listen live on the free c-span radio app. next, public health officials look at efforts to improve flu vaccines and have developed eight universal vaccine this committee hearing is about two and half hours. this hearing will come to order and without objection the chair has authorized to play recess at any time. lets me say good morning and welcome to our witnesses t. today s hearing on vaccine, science and innovation, smallest box smallpox once plagued the world s population killing approximately 300 million people the 20th century alone it. smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. another devastating disease, polio, had just 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. everyday vaccines save lives especiallyly the lives of childn and other vulnerable population. there is no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. unfortunately, there s a well-funded disinformation campaig
this hearing will come to order ask without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. let me say good morning and welcome to our witnesses. today s hearing on vaccine science and innovation. smallpox once plague said the world s population plaguing 300 million people in the 20th century alone. smallpox is the only human disease to be eradicated thanks to the development of the vaccine. another devastating disease, polio, had just 33 cases reported worldwide in 2018 compared to 350,000 cases in 1988. every day vaccines are saving lives especially the lives of children and other vulnerable population. there s no such thing as healthy skepticism when it comes to vaccines. unfortunately, there is a well-funded, disinformation campaign targeting the public and weakening public health laws. school vaccination requirements have been common place in the u.s. for generations and exemptions were granted only for legitimate medical reasons. however, in my home sta
welcome back. at this time i would like to introduce our second panel of witnesses. the first witness on our second panel is dr. sharon watkins. dr. watkins is the director for the bureau of epidemiology in the state epidemiologist for the pennsylvania department of health. she s also the president of the council of state and territorial epidemiologists. dr. watkins is responsible foror management and oversight of the bureau of epidemiology which includes the division of infectious disease, environmental health and community health. dr. watkins has led disease prevailed at outbreak response efforts include those with zika, hepatitis a. dr. watkinss has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and over 20 years of experience in applied public health and epidemiology. thank you for being here, dr. watkins. our secondgy witness is dr. robin robinson. dr. robinson is currently vice president of scientific affairs for renovacare incorporated. director of development for wound healing.
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senator sessions: look, it s not going to be an in person entity. proper background check. you need to be defending the people s public safety. if you need more money to do this, you need to ask for it. if you want to rubber stamp the process, keep doing the way you re doing it. ms. saldana, section 1373 of title 8 of the u.s. code provides among other things quote, a federal state, or local government entity or official may not prohibit or in any way restrict any government entity or official from sending to or receiving from i.c.e. information regarding a citizenship or immigration status lawful or unlawful of any individual. close quote. don t you think that resolutions by city councils or state governments or sheriffs in certain jurisdictions, directing their officers not to honor detainers or otherwise notify i.c.e. that they have arrested someone that s unlawfully in the country could violate or would violate section 1373? secretary saldana: well, all of that is part of