aspr's mission is to save lives and protect americans from 21st century threats. barda is a component of aspr that it was created to ensure we have countermeasures to protect people from the dire threats we face as a nation. and make no mistake, influenza is one of the most dangerous of those threats. barda was established and empowered with special authorities in the pandemic and all hazards preparedness act , guided by a national strategy on pandemic influenza and largely funded through supplemental appropriations. we have proven what can be done when the government is able to hire the best people, work with the best partners, and remain focused on a strategic fight against influenza. we have shown that the barda model works. cupave achieved 34 approval's from the fda for drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics against a wide range of threats. we have increased the influenza vaccine capacity by 10 fold. we have shortened the response time with modern technologies and we have never supplied vaccine production -- we have diversified vaccine production outflows. successan

have in the department, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, which is a component aspr, involved in part partnering with companies, need.to dowhat you from a public policy standpoint it doesn't directly relate to us as the research component that does the research, but it is clearly involved in the overall preparedness. it is critical if you want to have a comprehensive comparative that you get reauthorization of the bill. >> and the techniques, incentives, or anything you think would be important in that bill to motivate the research you are doing? dr. fauci: one of the things we don't do is we don't comment on pending legislation, sorry. [laughter] >> ok. i know that darpa is working on jean editing and addressing infectious disease, and military medicine in the army is working with this. are you working with this at all? dr. fauci: we have a number of collaborations with darpa. we continued to over the years. they have a different kind of a mandate. they come in very high risk, very high reward. if it doesn't succeed right away,, you are done, you are out. we do more