ten days later on february 10th fema began assisting hhs. at that point in time there were 12icacies still zero deaths. i would think that's pretty forward looking. february 10th fema is already recognizing this is going to be real problem here and providing the types of expertise and capability that really only fema has in support of hhs' efforts. about a month later on march 13th president trump declared a national emergency and basically fema is put in charge of the effort. by that time we had over 2,000 cases and unfortunately 47 deaths. six days later on march 19th vice president pence designated fema to lead the federal response to this. at that point we had about 12,000 cases, a couple hundred deaths. 11 days later on march 30th fema announced the supply chain stabilization task force. by that time we had 160,000 cases and 3,000 deaths. i point that out because it's awful easy to sit up here at the dias and monday morning quarterback. and the easiest thing in the world is be a monday morning quarterback or armchair quarterback. but wh

it's always gone through the prioritization cell or other hhs mechanisms. for the second, i have no knowledge on that. i'm not a contracting officer, either. >> okay. thank you. and the federal government has a very bleak history, frankly of failing to provide adequate resources like food, housing, financial support and others to specific communities that have experienced a disaster, and i'm referencing the administration's response to hurricane harvey in texas and hurricane maria in puerto rico. i led a letter in -- i believe this has come up earlier in the hearing. i finally received a response yesterday evening. unfortunately it was inadequate, frankly and referred to data that hhs and cdc are collecting, but in the house hearing last week, cdc director redfield acknowledged that hhs has not fulfilled its responsibility to collect racial data, and as it relates to nongovernment at data, the ones we have do not indicate the mortalityd -- they do that the mortality rate for -- and other minority populations, particular -- are also disproportionately impact

thank you. >> well, first, thank you all for joining us here at hhs to update the american people. i want to begin by thanking everyone around the country working to defeat this virus. all of the health care providers on the front lines, those working to reopen our economy safely, the american people who have sacrificed so much in this fight, and the incredible members of our hhs team who have been working tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of all americans. before covering today's topic, i want to mention a major milestone for global health yesterday. the end of the second largest ebola outbreak in history in the eastern democratic republic of the congo. we congratulate the congolese government and all of the health care workers and community members involved, some of whom i had the chance to meet and thank in the drc last fall. under president trump, united states is proud to play a bigger role in this major public health victory than any other single nation. and now, thanks to the president and the vice president's leadership, and the hard work of our team, america

secretary azar will speak about hospitalization, the work of hhs to make sure that our hospitals around the country have the capacity to meet this moment. as dr. birx may reflect as well, we are encouraged that we were as two months ago we were seeing some 15% of new cases being hospitalized. now that number is averaging roughly 5% around the country, which is also encouraging news to say the least. we have 16 states that we are focusing on. i would just reiterate to the american people the most useful thing to note is where it is happening seeking take the steps necessary to do your part. rest assured in our conversation with the governors in all of the most impacted states, we continue to be assured that hospital capacity remains strong and they know the federal government stands ready to provide them with the personal protective equipment or supplies or even expanded capacity and personnel to meet any moment. at this point we are told in all of the states most deeply impacted that hospitalization remains very, very broadly available. finally i want to speak about the progress that we

it's happening at hhs. so this is an attempt to really walk this fine line between acknowledging that something has shifted and something has changed and yet we know president trump has really wanted to turn the page on all of this. he wants to focus on the economy. he wants to focus on his reelection campaign. and yet his response to this crisis, andrea, is part of why we are seeing former vice president joe biden topping him in the polls nationally, at least it's part of the equation, and also in some key battleground states. now, i've been talking to members of the task force who have privately said for weeks now, andrea, that they want to be addressing the public. they think it's important that they're getting information out. and again, the pressure at this point just too great. >> and chuck todd, we know that during the ebola crisis, during previous pandemics, the cdc briefed every day. the cdc has been basically silenced, they're finally showing up today at a time when federal money is going to run o

. >> well, first, thank you all for joining us here at hhs to update the american people. i want to begin by thanking everyone around the country working to defeat this virus. all of the health care providers on the front lines, those working to reopen our economy safely, the american people who have sacrificed so much in this fight, and the incredible members of our hhs team who have been working tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of all americans. before covering today's topic, i want to mention a major milestone for global health yesterday. the end of the second largest ebola outbreak in history in the congo. we congratulate the congolese government and all of the health care workers and community members involved. some of whom i had the chance to meet and thank in the drc last fall. under president trump, the united states was proud to play a bigger role in this major public health victory than any other single nation. now thanks to the president and the vice president's leadership and the hard work of our team, america has never been readier to combat cov

but then hhs secretary alex azar went on to clarify what the fda meant, dr. oskoui, watch. >> they may be used in outpatient, they may be used at home. all subject to a doctor's prescription. the fda's removal of the emergency authorization takes away what had been a significant misunderstanding by many that made people think that somehow it could only be used in a hospital setting. >> laura: dr. oskoui, why did the fda even inject itself in a debate over a drug at approved decades ago? >> i think the obvious answer increasingly as the fda is corrupt to the core. as is so much of washington. there was no reason for the fda to inject itself in this position in any way. i can understand that certain hospitals may want to restrict it internally. a lot of these hospitals have researchers who get a lot of grant money from pharma and this endangers those grants. and i get that. but to restrict my use as a clinician, too restricted to patients i think is tragic. it's something the fda should never have gotten into. i mentioned my article on the hill, hydroxy hysteri

the gao says hhs experience court substantial challenges with its initial covid-19 response. the the worst pandemic and over0 years hit our shortstop and because chine delight and covered up the danger, yes, i agree hhs was faced with historic challenges. past administrations and congress by the way did not do an adequate job of keeping the national stockpile supplies. then we face china's hoarding. look at what america has accomplished. more than 28 million tests for covid-19 have been performed in the united states. so many now that some are complaining about all the positive covid responses that we are seeing after they demanded more test it with more test, we have more covid, positive. that was something of what he knew would happen. most days over conducted over 500,000 tests day and expanding the capacity. fema has delivered over 25 million swabs to support the testing blueprint as of june 17 fema, hhs and the private sector combined according to the delivery of over 118 billion n95 respirators, six and 31.8 million surgical 8 million surgical mask come over 16 billion

thank you. >> well, first, thank you all for joining us here at hhs to update the american people. want to begin by thanking everyone around the country working to defeat this virus. all of the health care providers, on the front lines, those working to reopen our economy safely, the american people who have sacrificed so much in this fight and the incredible numbers of our hhs team who have been working tirelessly to protect the health and wellbeing of all americans. before covering today's topic, i want to mention a major milestone for global health yesterday. the end of the second largest ebola outbreak in history in the eastern democratic republic of the congo. we congratulate the government and all the health care workers and government workers involved, some of whom i had a chance to meet and thank last fall. under president trump, the united states was proud to play a bigger role in this major public health victory than any other single nation. now thanks to the president and the vice president's leadership and the hard work of our team, america has never been readier to com

changes inentioned hhs rules. let me ask you about a proposed rule on infection that is being proposed. medicare medicaid would moun undefined term that lets the facility decide how much time should be spent. regulation has not been finalized, but cms defended the proposal saying it aims to reduce regulatory burden and strengthen infection control. specialist who is a prevention nest ist. these are not typical? that has not always been a full-time position. that, as wething ,ontinue to look at issues evaluating the role and need for infection control, there are requirements that nursing homes have to try and identify and prevent them. [indiscernible] at what point is medicare and medicaid penalize a nursing home for bad practice? tier ofhere are a actions that can occur for severe deficiencies or there is a pattern of deficiencies. especially one where the nursing home is not corrected them. the goal is not to punish a home , but bring about the change the nursing home needs to make. found in prevention control wa

thank you all for joining us here at hhs to update the american people. i want to begin by thanking everyone around the country working to defeat this virus. all of the health care providers on the front line, those working to reopen our economy safely, the american people who have sacrificed so much in this fight , and the incredible members of our hhs team that have been working tirelessly to protect the health and well-being of all americans. before covering today's topic, i want to mention a major milestone for global health yesterday. the end of the second largest ebola outbreak in history in the eastern democratic republic of congo. we congratulate the congolese government and all of the health care workers and community members involved, some of whom i had a chance to meet and think in the drc last fall. under president trump, the united states was proud to play a bigger role in this major public health victory than any other nation. to the president and vice president's leadership, and the hard work of our team, america has never been readier to c

there is a unified command group made up of hhs for preparedness. fema and cdc they are working together now. >> time is expired. >> the gao issued a report that the government program on - - programs have problems and glitches. not the first time that is happened. >> comedy years have you been at gao? >> today is my 47th anniversary at gao. >> [laughter] forty-seven years? thank you for your service. me times have you testified quick. >> i'm closing in on 200. >> we've done this at the oversight committee you've done on - - you been there many time times. and that 47 years in the 12 or 13 years how many reports have you issued? >> thousands. i was number two so for 25 years i would say about 15000. >> and the federal government has some problems. shazam. a newsflash. for trillion dollars the federal government spends they were telling business owners you have to shut down your business. so we spent 2 trillion and then they say we are shocked there were a few glitches? as the ranking member said we have the ppe program that helps families across the

it's an acting attorney general at hhs. i think you can expect to see this topic come up repeatedly, especially while coronavirus is front and center in the lives of so many americans, craig. >> kasie hunt. we'll take you inside once dr. fauci and the admiral, once they start their testimony. for a moment, let's turn to dr. erwin redletter, director of the national center for disaster preparedness at columbia university, also an msnbc public health analyst. also with me, former republican congressman david jolly of florida. dr. redletter, let me start with you. as we see these cases rise all over the counted, some elected officials not as willing to implement certain measures as others. how important is it in this moment that we hear from dr. fauci and these other top health experts right now. >> we vant heard from dr. fauci or the other experts enough. it's become a partisan political football. knowing what fouch think thinks about all this, and i think we'll hear honestly from him and all the others for that matter, we're

the current, the only one we can find a now is on hhs website. it is not but let me read the current mission statement for the s&s. the strategic national stockpile's role is to supplement state and local supplies during public health emergencies. many states have stockpiled has chronic stockpiles as well. but i'm not sure this was true. this applies medicines and devices for lifesaving care contained in stockpile can be used the short-term stop gap buffer. when the immediate supply of adequate amounts of these materials may not be immediately available. i think we just described it with the is. strategic national stockpile implies we've got this massive amount of well thought out supplies and then we've got this adequately stocked. to handle a pandemic. there's nothing in the mission statement that even talks about the level of supplies that we need for a massive pandemic like we are going through right now. so that is the role that we expect at the stockpile to play, we need to articulate that. we need to codified that print is so from my stand

was at the cdc or someone within hhs? >> as i understand, it's a response to the care act and hhs will announce it. >> do you know who wrote it? >> it is meeting the criteria. if not a plan. >> i would request that we get a plan so we can make sure that we collect this data. going back to the other point, we have seen native hawaiians and pacific islanders have the highest covid-19 rates of any race group in california. in many states asian americans have a case fatality rate significantly higher than the overall population. i hope you will do more than look into disaggregating of a api information that you will make it happen but i also hope you will add that lgbtq community, dude's pride month month and this is a great month time to add them to your forms, your surveillance forms, in particular the person under investigation form. your website also states that a lack of health insurance is one of the reasons for the community of colors have disparities and in particular have been hard-hit by covid-19. is it your profess

i want to thank fema and hhs and cdc. i want to say uncertainty about supplies and the federal government's role in directing the allocation of these supplies has undermined our ability to coordinate a testing strategy. in the early months of the pandemic, testing supplies were extremely limited. information was scarce. the federal government's role in supporting testing was narrow. in may, we began receiving a significant number of swabs and transport media, which was a commitment from hhs and fema for over 300,000 and transport media. while we are appreciative, we are often given little information in terms of what that will be coming in. the information we are given is sometimes inaccurate about what types of supplies are sent. it has made our planning difficult. supplies could be allocated more quickly. if we had a detailed breakdown of what was actually in the shipments, we could mobilize and ensure we could make the best use of these supplies and hit our capacity. we have a capacity to do 25,000 tests a day in michi

hhs and the cdc. i will just say the uncertainty about supplies is the federal government's failure in whiching these supplies undermined our ability to coordinate a testing strategy. in the early months, supplies were extremely limited. role inral government's supporting testing was narrow. there was a commitment from hhs swabs.a for 450,000 appreciative, we are often given very little information in terms of when that is going to come in. the information we are given it sometimes is inaccurate about -- type ofpplies supplies we should anticipate receiving. if we had a detailed breakdown of what was actually in the shipment, we could mobilize and ensure that we could best institute those supplies. we have the capacity to do 25,000 tests per day in michigan. we haven't been able to achieve that because we cannot plan them with certainty. i think the biggest concern that i have, i know that a question was raised about the flu season. my chief medical expert in michigan is just absolutely worried about

thank you. >> well, first, thank you all for joining us here at hhs to update the american people. i want to begin by thanking everyone around the country working to defeat this virus. all of the health care providers on the front lines, those working to reopen our economy safely, the american people who have sacrificed so much in this fight, and the incredible members of our hhs team who have working tirelessly to protect the health of all human beings and americans. i want to mention the first major milestone yesterday. the end of the second largest ebola outbreak in history in the eastern democratic republic of the congo. we congratulate the congolese government. under president trump the united states was proud to play a bigger role in this major public health victory than any other single nation. and now thank tuesday the president and the vice president's leadership and the hard work of our team america has never been readier to combat covid-19. we built-up our readiness to save lives and in time defeat the virus. we're in a much stronger position to support states, hospitals

act and hhs will be announcing it. >> do you know who wrote it?>> it's really just a meeting the criteria. it's not a plan in how to respond. >> okay. well, what i would request is that we get a plan -- >> i agree with you. >> -- so that we can make sure that we actually collect this data. >> yep. >> going back to the other point, we've seen native, hawaiians and island pacific islanders have the highest covid rates of any race group in california, and in many states, asian americans have a case fatality rate significantly higher than the overall population. i hope you will do more than look into the disaggregating of aapi information but that you will make it happen. i also hope that you will add the lgbtq community. june is pride month. this is a great time to add them to your forms, your surveillance forms, in particular, the person under investigation form. your website also states that a lack of health insurance is one of the reasons that communities of color face systemic health disparities, and in tlparticula have been hard hit by covid-19.

we're supporting that through our medical professionals at hhs and cdc making sure our state and local officials have all of the resources and the knowledge they need to open up in a safe manner. >> it looks as if, though, that what you guys have put out, the guidelines that you've put out and the guidelines that cdc has put out, even the president and his campaign aren't following these guidelines holding an indoor rally. is it a surprise that the public is not following the guidelines as they should given that the examples from the top is not wearing a mask and holding an indoor rally with the recommendations of public health officials including people on the task force? >> i think i disagree with the premise of that question. i think when what we saw in tulsa with the president's rally is a state in a phase three reopening and so activities like this are allowed and when you talk about face masks and face coverings and hand sanitizer and a temperature check in those events and these are all things that are within the guidance that we talk about. it is important and a personal choice

in early march hhs and fema developed and implemented 41 community-based drive-through testing siteslocations prioritized by the cdc in collaboration with our state and local partners. these sites have tested nearly 300,000 high-risk individuals and served as prototypes that have been duplicated multi-fold. next we leveraged trusted pharmacies to further implement community testing, especially for minorities and underserved. this federal program is now providing testing at 611 locations in 47 states in the district, 47% of which are in communities with moderate to high social vublgt. this program has tested over 688,000 individuals. federally qualified health centers serve over 29 million people across the nation. they provide care to one in five of those uninsured. one in five rural americans, one in three living in poverty and 1.3 million homeless. again, to assure we reach these most vulnerable among us, 93% of fqhcs are for covid-19 testing. to further expand access, we authorized all licensed pharmacists to order and add minister covid-19 testing under the public readiness and e

with my opening statement and this is the first labor hhs education appropriations subcommitteeapri hearing i would like to begin by offering a brief explanation of how that will work in order to benefit both members and the public. this hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended six-foot social between witnesses and members and other individuals in the room necessary to operate a hearing. some have opted use video teleconferencing which allows them to participateat remotely. on those with videoconference once you start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. speaking intova the microphone activates the camera. do not stop your remarks if you do not immediately see the screen switchover. but does not change over after several seconds please make sure you're not muted. to minimize background noise to ensure the correct speaker is displayed we asked those that remain on video remain on mute until it is your turn to ask questions. please remember to mute yourself at the conclusion of your questions should you seek additional time ple

health liker all other health some of the big advocates of that have become the police fdepartment, hhs has statistics that indicate in states like missouri there is excellence in the time spent in jail is 60% less because people don't go jail normally because when people are picked up, they go somewhere more appropriate for the problem they are dealing with van jail or court. they go to the mental counselor or somewhere they get the chance to stay and fd out where the help they need can be acedissues that we saw for two r loss of jobsonsistently for one and isolation heading back up those are the kind of things nobody is better positioned than the adminition to begin to advocate right away and i was glad to see the president did today. i think we are all going to doe for his great work and so many of our colleagues in putting together what we think will be a very strong police reform bill. a number of things that are important enough though of courseng transparency. we need greater datawe need gren our police departments. and the o information that is pulling up to thflowing up to tl g

tom price, former secretary of hhs under president trump. of course a former georgia congressman as well. secretary, always good having you. your successor has been talking increasingly about the closing window of opportunity to get ahead of it. are you worry we're behind it? >> anytime you have a an increase in cases means you're not doing all you can to make certain the numbers go down as opposed to go up. the case rates are going up for a couple reasons. there are more tests being done. you have to appreciate, one of major reasons people are going out and not necessarily being responsible as they ought to be from a social standpoint. distancing, face masks, make certain folks are washing their hands, do things everyone knows about now because of instructions and education over the last three or four months. it is absolutely vital to do so. you mentioned younger people were having increased incidence. that is the case. they're not having a severe as disease when they have it. their incentive is to make sure other folks are not getting the

health like all other health, some of the big advocates for that have become our police departments hhs has statistics like missouri their excellence and mental health states that time spent in jail is 60% less than it would be otherwise, normally because people don't go to jail. normally when people are picked up they go somewhere more appropriate for the problem they are dealing with they go to the mental health counselo they go somewhere where they get to stay and find out where the help they need can be achieved, the addiction issues we saw for two or three years consistently heading in one direction have now, with lsg bag that no one is better position than the administration to begino advocate right away and i was glad to seehe today. all echoing kudos to senator tim scott toda so many of our colleagues in putting together what we believe will be a very strong police reform bill. a number of things really important within that bill is of course transparency. we need greater data sharing we need gaterur police departments. and the information flowing up to the federal government, e

in upwards of $3m are eligible so will be increasingly important and to hhs into other agencies that are prerequisites. they will be extremely important that those agencies be part of this. the fact of the matter is we cannot afford to have the markets work in silence are now predict. >> i will send and other broadband questions to the other commissioners. thank you but this is about the t-mobile and sprint. you know have opposed that and i'm very concerned that we have only three nationwide wireless carriers. once this would go through. and very concerned about what is happening with consolidation in general. this hearing going on unrelated to these matters. rhino but related is over the house. it involves disturbing news on some of the antitrust investigations. and political interference parents and them related to the cannabis industry and some other things. i was pretty shocked. that's how i started my day today. and it's relevant here, something involves fcc. but that the concern about any political interference in the merger decisions. when you think the impact will be having o

personnel,ged cdc hhs personnel. i didn't mention before, but three weeks ago when we were seeing similar activity in north carolina and alabama, we sent personnel into those states. we have seen declining numbers beginning in both of those states. the important thing is not one side -- not one-size-fits-all. the overall guidance to every american is to practice good hygiene, the measures we recommended at home and at work. stand. but our focus today is to make sure in those areas of the country where we are seeing a significant -- not only increase in cases, but positivity level, just how important it is to listen to whether state and local health officials are directing them to do. wearing a maske has become a political statement . are you concerned about that? is there a message you would like to send to people about the importance of wearing a mask? >> we think that -- the first principle is if people should listen to their state and local authorities. president trump and i couldn't be more grateful for the partn

there is an agency within hhs. they withdrew an emergency use authorization for a product that we had acquired into the national stockpile from bayer, the maker of hydroxychloroquine, manufactured in pakistan, and the emergency use authorization, hospitalrestricted for use, inpatient hospital use, of the product. with the fda finding they do not see enough support for hospital-based use for those extreme cases of patients hospitalized. they took that restriction off. they took the emergency use authorization off. at this point, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are just like any other drug in the united states. they may be used in hospital, outpatient, at-home, also through a doctor's prescription. in fact, the fda removal of the emergency use authorization takes away what had been a significant misunderstanding by many that made people think it could only be used in a hospital setting, and we tried to make that clear throughout. it is a drug that is approved in the united states and has been for decades. if a doc

presume that they wanted toib see that respoity moved over, out of t white house, toar the secretof hhsose who worked underneath him. >> smith: so what's wrong with that decision to move this capacity over to the hhs? >> the mistake there is to assume that the secretary of hhs is able to see the full picture and be able to command the different elements of our government to respond in a coordinated and coherent and integrated way. um, that can only happen, uh, through an empowered entity at the white house. so, by definition, we set ourselves up for a slow and sluggish response.a ow, sluggish, and halting response. ♪ >> smith: e virus was about to slam into europe. >> (chanting, singing) >> smith: on february 19, a championship soccer match was t to kick off in italy's largesstadium... (crowd singing, cheering) >> (yelling) >> smith: the atalanta team from bergamo, in mbar, won the game. a >>lanta had made it four-nil. (crowd cheering) mithafterwards, bergam became the epicenter of italy's outbreak. (crowd cheering, clamoring) >> smith: dr. stefano fagiuoli bergamo remembers. >> i had t

personnel,ged cdc hhs personnel. i didn't mention before, but three weeks ago when we were seeing similar activity in north carolina and alabama, we sent personnel into those states. we have seen declining numbers beginning in both of those states. the important thing is not one side -- not one-size-fits-all. the overall guidance to every american is to practice good hygiene, the measures we recommended at home and at work. stand. but our focus today is to make sure in those areas of the country where we are seeing a significant -- not only increase in cases, but positivity level, just how important it is to listen to whether state and local health officials are directing them to do. wearing a maske has become a political statement . are you concerned about that? is there a message you would like to send to people about the importance of wearing a mask? >> we think that -- the first principle is if people should listen to their state and local authorities. president trump and i couldn't be more grateful for the partn

you heard the hhs secretary tell me that the window to get the virus under control is closing. how long do we have or might it already be too late? >> well, it depends how you define too late. i think action is always better than inaction at this point, but there's no question, jake, as we have been talking about since february and march that the earlier you act, the better. if we're thinking about this as a metaphor of a body and you're treating cancer or something, you want to treat early. we have been waiting. there's been spread of this infection through the country. so it is going to require treatment. going to require more aggressive treatment in some areas versus others. at this point, it is an existential question. what are we willing to tolerate in terms of people getting sick and possibly dying before we start imposing some of these actions, jake. we know what needs to be done. we've seen it around the world, we have evidence it works. we just need to apply some of these things uniformly across the country. >> sanjay, look at the graphic. on the left side of the scree

the law says within 72 hours they have to turn turn them over to hhs.n know who is in the facility. they don't know why they're protesting. when protests turn to criminal activity, put lives at risk and dans hundreds of thousands of dollars of vehicle and property, that is a crime and they need to be held accountable. elizabeth: what has been the government reaction to this in california and at the federal level? >> well look, i think the president, president god bless him he supports the men and women of i.c.e. he has their six, he always has. you have governor newsom, he have doesn't want i.c.e. facilities in the state. he is trying to get rid of them. there is a lawsuit pending now. he doesn't understand, no one will stop i.c.e. doing their job. i.c.e. is enforcing laws acted by congress. they're not making this stuff up. if you look at the stats, 89% of everybody i.c.e. arrests in the united states is criminal. even convicted or pending criminal charges. so the people in that facility, they weren't children. most of them were criminals or public saf

with masks and that individuals should do whatever their local jurisdiction requests, however, the hhstary azar said this weekend, quote, we have to practice social distancing, use face coverings when we can't. going into an area and social distancing cannot be practiced should they listen to the local jurisdiction in which face masks might not be mandated or the hhs secretary saying wear a face mask? >> cdc guidelines are recommended but not required and we -- the president would encourage even to follow the orders of the local jurisdiction and cdc guidelines. >> thank you. a follow-up and a separate issue. i want to be clear. congressional leaders who are briefed on the russia situation but the president has still not be briefed on the situation? >> look. this is asked and answered. the president is briefed on verified intelligence. >> and how does he know if he hasn't been briefed and certain that russia didn't put out these bounties? >> the president is briefed on verified intelligence and again i would just point you back to the irresponsible decision of "the new york times" to fa

or movement on it, dot think they should be taking mostly hhs and dhs. emergency preparedness responsibilities point to the actions they've taken as it relates to covert, they facilitated calls with aviation and federal agencies coordinating with cdc and guidance, they don't see it as something we need as a lead. it is important for them to take the lead and given their bond with long-standing relationships and deep ties for the aviation industries with oversight responsibilities. they will take the lead on that. >> >> i don't want responsibility. they were empire builders. it doesn't mean, the construction. >> a multi-court and the coordination effort, for that coordination, it is time for that. it is important there is coordination for the agencies. >> the obligation based on the chicago convention. >> a signatory to the aviation treaty, the us has to create such a plan. >> to meet the chair of the space subcommittee i will recommend to her, science committee and legislation would mandate they do this. not just gao, a mandate from congress. >> that is

>> i appreciate the question in the first instance with the hhs department and others but i can assure you that whoever accompanies the future commission will use this to make sure we increase awareness. we are already doing that now with consultation of other organizations like the trevor project and others. >> 5g is the next wave of connectivity of economic benefits how that plays the leading role including major advancements and elsewhere along the front range and that is incredibly bright but some have suggested and it continues to arise in the conversation in order to stay competitive with china we must nationalize the 5g network i would like to ask a simple yes or no question do you support the plan to nationalize the 5g network or to operate? we begin with you. >> no i do not. >> no i completely oppose it. >> no. >> i strongly agree know. >> thank you very much for that and i agree with your answers. speaking with the small telecommunication providers with a resume call with them to find adequate personal protective equipment to perform maintenance and continued construction pro

governor of utah and secretary of hhs and administrator of the epa under george w. bush following the emergence of the avian flu he left into focused on pandemic preparedness. and he said this 13 years ago the only thing we do have one - - before pandemic is alarms everything after pandemic we see an adequate that's the ngdilemma we face but that should not stop us from doing what we can do to prepare. congress has passed legislation to prepare for tpandemics befor before, during the last 20 years for president presidents, clinton, bush, obamd several congresses have enacted nine significant lives to help local and faye is and then including a public health emergency including a pandemic. $18billion to states and hospital preparedness systems were provided over the last 15 years to help them prepare as well. congress considered many reports from presidential coomscommissions and inspectors general and gao and outside experts. the reports contain all sorts of warnings that the united states and those issues that are familiar by now i'm better to change the capacity a

servants and to protect the american people even before the pandemic it talking with officials with hhs to focus on security pharmaceutical supply chain. because we have a direct relationship with physicians on the front line of the pandemic we have been able to provide information that helps lpthe priorities with those hageneric medications and also i have to add that since covid my faith in public servants has only gone up these individuals have worked 24/7 around-the-clock to make sure they could do the best job possible to bring ppe medical devices and testing to the american public who needs them the most. >> based upon your experience had a congress assist in those manufacturing companies to return to the united states? >> frequently from allied of organizations or individuals interested in starting their own nonprofit some are interested in drug shortages others drug prices and still others to have a market failure such as the need for new antibiotics that the traditional commercial model not-for-profit pharma not as the alternative for the for-profit industry and there were seve

hhs and partnered with n the mayo clinic to expand a program. we have safety data from over 20,000 patients. our preliminary assessment of the effectiveness is quite encouraging. we continue to look at the information. we willata holds, potentially have another army against covid-19. this will allow us to have information that will feed the development of antibodies and hyper immunoglobulin. good news story. we have to wait for the final data and we should know shortly about that. there are several randomized trials looking at this as well that are ongoing. >> thank you. dr. redfield, the cdc developed a test to simultaneously detect two strains of influenza and covid-19. they are seeking emergency use authority. how will the test be used? >> it is important as we get to the fall we are going to have influenza and covid-19 at the same time. the cdc is developing that for the public health system, but the private sector is also gotten advanced development. dr. hahn may want to comment. timely diagnosis of these pathogens. >> dr. hanh, would you l