Committee will come to order good good morning everyone. I want to think all of you who are attending this important hearing. Today we are going to discuss the International Response of the covid19 pandemic and the future pandemic preparedness prevention and response. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829 with senator murphy and i have introduced, the Global Health diplomacy act. It is written on paper, not on stone which will we will talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee will take up indeed, probably one of the weightiest matters that we will deal with as we attempt to create a new shield to prevent covid virus type attack from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic is reaffirmed what we long have known and that is Infectious Diseases particularly those of a viral nature do not respect borders but they are a threat, a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on art of a sick responses to th
The committee will come to order. Good morning, everyone. I want to thank all of you who are attending this important hearing, and today we are going to discuss the International Response to the covid19 pandemic and the future pandemic preparedness, prevention and response. The hearing will focus on senate bill 3829, which senator murphy and i have introduced, the Global Health security and diplomacy act. Its written on paper, not on stone, which well talk about a little bit in the future here. This is an important endeavor that this committee is going to take up, indeed probably one of the weightiest matters that well deal with as they attempt to create a new shield to prevent a covid virus type attack from happening again. The covid19 Global Pandemic has reaffirmed what weve long known, and that is Infectious Diseases, particularly those of viral nature, do not respecta tt threat everywhere. Weve been right here to focus on our domestic response to the pandemic, but we ignore the spr
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Well, welcome, everyone. And good morning. We expect a few other members to arrive momentarily, but while were waiting, i think well begin with our Opening Statements. And id like to note that our committee is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. And todays hearing will help us fufill the responsibility by providing an opportunity to hear from the vendors of most of our countrys Voting Systems. This is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today reaching over 100 million registered voters. However, despite their outsized role and the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of obfuscating and others suggest theres an insufficient regulatory structure for the sector. In the committees may 2019 hearing on Election Security, Lawrence Norden wrote in his testimony, i quote, there are
Representative lofgren this is the first time the ceos of the three major vendors have appeared together in a congressional hearing. The companies they represent provide at least 80 of the estimated 350,000 Voting Machines in use today, reaching over 100 million registered voters. Outsizeddespite their role in the mechanics of our democracy, some have accused these companies of fee skating and in some cases misleading Election Administrators and the american public. Others suggest there is an insufficient regulatory structure for this sector. In the committees may 29 he teen may 2019 hearing on Election Security, a member of the Brennan Center for justice wrote in his testimony, there are more federal regulations for all point pens and magic markers than there are four Voting Systems and other parts of our election infrastructure. Star there may be more work to do and much for congress to learn about this industry. Many have concerns about Voting Systems with Remote Access software. We