I will have to be strict with the gavel. The witnesses have a tight timeframe, i know 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 and every bit of it is obviously serious. The chair now recognizes herself for an Opening Statement let me begin with this, mr. Secretary. I think that confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of fairness the Coronavirus Response is on full display. Markets are reacting, in some part, to the lack of trusted information amongst many other factors. Our government has to speak with credibility and authority. Instead, it is like a greek chorus chanting through the state. That adds to the confusion. There are key questions that need to be addressed for the American People. What is the full plan should this virusinfected american in high numbers what is the plan for increasing diagnostic capacity . Limit
Wash authors april ryan and cal thomas sunday on book tv on cspan2. Health alec cesar health and Human Services secretary azar was in washington. He talked about the federal government response to the outbreak and testifying on the president s 2021 budget request. The second panel on the Coronavirus Response, those questions will be limited to five minutes, which is the usual case. 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 and 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 and every bit of it is obviously series. The chair recognizes yourself for five and its for an opening statement. Let me begin with this. , mr. Secretary i think that confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of coordination for the Coronavirus
Trump 2021 budget request for his department. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. Good morning everybody. I think before i give my statement, we have several visits and 30 and i think we worked it out with senator white biden, and other people that we will keep this meeting going. So i am going to believe that the 1030 and vote once and then come back and i think the first vote always takes a long time. And then when he gets back, then he will vote. In other words, i will vote for the second there but i will stay over there and do them together. You know how it works out. I may not explain it very good. I want to welcome our witness, our secretary of health and Human Services. Honorable alex i appreciate the secretary a czar, your pairing before the committee to discuss the budget. The new budget, he oversees very Strong Department with programs that are crucial to the health and wellbeing of Many Am
[inaudible]. [inaudible]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. Good morning everybody. I think before i give my statement, we have several visits and 30 and i think we worked it out with senator white biden, and other people that we will keep this meeting going. So i am going to believe that the 1030 and vote once and then come back and i think the first vote always takes a long time. And then when he gets back, then he will vote. In other words, i will vote for the second there but i will stay over there and do them together. You know how it works out. I may not explain it very good. I want to welcome our witness, our secretary of health and Human Services. Honorable alex i appreciate the secretary a czar, your pairing before the committee to discuss the budget. The new budget, he oversees very Strong Department with programs that are crucial to the health and wellbeing of Many Americans and maybe all americans. The budget represents the administrations recom
Education is number one and that is why i am voting. Voices from the road on cspan. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar testified before the Senate Finance committee on president trumps 2021 budget request for his department. This is two hours and 15 minutes. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. [background sounds]. Good morning everybody. I think before i give my statement, we have several visits and 30 and i think we worked it out with senator white biden, and other people that we will keep this meeting going. So i am going to believe that the 1030 and vote once and then come back and i think the first vote always takes a long time. And then when he gets back, then he will vote. In other words, i will vote for the second there but i will stay over there and do them together. You know how it works out. I may not explain it very good. I want to welcome our witness, our secretary of health and Human Services. Honorable alex i appreciate the secre