during the repatriation and the grand princess operation, it became clear that health and human services had trouble with maintaining the tactical scope and scale to respond to the issues that arose during these missions. all deployed staff from health and human services had specific purposes that were inflexible or unable to respond to evolving needs in a timely way for challenges we were addressing. recently we have heard that the federal government considered placing h.h.s. back in the lead coordination role for the pandemic. this is concerning as we would believe it would unnecessarily complicate and slow down the response. overall, the most significant challenge of the federal government's response to pandemic has been lack of coordinated centralized approach to secure, obtain and distribute p.p.e. the federal government's response to the ongoing p.p.e. crisis should be characterized as challenging and unsuccessful in a global pandemic with worldwide competition for critical life-saving material and strategy to leverage federal buying power is nonexistent. i apologize, but your time

redfield at the department of health and human services, and admiral brett george are able to test for a national strategy for combating covid-19. covid-19. the subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis is holding this hearing this morning. live coverage here on c-span2. we expect it to start in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] waiting for the start of the house subcommittee meeting in response to the pandemic. on the panel hearing from dr. anthony fauci, dr. redfield and brett giroir all for combatting covid-19. all three speakers are in the room so we expect it to start shortly here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we're live from the rayburn health office bui

health crisis and there are many municipality and towns, three in my district. boston, cambridge and summerville have said as uch and we are gaining sponsors to submit a bill to health and human services declaring racism as a public health crisis. again, in the black and latinex communities and those that were hit hardest, it's about the fact that we dominate a central workforce. >> absolutely. the new wall street yurnl poll, 56% of americans say american society is racist and 52% of voters say it's appropriate for pro athletes to kneel had in the national anthem, and 51% have a positive view of black lives matter the people in the streets are winning. and that's good news >> may i add, that declaration is not a -- it means we will invest the resources to be anti-racist and dismantle structural racism. it is systemic >> nobody can say the government does not have the money. they ladeled it out. they can't say they don't have the money. they have the money, that is for sure >> you mow what i wish i wish donald trump and the administration would invest as much energy and time on developing a national testing and contact tracing strategy as they are in bringing tierney in police states t

this mini bus of six bills includes the two largest, defense and labor-health and human services and education, as well as the titles covering commerce, justice, science, energy and water development, financial services and general government, finally transportation, housing, and urban development. while i am always encouraged to see the process of funding government under way in congress, democrats, unfortunately, chose a deeply flawed approach in exercising this function for fiscal year 2021. remember, nearly a year ago, mr. speaker, congress passed and president trump signed into law the bipartisan budget act of 2019, which set budgetary levels for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. this bipartisan and bicameral compromise was a result of a good faith negotiation between the president and congressional leaderships. last year my friends on their side of the aisle actually kept that agreement and we had an orderly appropriations process, successful outcome. we had no government shutdowns, no long-term continuing resolutions. this year, however, despite this existing agreement, democrats on

trump invoked the defense production act and he delegated authority to the secretary of health and human services to determine nationwide priorities and allocation of the health and medical resources. we have been supporting h.h.s. to execute. on march 27, the president signed the cares act that includes language and resources to mitigate critical shortfalls and create and spapped the industrial capability. i thank congress for passing the cares act and all of the support. to ensure the department could leverage all the resources support, my boss, the undersecretary of defense, ms. lord, created the joint ack which situation task force. it can access the work force, our expertise quickly and effectively. hey worked with h.h.s. and supports replenishing the national stockpile and working to expand domestic manufacturing base for certain items. this line of items includes critical medical supplies and p.p.e. i would like to address the areas you asked about in your invitation letter, p.p.e. and medical test supplies. in the area of p.p.e., d.o.a. has been supportive. d.o.a. has executed 13,000 cont

invoked the defense production act and in doing so he delegated authority to the secretary of health and human services to determine nationwide priorities and allocation of the health and medical resources. accordingly, we have been having hhs to execute the defense production act authorities. march 27th the president signed the cares act that includes language and resources to mitigate critical shortfalls and to create and expand domestic industrial based capability. i would like to thank congress for passing the cares act and all the support you've provided during this national emergency. to ensure the department could leverage all the resources and support to hhs and fema, my boss, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition sustainment, created the covid-19 joint acquisition task force or jata. the team has enabled hhs and fema to access the d.o.d. acquisition workforce, our expertise, our authorities, quickly and effectively. the jata work has evolved. it supports expanding and remen mishing the strategic national stockpile and working to expand domestic manufacturing base for certain items. thi

on a 2021 spending package that covers several departments, including defense, commerce, health and human services, transportation, and housing. a final vote is set for tomorrow. here's some of the floor debate from earlier today. investingwe continue for the people with hr 7617.

redfield at the department of health and human services, and admiral brett george are able to test for a national strategy for combating covid-19. covid-19. the subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis is holding this hearing this morning. live coverage here on c-span2. we expect it to start in just a moment. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. [inaudible conversations]

we will also be speaking to the former health and human services record terry, kathleen sebelius on bettering the coronavirus, and a potential second wave. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: welcome back. live from london, i'm guy johnson, with alix steel over in new york. this is "the european close." super been dubbed saturday. feels like a long way away at this point in time. i know that you guys are about to enjoy the long weekend. there is lots of concern in the u.k. about what will happen. the u.k. treasury earlier on tweeted out -- grab a drink to theening the doors on fourth of july. pubs are back. we are concerned we will see a repeat of what we see in places like texas and florida. people go back into bars, trying to obviously limit the effect of this. nevertheless, there is a huge risk. we are seeing already regional lockdowns. there is a place in the midlands called leicester that has more onerous lockdowns rules. we are word we will end up almost square one. alix: apparently like 960,000 u.k. hospitality staff are going to return to work over the course of july. that is huge. to your poin

here we have health and human services secretary speaking on the states response to the covid-19 pandemic focusing on california's latino population which is your heavily disproportionately represented in the number of covid-19 cases and deaths. we heard the governor speak recently about the central valley, the los angeles region are both hotspots in the state. and coming with high numbers of latinos living there but again, disproportionately high numbers of latinos testing positive and being hospitalized because of it and dying from it. we will continue to stream this news conference live on the k tv news app and ktvu.com. we are monitoring it and will have more on the doctor's statement in the next half hour. >>> [indiscernible-speaker away from mof pittsburgh. this happened at 2:45 am on crestview drive near chatsworth street. crews from contra costa buyer said fire and smoke was pouring out of the garage when they received poor reports that two people were in the home. >> we had reports of a rescue. and reports of unaccounted residents. so we switch to rescue mode in which we thought

meanwhile senator dianne feinstein and sent a new letter today to the department of health and human services referencing that new research on the potential for detecting covid outbreaks through testing of wastewater, senator feinstein says wastewater surveillance is now being implemented in some places in europe and noted some communities in california and other states have begun exploring this approach as well. she is asking health officials and the epa to develop a nationwide covid-19 wastewater surveillance program. at the white house i am natalie brand, kpix 5. >>> san mateo county beaches are open, but should they be? a new push from neighbors to put the beaches back on lockdown. what one mayor says has to happen before he would support such a measure. >>> also coming up, scientists are already under the gun to produce an effective covid-19 vaccine and fast. why a threat from overseas is upping the pressure. >>> plus alameda county fire crews were rushing to put out the blaze at their own training center and this time it was not a drill. >>> coming up we will talk about air quality beca

mark dally from the california department of health and human services is giving an update on covid-19 , and testing of the state. let's go ahead and listen in. >> their efforts to really organize what was meeting early, a stretch goal of 60 to 80,000 tests a day, to today, where we can probably report 14 day average of over 105,000 tests done in the state of california demonstrating our ability to bring the best of california forward as we address our response to this pandemic. we all know that testing in california as a vital piece of our response, not only to focus on taking care of patients who present with symptoms in our care delivery system, but also to understand the patterns of transmission across the state in vulnerable communities, in different parts of our state so we can respond effectively and suppress transmission as we go forward. the governor has highlighted efforts to focus on novel testing approaches, whether that's being one of the first states in the country to explore working with our academic partners to understand how testing might be a strategy and lower preval

history of violence reduction like your violence is it wrong to ask that $60000000.00 go to health and human services apparently mayor cruz and believes so and castigated protesters who met her with earnest to reach middle ground in the resources communities meet the most instead of hearing them out in meeting them where they were she decided to declare war against. i mean is this the age of the idiot politician because i. do something like i remember when politicians used to be afraid to offend the popular member when they used to be like well i don't want to say this word because that might be offense or i don't want to do this stupid thing because i don't want to now it seems like oh no you're absolutely correct parties have gotten way too powerful and elected officials aren't necessarily as afraid of the public as they probably used to be when it came to them getting removed at the ballot box that we're seeing them go all out and do things that we probably wouldn't seen just a few years ago gerrymandering ladies and gentlemen that's how you get politicians not afraid of losing elections you know

education, and health and human services. life coverage begins monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. coverage against monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span -- begins monday at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases director dr. anthony fauci has suggested states with rising covid-19 cases should pause reopening efforts. during a health care summit hosted by "the hill," he talked about lessons learned, vaccines and schools reopening in the fall. steve: hello and welcome. i'm steve clemons, editor at large at "the hill." i will take this off, but i wanted to send the message that we believe in mask wearing. we are delighted to have you join us for our summit this year. our collective health is at stake as we worked furiously to quell a global pandemic that has taken more than 500,000 lives globally. the coronavirus has also exposed deep inequities. the health care system was under pressure before covid-19. now we have an opportunity and responsibility to fix those

forassistant secretary health and human services testified on thursday about the national stop while, critical supplies. the select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis. may of you over the weekend have returned to some of your favorite restaurants that opened partially. here is what the wall street journal is reporting about that. eateries worry about new virus hits. bey worry that they could reeling from a second punch that could put them out of business. many restaurants are bracing for another round of restrictions as a resurgence in coronavirus cases in the u.s. crimes a pullback in reopening plans. they write, numerous states and cities halted or rolled back reopening plans for bars and restaurants amid a surge in covid-19 cases and suspicions by public officials that ground -- crowds gathering could be contributing to the spread. olympia, washington. raj, you are first up. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have some comments about the covid virus in general, how it impacts the united states. first of all, the covid virus is just a cold, a very advanced col

you used to work at the department of health and human services. i don't know if you heard my discussion with secretary alex azar earlier, but i asked about their efforts to replace obamacare and whether there was anything real there. he shared that he thought there was. he said, a lot of people worry about pre-existing conditions and where is the trump administration on that? he said, we are absolutely mandating that pre-existing conditions remain covered, that we are committed to it. this is the trump administration. i just want to ask you, do you believe him and do you believe that? rep. underwood: i absolutely do not believe it, but i think it is a very nice sentiment. in the meantime, we have to build the act, the first aca enhancement bill that has passed in 10 years. listen, congressional republicans had four terms since the aca was signed into law to make the improvements they sought. but instead, they try to repeal and diminish and tear down the critical health protections that hundreds of millions of americans rely on every year. and so gu

. >> so eventually, alex azar, secretary of health and human services goes to the president to talk aboutis coronavirus issue that is emerging from china. the president is completely preoccupied with other issues. he wants to talk about vaping and the sale of flavored vaping products. and it just shows you kind of how the president's focus was not on this coronavirus issue. >> which is worse, the impeachment hoax or the witch hunts from russia? >> his focus, much of it, was on the u.s. senate. >> and ready to present the articles of impeachment against donald john trump. >> the president went into this year with this view that it was time to get payback for the people who brought on the impeachment crisis for him. and in his view, it was the so-called deep state, people in government who were hell bent to bring him down. so by the time the coronavirus pandemic really started to worsen in the united states and scientists and experts were telling him of the problem, he saw some of these people as just an extension of the deep state. and so that led to i think some of the skepticism that he

president trump invoked the defense production act and delegated authority to the secretary of health and human services to determine nationwide priorities and applications of the health and medical resources. avaccordingly we've been supporting hhs to execute the authorities. march 27 president signed the carers act that included languages and resources to mitigate the critical shortfalls and create and expand domestic industrial base capabilities. i'd like to thank congress for passing the act and with the support you've provided. to ensure the department can leverage the resources and support to the hhs, the undersecretary defense for the acquisition sustainment and joint acquisition task force. the team has enabled us to access the dod acquisition workforce expertise and authority quickly and effectively. with hhs as evil. today is replenishing the strategic national stockpile and also is important to expand domestic manufacturing base for certain items. this line ofof effort includes procuring critical medical supplies. i'd now like to address more specifically the areas you asked in your invitatio

health. even as the white house is taking control of national covid data from the cdc. and turning it over to the department of health and human services of political influence. influential trump trade adviser peter navarro has published a scathing attack on anthony fauci in "usa today",

. >>> happening now, a coronavirus update from state health and human services secretary dr. live. >>> another day in portland overnight and thousands marched through the courthouse clashing with federal agents responding with smoke bombs and tear gas. there was a scuffle with tear gas and they've defended the actions of federal officers. >> this community is being intentionally disrupted. i think we can all see that if we don't get this to stop, it will spread to other cities. >> accomplishing our mission, which is to protect the federal facilities and the people in them and using them. >> well the president vowed to deploy federal agents to other cities. local leaders here have rejected a call by president trump to send in troops to oakland. >>> tough words from california congresswoman jackie spears. she called the army's response to the death of a young specialist an epic moral failure. >> it's no wonder given that the risk of retaliation are so great, that survivors see their own careers ruined while their perpetrator's careers are untouched. the military's approach has f

i tried to ask the department of health and human services about that allegation and also questions that more recently because the sites in jacksonville are going to stay open a couple of days longer than initially thought. hhs, they declined to do an interview with us on camera and instead referred us to the governor's office. the governor's office never got back to our ask for them to do an interview on camera. but when all of this was announced, these three different surge testing sites, about a week ago, the testing czar with hhs, the testing czar for the white house, was adamant in a phone call with reporters that the selection of jacksonville had nothing to do with the convention, he said he wasn't even aware that the convention was taking place in jacksonville and that jacksonville was chosen because it met the same criteria as the other two cities. we've seen cars trickling in, it seems relatively easy to come in and get a test. they drive in, get tested under the tents and head out from there. the hope is that this type of information, if they do 5,000 tests a day in five differ

he's followed by health and human services secretary alex azar. over the next hour, we are going to focus our energies on the intersection of race and access to care. before we get underway, you can tweet us. and webroadcasting live will your questions throughout the program. if you experience any trouble with the live stream, please restart the page. that should be a quick fix. i don't believe them, but you can try. but what iris does not discriminate. from royals to world leaders, everybody is honorable. but racial disparities come into focus. are also color uniquely positioned to have worse outcomes. andy, questions of access affordably care are matters of life and death. issues surrounding racial and social determinants of health have become more vital than ever before. my first guest this afternoon is robert redfield, cdc director. thank you so much for joining us again. i enjoyed our last conversation and i've been telling people today several times in that last conversation, i could feel you simmering when we talked before about the lack of

the woman who had been running the office of the inspector general of the department of health and human services>> president trump's new pick to be the next health and human services inspector general. he is jason wyda. >> if confirmed he'll replace christi graham who angered president trump on hospitals needing protective equipment. >> then the assignment of a former whistle-blower. >> time is running out because the virus is still spreading everywhere. >> administration officials who claimed they were telling truths that apparently president trump did not want told. >> congressman, i'll never forget the e-mails i received indicating that our mask supply, n95 respirator sly was completely decimated and he said we're in deep -- the world is and we need to act. and i pushed that forward to the highest levels i could in hhs and got no response. >> i watched him and he looks like an angry, disgruntled employee who, frankly, according to some people didn't do a very good job. all right. >> reporter: the president could remove whistle-blowers and watch dogs but what he could not do was alter a sad re

a house appropriations subcommittee debates and votes on 2021 for the labors department health and human services and the education department. watch live today starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, or listen live with the free c-span radio app. mark esper and general mark milley testify before the house armed services committee on the authorities and role of the defense department related to severely month forstmann. watch live coverage beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, on demand at c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are on the free c-span radio app. >> america's future is in our hands. and gentlemen, the best is yet to come. announcer: president trump is hosting a rally in new hampshire. watch our live campaign 2020 coverage saturday at 8:00 p.m. on demand atspan, c-span.org, or listen on the go with the free c-span radio app. stateser: a number of across the country are seeing rises in the number of covid-19 cases. to talk about that and how officials are addressing it, we are joined by the ceo of the national association of county and city health officials. thanks for being wi

regular basis to our leaders at the national institute of health and the center for disease control and the secretary of health and human services. i don't make predictions. i will tell you there are -- they are more confident today than they were 90 days ago. part of that is because of the unparalleled resources this subcommittee and congress working together placed in their hands, and the preparation made honestly over a number of years before we even knew this was coming. so we are in a political year. everybody is entitled to their opinion. mine is different on that and i would be remiss not to disagree with my friend in that area. but again, we agree on more than we disagree on, and i want to begin, madam chair, by congratulating you on your hard work on the chairman's mark. i want to thank you, as i know every member of this committee does, for a series of what i thought were really good hearings and briefings held under very difficult circumstances in the spring. i want to acknowledge that you face a difficult allocation due deale 2017-18 budget agreement, that obviously was made before anybody knew we were going to be fa

. >> data on cases, hospitalization and deaths will go to the department of health and human services, which answers directly to phi dr. ant says white house efforts to discredit him are bizarre. peter navarro attacked the doctor in the op ed. he's been wrong about everything i've interacted with headline. here's major garrett. >> garrett: the communication shop did not "going rogue." this is a public dispute between an economist, peter navarro and a scientist, dr. anthony fauchi. it shows deeper confusion and political division over science when officials tell us that a science is what a pandemic rattled public needs the most. >> dr. anthony fauchi, how do you deal with disinformation, misinformation, some of it coming from the mpgs? >> it's difficult, you know, to give you a twin tiff answer except for the most part, i believe, for the most part, you can trust respected medical authorities. i believe i'm one ofem s i think you can trust me. >> previous. s have. dr. fauchi advised president obama during the ebola crisis. president george l.w. bush called him a personal hero. >> i thi

forum hosted by the hill, health and human services secretary alex azar talked about developing a vaccine for the coronavirus. we will also hear from illinois representative lauren underwood who spoke about equipment for health-care workers and health disparities among minorities. >> >> hello, and welcome back. i'm steve clemons. we are delighted to have you join us for the second hour of the future of the health care summit. i would like to thank the support for today's great program. we are going to expand our lens in the session to look at policymaking breakthroughs and innovation in the face of seen and unseen challenges. before we get underway, a few housekeeping notes. you can tweet us at #thehillhealth. if you experience a problem with the livestream, refresh. it should be a quick fix. i don't believe them, but that's what they say. i am pleased to introduce my first guest, the highest health official in the land. alex azar has a breath of experience of both the public and private sectors. his key areas of focus include health care, research and innovation, all of which assume adde

hope in the fight against covert 19 but who gets access to the drug the us department of health and human services has bought up 90 percent of u.s. truck make a good production over the next few months. we were not informed by the us government about it and we learned about it through the media to commissioners now as i said a few months ago. having discussions with indeed to reserve a sufficient number of doses for the e.u. member states. this one of the most profitable pharmaceutical companies worldwide with sales reaching 22000000000 dollars last year the e.u. commission has now approved them dizzier for the e.u. had promised to deliver as soon as approval is granted but since the us government bought up most of their product there is doubt. if words fail and pleading or doesn't work we do have the option to give german and other drug makers a license to produce the drug even without approval for an appropriate field course . and according to the department of health the german government has already bought in short enough those are for them the z. v.m. . many music festivals around the world h

joining us for this important occasion are secretary of health and human services alex -- where is alex? alex azar. c.m.s. administrator. both doing a great job. seema verma. thank you, seema. f.d.a. administrator dr. stephen hahn who is really speeding up the prosofse therapeutics and vaccines and i just heard from some of the big drug companies and they're saying f.d.a. has been moving the process along. very important. can you move it faster, please? thank you. great job. appreciate it. and administrator of health resources and service administration tom engels. tom, thank you. thank you very much for being here. we're also pleased to have with us our great governor from the state of florida, incredible state, incredible guy. governor ron desantis. thank you, ron, very much. appreciate it. you're going to say a few words in the end, good. representative matt gaetz, our friend. where -- hi, matt. you're so quiet back there today. never seen you like that. thank you, matt. great job you're doing. appreciate it very much. speaker of the florida house of representatives jose of course li

department of health and human services. he represents the united states and a boardetings member to fight aids, and malaria. kolker.t, ambassador amb. kolker: thank you very much. i'm jimmy kolker. i'm honored to be with you today. service proud to be a officer and at the department of hhs for five years. in those jobs, i helped develop and implement the president's emergency plan for aids relief and the health security agenda in the obama administration. these have been two exceptional examples of global leadership which all americans should be proud of. starting with the global health security agenda, some people have dismissed this work because we did not have a response of the novel coronavirus operate. but five countries took action extraordinarywith results in combating the coronavirus virus. after mishandling the mers outbreak in 2015, south korea became one of the most active members, reviewing its own procedures. when covid-19 hit, it was ready with surveillance and crisis management capacity developed through effor

and build capacity with the infrastructure. the second band 1:00, 1:30. reimagine health care, alex azar the health and human services will join us, then you get a break and i get a break. at 2:30 eastern will shine a live on race, affordability and access, issues that have laterally become matters of life and death. my main guest c.d.c. director redford the coronavirus on the him. before we get underway, housekeeping notes, tweet us at #thehi #thehillhelp. if your question is short and great i've asked my colleague katie to walk up and give them to me. we'll be monitoring those. we're broadcasting live and we'll take your questions. with any livestream you could experience trouble, if most cases they say refresh the page, and good luck with that. my first guest, dr. anthony fauci probably has not had a good night's rest since the beginning of the year. the country and world continue to look for him in counsel, exercise and hope in the fight against coronavirus. we're happy to have you in the midst of the deaths in the world and united states. what the most candid terms for the united states right now? >> well, steve

i reached out to the assistant secretary for public affairs at health and human services and he did notalk about fauci. he said this wasn't a rift between the white house and scientists. he put out a statement saying we have great faith in the capacity of our scientists and doctors on the coronavirus task force to impart necessary public health information, people like the admiral, the surgeon general and others carrying the messages effectively. he does not mention fauci here. these are the people who the white house is putting out. we saw them doing interviews this morning on the sunday shows. interesting, no mention of fauci and clearly here, again, the white house responding to our questions about a rift with what looks like something akin to opposition research, something we might get if we asked about biden or a democrat or democratic policies. so it's striking to see this with a top health official. >> it's extraordinary, indeed. we'll stay in close touch with you. >>> the rift between the president and dr. fauci didn't happen overnight. cnn reporter and fact-checker daniel dale

i'm least introduce my first -- thethe health of secretary of health and human services. alex azar has a breadth of experience of both the public and private sectors. his key focuses on health care and innovation, all assuming added significance in the coronavirus era. thank you for joining us today. we have had a really fantastic forum and it wouldn't be what it would be without you. let me start off and ask you, we have had various discussions of coronavirus challenges from the frontline, what is going on in communities, the debate around school. what i am interested in right now are vaccines. there's a lot of confusion out there about what we are going to do, but vaccines seem to be vital in getting to that point. is there anything you can tell us about where we are at on that front, operation warp speed and your oversight and encouragement of a vaccine? secretary azar: absolutely. thanks for asking about warp speed. i have heard the pharma company timelines. they are also drawn out. i used to work at a pharmaceutical company and i know these timelines. why they are dra