fauci thank you for that question. As you probably know the hhs has a Tickborne Disease working group, which we are now coordinating work not only at the nih but with the cdc and other agencies to address Tickborne Disease, particularly one that is problematic, Lyme Disease. We still have what i believe is not yet an adequate vaccine. We had one vaccine early on that was not used probably be
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