and big trump donor bob murray with his policy wish list for trump officials. he called it his action plan. murray had donated $300,000 to the president's inauguration and he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to commission action afacilities -- affiliates and scott pruitt. in a front line documentary, bob murray bragged about giving the administration this action plan and that the first page was already done. well, i was curious to see the bob murray action plan for the trump administration so i joined senator carper, our ranking member on the environment and public works committee, and asked the white house for a copy of the bob murray action plan. the white house ignored our request, and to this date, has never responded. i guess the white house was busy organizing trump's nominee for second in command at the e.p.a., a lobbyist for, guess who, bob murray and murray energy. during the murray energy lobbyist's e.p.a. confirmation hearings, he claimed he did not have the bob murray action plan. he admitted that he had seen the bob murray action plan at a m

america's courts also stand in the way of the bob murray action plan agenda. murray, for instance, has demanded that e.p.a. overturn its 2009 endangerment finding. the administrative finding that greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide and methane and so forth threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations. that is their finding, that those greenhouse gas emissions threaten the health and welfare of current and future generations. that's why it's called an endangerment finding, because of the danger to the public. well, good luck challenging that determination in a court of law. in fact, the united states court of appeals for the d.c. circuit has already upheld the endangerment finding back in 2012. even the fossil fuel flungy running the e.p.a. now knows better than to challenge that endangerment finding. if he thought he could, he would in a heartbeat, but he is clever enough to know what an avalanche of climate evidence would fall in on his head if he tried. witnesses from virtually every leading state university in the country

bob. dr. gottlieb? >> senator burr, ranking member murray and members of the committee, thank you for the invitation to testify today. our nation has faced many emerging public health challenges and unfortunately, will face additional challenges in the future. thankfully, our preparedness and the ability to respond to such challenges has improved greatly since the original enactment of the pandemic all hazards preparedness act. each emergency is unique. many are the result of emerging infectious threats, but the technology for manipulating science for diabolical purposes is becoming ubiquitous and widely understood so we face new and pervasive risks. 2017 was marked by the risks posed by several extreme natural disasters which caused significant devastation and human suffering. these tragedies tested our nation's capabilities to respond. today, i'm going to focus my remarks on the impact of these storms on medical products manufactured in puerto rico and the actions we are taking to mitigate existing and potential product shortages. the impact of hurricane maria showed the importance of puerto rico to