To recognize the chairman of the committee for a statement. Thank you senator burr and casey and members of the committee. Fornt to thank senator burr chairing the hearing today, senator casey for serving as Ranking Member and senator at senator murrays request. Leaders oneen real this subject. Sen. Burr the original author of the first passage of the pandemic and all hazards preparedness act. I will call the all hazards preparedness act. In 2006. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats from natural disasters to bioterror attacks. Burr and caseyrs led the bipartisan authorization of the pandemic and all hazards act. Any members contributed at the time. Some of whom are still on the committee including bennett and isaacson, warring, hatch and others. Now the bill is to reauthorize for a second time. Todays hearing is the second we have had this year. Last week we heard from the administration on recommendations of advancing the reauthorization of the act in
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This is just over two hours. I would like to call the hearing to order. First off, i would like to recognize the chairman of the committee for a segment. Thank you. I want to thank the senator for chairing the hearing today. Sen. Casey serving as Ranking Member at senator murrays request. They have both been real leaders on this subject. Senator burr was the original i will call it the all hazards preparedness act. In 2006. The law helps protect us from the full range of Public Health threats. In 2013, senators berger and senator burr and senator casey led the committee. Many members of the committee contributed, some are still on the committee. In the middle of the flu season, it is critical we reauthorize the act before many of its provisions expire and set number. I hope we will do this in a bipartisan way and i expect that. It has been the tradition with the law and with this committee on almost all of our major bills. Thele are not as aware of devastation of, for example, loop. I
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