the hhs budget in front of us grows hhs by almost a quarter. t however, as we work on these blc improvements we also have the responsibility to be good opera stewards of taxpayer dollars. ro we have seen first-hand how pes public private partnerships such as operation warp speed have crs allowed this country to get ais vaccinated and reopen months ad ahead of our peers around the ne world. we can work across the inc aisl fully evaluate the programs that need support and allocate funds wisely. there's no doubt we must continue to increase crease funding for the national institutes of health. as we look at the budgets of federal agencies that help withm covid-19 response efforts we tan need to assist any increase in e the context of their d f performance. i specifically want i'm to mentg my strong concerns with certain areas of what we know of the proposed budget. first, i am pro-life. i believe in protecting the agr unborn. i'm very concerned with president biden's comments on removing thels f hyde amendmentd it's been around since 1976 and agre

hhs have this regarding relief funding? >> we're going to be working hard to make sure that we provide both health care providers, some of those folks asked for an extension and we're looking at that very, very closely. and again, driven by the facts in this case to make sure that they get to pass the need and that's why we dispense it in a way that's not only accountable, but goes to those who need it most. >> thank you. and president biden's administration announced a $6 billion investment in community health center to extend vaccines and underserved communities and the current medicare reimbursement system created a barrier to access a covid-19 vaccine, f2hc's are not paid for vaccines, but reimbursed by cms, 12 to 18 months after the fact and this has been an ongoing problem for flu and modal, vaccines now reached critical levels of the administration for covid patients. and will you address the issues so they have the tools and resources they need to provide expanded access to these vaccines? >> always had a good relat

so hhs supports congressional action to authorizes the secretary of hhs to conduct a national campaigno do this and encourage providers to integrate into their practices. >> it is crucial we expand access. we would be supportive to expand access. how do you do it? i'm no longer there. i don't have a vote i wish you will as we try to move this forward you been a champion but please help us have expanded access. >> thank you. >> mych other issue is medicaid reentry m for medicaid eligibility for those incarcerated individuals 30 days beforear the release so those transitioning would have immediate access to critical services including mental healthth or addiction treatment and covid testing. disability is a great way to continue their quality of life destroy those statistics are too many people vulnerable to addiction is the president still committed to this population is he willing to include the provision in his budget? >> the president has been talking about expanding access to to healthcare to all it should be a right not a privilege. as we move forward to help those who have moved o

dhs, state and hhs. state's not here, but hhs is here, and we look forward to a dialogue about why hhs did not declare a major incident under fismo, it seems to me that should have been declared a major incident. i'm concerned that members of dhs's cyber security team who hunt threats from foreign countries and the former dhs secretary were compromised in the solar winds attack, and we learned about this, not from dhs. not from sisa but news reports. i look to information about how sisa was impacted, and we'll discuss the specific news reports i'm talking about. cyber attacks are going to keep coming. cyber criminals attack colonial pipeline, responsible for providing 45%, almost half of the east coast fuel. this is potentially the most substantial and damaging attack on u.s. critical infrastructure ever. it shows that cyber attacks can have tangible real world consequences, although our witnesses today are here to discuss the federal cyber security side, i think it's important we hear from sisa on what

i have fed the security program at hhs since 2018. my office establishes policies and procedures for the operating divisions in the department. we also implement and operate enterprise cybersecurity functions, and coordinate incident response activities on behalf of the department. as we know today, the solar winds events was an unprecedented attack on the solar winds corporation, and is public and private sector customers. malicious actors accessed the corporation's environment and introduced the code. the code was then spread to solar winds customers through regular software updates. hhs response to the threat is detailed in the written testimony provided to the committee. i will summarize some of those actions here. on the evening of december 13, 2020, i received a call from a colleague alerting me to malicious activity. we immediately engaged all of the components of health and human services, enjoins the best and joined -- and joined the call. action was taken to mitigate any potential impact of the malware. we implemented enterp

julia ainsley is here now, what does this say about how they think hhs is doing?to get to the bot. of this ak quickly as possible. primarily for how he handled the unaccompanied migrant situation. if you remember a month or two ago we were talking about the overcrowded border patrol facilities. there was no room to take the children in there. now because of nbc reporting, at least in one case we know a child was left there from saturday to wednesday before he got on a bus all of the way from dallas to seattle, now they want hhs to get to the bottom of this. apparently on this call it was very much conveyed they needed to take the responsibility themselves, not blame it on the contractor, and to try to do an investigations a quickly as possible and find out if this is the only place this is happening, why were they not only left on a bus, but the only place they could use the bathroom. there was no access to showers. they had meals in the buses. as soon as this came up, we heard a strong response from the white house. we heard a strong response saying they would do

bring in former hhs assistant secretary dr. bret giroir.re talking a lot about geopolitics tonight. we want to shift out of the middle east to what is going on in china. this is a serious issue. we can't have another pandemic like we experienced. did the u.s. fund china's supervirus research? >> thanks for having me on. i do share the assessment of the republican security committee that the most likely origin of this virus was the wuhan institute of virology. there is no specific smoking gun but the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. lack of another explanation is equally overwhelming. very clearly back in the 2014, 2015 era, the nih was funding research that was published we know about it, about gain of function mutations on this type of virus there is a lot of investigation that needs to be done. if you look at series of grants that were funded they all talked about bats. they all talked about coronavirus but i would bet dimes to doughnuts as they say that the nih does not have record or controls to understand exactly what was done.

house intelligence republicans say open the books, hhs and dr. fauci, quote, overwhelming circumstantial evidence that covid-19 did escape from the wuhan labb in china and there are, quote, clear signs the u.s. government and universities may have funded supervirus research there despite dr. fauci's denials. we've got congressman claudia tenney, jason chaffetz, sol wisenberg,ra phillip holloway, a former police officer and d.a., assistant d.a., and also arizona attorney general mark brnovich. tonight, president biden, where is he on environmentalists being really angry that he is green lighting russia's polluting nordstream ii pipeline after environmentalists condemned it for breaking international laws and polluting? and governor andrew cuomo and cnn anchor chris cuomo accused of abuses of power, reports that chris cuomo advised his politician brother on how to push back in the media against multiple women accusing governor cuomo of sexual harassment and assault. cnnar not disciplining chris cuomo, proving what matters is not the truth. it's not

dhs volunteers, hhs personnel were deployed to our facility. report process the paperwork and have so let me clear up some misconceptions about this report. agents performed the same national security and border security that they do the notice. sensational recognition and they complete the i to 13. migrants are given key 56 tells them they must report within 60 days. this is especially the same process in the same biological information. let me go back to the misrepresentation, currently determined in the mta time and date is to be determined so we are not on a court date today because d.o.j. is not having a non- detained document. the time is cut in half and the reason it continues to limited extent as we continue to see 1700 migrants a day with a greater percentage of family unit and 41% versus 25% nationally. unaccompanied children 14% versus 8% nationally. what we are w doing to fix this, we work with dhs, chief information officer, streamlined and automated in that process. thank you for your. question. >> can't hear you, madam chair. >>

that humanitarian effort from hhs and then to operate the site. with a quick family reunification the temporary shelter through 2021. and with the best of care and grateful to show kindness they are provided three meals a day where snacks they get education multiple hours per day and in the surrounding area. the facility also offers outdoor activities for children to enjoy indoor and outdoor with books and video games. services are provided by dhs and partner agencies to every child most important medical services. and with diagnostic with the utmost care each child needs. and with other services mental health care education and resources. we also try to pair with local organizations to make the long beach successor as possible. they come from the border most of five with parents or family that that is more humane and leaving him on - - leaving them at the border. it's important to note that temporary sites like the long beach convention center necessitated by this mission it should not replace immigration. it breaks my heart we have an immigratio

and hhs are unable to quickly assume custody of migrants. i now turn to ranking member mr. fleischmann for his questions. >> thank you, madame chair. mr. miller, we have been waiting for the administration to release the results of border wall construction contract review. i'm very concerned about reports that the administration is seeking to null fie the dhs that were bipartisan in nature. simply destroying the work that has already been done or that is under contract is foolish and contrary to what previous commissioners have requested prior to the trump administration. i have a few questions, sir. i'll start with three and then go from there. what is the status of the border wall contract review, and when do you anticipate that congress will be briefed on those results? can you tell us what criteria is being used to evaluate the existing contracts and pending work? and are front line officers and agents being consulted, sir? >> sir, thank you for the question. as you know, we have signed the exemption for rgv, the safety and welfare exemption for rgv, as well as san dieg

hhs and i.c.e. personnel were deployed to our facility. the notice to report process cut the paperwork in half. but let me clear up some misconceptions about the noticed report. agents perform the same national security and border security checks they do as they would with notice to appear. they will collect biometrics and facial recognition, or facial for the 385 when they complete the i 13. the migrants are given a g56 which tells them they must report to a nice location within 60 days. this is essentially the same process that we perform during the nda, send checks, saying biographic and biometric information. let me correct a common misrepresentation currently doj time and date to determine in the nta is that time and date is marked to be determined. we are not issuing a court date on nda today because of doj not having a non-detained docket. where filling out less forms, cutting the time enough, and the reason this continues in rgv as you mention to a limited extent is we contingency about 1700 migrants a day but the greater percentag

many children in migrant facilities they can't even see in "the wall street journal" article said the hhs did not respond to detailed questions about details inside the emergency facilities and there was such insufficient staff that children couldn't even be taken to the bathroom and they were forced to relieve themselves in water bottles. >> dana: that is tragic and a couple things, legislation won't go anywhere until there is border security and that is just the way it is. it would be different if

the five tents on the right, those belong to hhs says cuellar.'re doing is moving kids from one tent to the other tent and saying oh, they're out of border patrol custody but they're next door. next door in hhs." so this snapshot will show you the revolving door. may 4, 451 unaccompanied children apprehended. the border transferred 376 to hhs, which then discharged 420 to families and foster care. so the bottom line is, agents are saying they're not baby sitting anymore. there's many. so they're now on the border and that is a good thing. agents say until this administration delivers some consequence for entering illegally, they're not going to unwind the situation. by the way, it's not cheap. hhs is spending $60 million a week on their shelters and the border patrol here alone is spending $5 million a week. trace? >> trace: shell game appears to be the appropriate term. william la jeunesse live. thank you. an exclusive with the gop lawmaker and physician calling for the resignation of president biden's cdc director. who he says put partisan poli

let's see how those children are being cared for in the hhs facilities. >> juan: if they are playingld politicians accountable. that is not good politics into does not good treatment. we want to treat these children in keeping with american values and sort of, humanely. i will say i was reading in "the wall street journal" this morning, it said that conditions are improving. there is a sharp decline of children and border patrol custody and we are seeing children more quickly processed out of even the hhs facilities and into the response of people who are willing to take them in and deal with them until they can be reviewed. no, it's not, jesse, it is speeding up so those children are not held in any government facility. we have even seen some reunions of children who were separated from parents during the trump administration. very few but to me it is a difficult situation. i will even say, you guys like to use the word crisis, crisis situation and we are seeing steady improvement. i am still very frustrated. everyone can point fingers but where is congress, where is marco rubio, li

it was taking too long to get people from the donna facility over to hhs so hhs put new tents next to and now it's this massive complex. the point here, steve forbes, which we reported first and now the administration is forced to show these pictures is that the administration is not doing anything to stop the flow. they're just building more facilities to house more people. steve: first, congratulations on your border coverage. you've really highlighted it. in normal times you would be getting prizes instead of cat calls from the left. you hit on something very important. they don't want the flow to stop. i think they they were embarrassed by what happened with children, they didn't foresee that. but everything they've done so far is to tell immigrants come in, we'll find a way to place you around the country, a wink and a nod. they all know what the real message is. where will they stop? 1 million? 2 million? 5 million? they're doing nothing effective and kamala harris is emblem attic of that w she hasn't visited the border, much less go to the countries to stop it the way the trump

transferred 376 to hhs which discharged 420 to family and foster care. now the good thing is, right, the border patrol is not babysitting as much. we had as many as 40% of agents off patrol processing and transporting children. critics claim the administration is doing nothing to discourage the next wave. why not? it works. 96% never leave. it's expensive. hhs is spending $60 million a week of taxpayer funds to house and process these children and feed them as well. border patrol is spending $5 million a week just here on the same situation and now, of course, advocates want taxpayers to pay for attorneys for these children. in san diego last night the board of supervisors awarded $5 million to pay for that. back to you. >> harris: those are refreshed numbers that have gotten a lot bigger in a short period of time. thank you very much. she is professional, lovely, and pleasant. those words used by the white house press corps. the reporters who ask her the questions every day. that's how they describe jen psaki. well, that affection we just asked, is it g

and unrelated to this, you reported that white house officials were lived with hhs officials followinge reporting about migrant children being held on buses and there was a report that at least one child slept on that bus for four days. what can you tell us? >> that's right, geoff. lots of news on both sides of the border. for immigrants waiting to get into the country to claim asylum, they can now work through an ngo, international humanitarian organizations, to try to get on this daily list of 250 who will be allowed into the country to be able to stay here while they claim asylum. that's something that used to be just for everyone a blanket right for everyone prepandemic and before the trump administration undid a lot of those asylum rights. a lot of the ngos we've spoken to say this should be a responsibility of the government to identify those people, however, and not fall on them. in other news, we know that there was a white house call on friday, where the white house was apparently lived with hhs. this was a senior official level call where they were lived with nbc news reporti

the presidents budget in respect to the opioid problem for hhs is an increase in 3.9 billion.ot my decimal point in the wrong place for which i apologize it's a pretty big number. those are the two kinds of areas in which we are trying to work here. and the other on the health side. it will be for people who are addicted. >> thank you sir. my time is upha and going to yield to my ranking member for five additional minutes of questions. >> okay can you hear me? >> yes. okay. last week we had the chance to house some from the fbi for ouref subcommittee. i wanted the questions i asked about that reclassified in domestic terrorist attack rather than a case of suicide by cop. the answer i received was wholly unsatisfactory. as attorney general are you able to provide this obvious wrong? >> i did read about that question. i've not had a chance to speak with the fbi about it. the department will speak with the fbi about this and find the situation was. >> from your understanding it was well documented the capitol police would be there. clearly undertook defensive measures to shield h

this week the senate will consider the nomination deputy hhs secretary and cynthia martin. of the deputy education secretary. and at the community level half a dozen other nominees how the markups. but that bipartisan infrastructure bill policing reforms the senate commerce committee and bipartisan legislation to invest in those capabilities to outcompete china and other nations in a number of american industries. and those that would be considered in days committee meeting in addition to that are working on bipartisan legislation with our competitiveness to make united states a world leader of innovation and supply-chain. it is my intention to other fulln senate comprehensive legislation during this work. this week the senate rules committee will have a bill to strengthen our democracy and increase transparency with a campaign finance system to make ite easier for all americans. this bill is named as one because it is a top priority. the majority gets toke name the first five bills of any new congress we picked for the people act to be one. make no mistake. we are moving f

just last week the hhs office said that, stop accepting what they call pitches or bids from companies that want to get funding, federal funding for developing some of these therapeutics and they didn't offer much explanation for that. and it was a little surprising, because the federal government, in two different ways, has earmarked, targeted, billions of dollars to the cares act. for instance, to develop different products, including therapeutics, but i do think it reflects the belief now that we have enough vaccines, at least enough choices, i'm not talking about-- but we have enough choices that if there is enough vaccinations, hopefully they'll be fewer cases of covid that develop. it's a little hard to know if that's the right because we've discussed many times over the past several months, there are new variants of the coronavirus emerging all the time. you don't know what to expect so saying we may not need therapeutics or as much investments in therapeutics later on, i'm not them, but i would think that we may want to keep our eye on that just the same. >> we're talking with

and they moved the kids from one tent to another tent from the border patrol tent to the hhs and said out on this the like a little kid saying through your dirty laundry in the closet, they cannot be trusted to tell the truth we inherited to fact check basically everything that mayorkas says that is hiding the truth from the american people. he is a failed secretary, deeply corrupt, should never be in this position during obama administration and got caught stirring visas to political donors and allies and needs not lifted a finger just like, the hearers who can't get to go to the border. the only idea should be no money down south of the border. liz: that hasn't worked since the kennedy administration, arizona, montana suing the biden of administration, today they filed for an injunction to stop the biden of administration from releasing criminal illegal aliens said to be deported by statute after the biden of administration put the handcuffs on ice they can't target criminal illegals for arrest, we have a drop in deportation now we have 31 left democrats like ocasio-cortez say they

the entire facility is run by the texas homeland security and hhs. texas, even the attorneys general ken paxton was denied access at one point. but this week paxton went back in to get into see the conditions and we tagged along. we got to see one of the newer facilities called delphi located in the donna complex becoming the first national media to get a glimpse inside the complex. outside of the pool camera that was allowed in when the pictures first went public. [inaudible] >> if a child comes in showing signs of covid do you give them a rapid covid test? the children arrived. this facility. maria: due to consistent overcrowding health and human services placed its own tent adjacent to the donna holding facility tent. this tent named delphi is run independently by hhs and here we saw young boys between 13 and 17 on bunk beds and holding areas. maria: more of our exclusive coverage coming up an exclusive vote ride with the attorney vote ride with the attorney general of texas alo we made usaa insurance for members like kate. a former army medic, ma

five tents on the side belong to hhs.other. also hhs had hundreds of flights to move migrants from one state to another for processing. the good thing is it allows border patrol agents to stop babysitting. as 40% of them were taken off patrol to process and transport children. critics say there is another problem. you have to discourage these children from coming in the first place. the open door policy, critics say, is encouraging people to separate with their children sending the kid over during the day and the parent will try to enter illegally at a later time. maybe it works or doesn't. the two things right now, bill, that people are talking about here, number one, this is a choice, policy choice by president biden, not a court ruling, to hold these immigrant children. and secondly, the cost. i was told last night by assistant chief we can't build our way out of this mess. right now hhs is spending $60 million a week to house these kids. border patrol is spending $5 million a week just here. who is paying for it? the

and their moving a kid from one tent to another tenant from the border patrol tent in the hhs tent andtold to clean their room so they throw their dirty laundry in the closet, it's not doing anything there moving the kids around, they cannot be trusted to tell the truth, we inherited to fact check basically everything that mayorkas has said because her hiding the truth from the american people. the field secretary is deeply corrupt, should never be in this position during obama administration he got caught sharing visas to belittle donors and allies, he has not lifted a finger, just like kamala harris he cannot get to the border, her only idea shipping or money down south to the border. liz: that hasn't worked since the canadian administration, arizona, montana suing the biden of administration, today they filed for an injunction to stop the biden of administration from releasing criminal under criminal illegal aliens set to be deported by statute after the biden of administration put the handcuffs on ice, they can't target criminal illegals for arrest. we have a drop in deportations,

a significant part is also the president's budget, but not the doj for hhs. $394 million in grants. under the comprehensive addiction recovery act, as well. there is a significant amount on both sides of this issue protecting the law enforcement point of view and helping addiction recovery. >> thank you. attorney general, in your view, what are the largest challenges still facing the department and its efforts to address the american opioid epidemic? ag garland: i am glad you gave me the opportunity. the president's budget with respect to the opioid problem with hhs is an increase in 3.9 billion dollars. i got my decimal point in the wrong place, for which i apologize. it's a big number. those of the two kinds of areas which we are trying to work. one on the law enforcement side and the other on the health side. for relief or people who are addicted. >> thank you. my time is up and i'm going to yield to our ranking member for five additional minutes of questions. can you hear me? >> attorney general, last week we had the chance to help some from the fbi before our subcommittee and i

the entire facility is run by the department of homeland security and hhs, not the state of texas.y general, ken paxton, was denied access at one point but this week paxton went back in to get in to see the conditions and we tagged along. we got to see one of the newer facilities called delphi, located within the donna complex. becoming the first national media to get a glimpse inside the complex. outside of the pool camera that was allowed in when cruz's pictures first went public. >> is there anything specific that you need us to show you or you're looking for? >> looking for the operation. >> the child comes in and we give them a rapid covid test. if it's positive they'reld released to triage. this is our site where the children arrive and are immediately isn't down. the facility has floors and pods. maria: health and human services placed its own tent adjacent to the donna holding facility tent. the tent, named delphi, is run independently by hhs and here we saw young boys between 13 and 17 on bunk beds in holding areas. more of our exclusive coverage coming up. an exclude i've

a significant part is also the president's budget, but not the doj for hhs. $394 million in grants. under the comprehensive addiction recovery act, as well. there is a significant amount on both sides of this issue protecting the law enforcement point of view and helping addiction recovery. >> thank you. attorney general, in your view, what are the largest challenges still facing the department and its efforts to address the american opioid epidemic? ag garland: i am glad you gave me the opportunity. the president's budget with respect to the opioid problem with hhs is an increase in 3.9 billion dollars. i got my decimal point in the wrong place, for which i apologize. it's a big number. those of the two kinds of areas which we are trying to work. one on the law enforcement side and the other on the health side. for relief or people who are addicted. >> thank you. my time is up and i'm going to yield to our ranking member for five additional minutes of questions. can you hear me? >> attorney general, last week we had the chance to help some from the fbi before our subcommittee and i

you cannot get information at the state level. >> daily unaccompanied showed 28,000 in hhs shelters and sources in that sector, telling me they are going to have an astonishing number of kids, 400% for the month of april as the cost of housing so many astonishing taxpayers $3 billion, but still the white house not calling a crisis. >> what we have to be focused on is what we are doing and to us that wasn't a crisis, wasn't a huge challenge but a big driver was we understand and know the nature of social media these days and we didn't want to see a end to that. human toll of the crisis, 2 dozen people recovered near san antonio texas after the semitruck was stopped by police on interstate 10, we might hear from vice president harris who is holding a second virtual bilateral with mexico's president today. we will see if she has anything to say. >> thanks. >> moderna says it's covid 19 vaccine is 96% effective in teens aged 12 to 17, the drugmaker announced the results there were no serious side effects in teens who received the dose. they contact -- continues elected and pfizer will recei

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on c-span2 the senate returns to consider nominations for deputy every secretary at hhs and on c-span3 at 10 a.m., law-enforcement officials and firearms experts testified at a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on reducing gun violence. that's followed by an afternoon hearing with irs officials on efforts to address the widening gap between taxes owed and taxes paid in the u.s. there is more streaming on our website including a senate homeland security hearing on preventing and responding to cyber attacks within the federal government. that's 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:30 p.m., a hearing on the freight industry and its role in helping u.s. supply chains. >> while speaking to the national press club, illinois representative adam kinzinger shared his opinion on removing liz cheney from her house leadership position and talked about the role of former president donald trump within the republican party

well, the five on the left, those belong to hhs.f these individuals are now being housed. hhs is spending about $60 million a week on tents, on motels, on convention centers around the country. now, the administration said in a conference call earlier today they are making a dramatic turn around in the surge, that is not exactly what we are seeing on the ground. indeed, about 40% of the agents are still not on the line but here in the processing facility we quoted the chief he said they are still seeing about 1800 apprehensions per day. about half of those are single adults and, bret, he did say that unless the administration delivers consequences to entering illegally, his fear is that it will continue. back to you. >> bret: on top of this story, good to have that firsthand look. william, thank you. florida republican governor ron desantis has signed a sweeping elections bill into law. he and other republicans in florida say it will protect against fraud. democrats and voter rights advocates call the changes unamerican, saying they

supposed to within 72 hours be moved out but they are still in federal government custody in these hhs facilities, we really need to start asking questions about what they look like because there was a story three weeks ago about young girls age 13-17 in a houston hhs facility run by a nonprofit, they had shut the doors, the young girls were having to use the bathroom and bags, they were not allowed to stand up from their makeshift costs and one attorney who fights for the civil rights of migrants as the scum of the girls were more treated like merchandise rather than treated as human beings. i would not allow my 15-year-old sister to go and volunteer in a place like this and they are celebrating the movement of these children to facilities like this. >> emily: to john james' point about the vice president, for someone who is made the hallmark of the past 30 years in harm done to children it's shocking that she's not even asking these questions of what is that care like? in addition to all the questions that you articulated that the president is a emasculating himself by not equipping

jillian: we are learning new numbers how many children are in hhs custody. >> reporter: a lot of themod morning. the fourth visit to the border. unlike last month extra to el paso, they are holding a press conference at the donna facility is the secretary says the goal is family reunification. >> we are focused on reuniting the families. that is the justice we are focused on achieving right now. >> reporter: this after the administration released pictures of that donna processing facility, some are calling it misleading. if you look at our fox drone footage of the same area, you are looking at five new additional tents that have to be stood up. it is unclear if cameras will be allowed in today and that is why dan patrick says we are not getting the whole story. >> the biden administration is concealing all information from the border, all information. you cannot get information at the state level. >> reporter: information we are getting, dhs yesterday, 1848 kids currently in hhs care shelters and sources in the rgb sector say they are seeing a 450% increase of unaccompanied children c

i know that hhs has an office called barta that has awarded contracts for therapeutic development, and says that the number is above $8 billion at this point. but the reason -- but vaccines have gone up also since then. and the reason that there's a disparity is that -- well, there are a few reasons. one, in an ideal world, it would be great to have a preventive tool, which a vaccine is supposed to be, rather than therapeutic because that suggests people are already sick, of course. so let's emphasize whatever we can do to develop preventive tools. and that's the philosophy, if you will, behind vaccine investment. but the reality of course is people get sick. you need treatments. but what happened in the covid pandemic over the past year is that initially the thought was, let's look at existing drugs, monoclonal antibodies, see if we can repurpose one or more of those for treating covid-19 patients before they're hospitalized, for instance, but showing signs that they've developed serious covid and have to be hospitalized. so it makes sensing to after that sort of product. and initiall

eastern to consider nominations for deputy secretary at hhs and the education department. and on c-span3, also led 10:00 a.m., law enforcement officials and firearms experts testify at a senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on reducing gun violence. that's followed by an afternoon hearing with irs officials on efforts to address the widening gap between taxes owed in taxes paid in the u.s. there's more streaming on our website, including a senate homeland security hearing on preventing and responding to cyber attacks within the federal government. that's 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:30, a hearing on the freight industry and its role in helping u.s. supply chains. >> at the white house today, president biden spoke about the u.s. economy in the april jobs report. he also gave an update on the ransomware attack against a major u.s. pipeline, and how its administration was responding. pres. biden: good afternoon. excuse me. i would like to st >> good afternoon, i would like to say a few words about the cyber ransomware attack affecting the colonial pipeline. something that my adm

that hhs is withholding some of that money? what kind of restitution do you think is owed the taxpayers for the failure to produce any vaccine once that part of the contract was activated? >> so, i'm not aware that there is any reduction in the contract value. that's being exercised by the government. so i am not aware of that. >> okay. so -- so, you're expecting $628 million for, essentially, the reservation of the space, regardless of whether or not you are able to deliver on the vaccine? >> the task order that was put in place this time last year, in total, was approximately $628 million. it included a portion for what a you are referring to, which wasy the reservation fee. there was, also, roughly $85 million of funding for some additional fill-finish equipment and the installation of that. in order to increase drug product or fill-finish capability at another one of our sites here in maryland. >> okay. i got you. well, mr. kramer, thank you for your testimony. mr. chairman, i just want to say. you know, with more than a ha

and the numbers back cuellar showing 22,000 kids are currently in hhs custody. vice president harris announcing a day to travel south. >> currently the plan is for me to travel to mexico and guatemala june 7th and eighth. if this issue were easy it would have been filed a long time ago, it is going to require consistent long-term strategy. >> she is likely to be briefed on the use of social media to push migrants into the dangerous trek north. the floor representative demanding mark zuckerberg take down smugglers ads writing, quote, facebook clearly has no problem monitoring conservative voices on a daily basis i'm confident your company has the capability and resources to prevent criminal enterprises from posting content that encourages and facilitates illicit activity. and then there is san diego's board of supervisor raising eyebrows, they on tuesday approved a 1-year pilot program to provide cost free attorneys illegal immigrants facing deportation costing taxpayers $5 million. >> thank you, appreciate it. let's talk about california, sean hannity sat down w

they are just next door in hhs. cuellar is right. hhs reported 20,000 kids in it hhs custody.anwhile vice president kamala harris is traveling south next month. >> currently the plan is for me to travel to mexico and guatemala june 7th and 8th. if this issue were easy, it would have been solved a long time ago. griff: san diego's board of supervisors is weighing into the border crisis. they approved a one year pilot program providing cost-free attorneys to illegal crossers costing taxpayers $5 million. brian, ainsley, steve? steve: griff, when they do this walk through of that facility that is now empty, i know they are going to bus people, in members of the press and whatnot. are they going to be able to look around and say hey, what's in that tent over there because according to cuellar, they took them from one tent that was operated by border patrol and put them over in the hhs tent and that's where the kids are. griff: that's a great question, steve. i hope someone does that and get the access. i remember in recent travels when donna was one tent. then i remember passing i

wanted to purchase disposable gowns because there was a lack of coordination dod was purchasing for hhs and those requirements. >> those are things that could be fixed and i am also not sure that disposable gowns make sense if i have one that is reusable than they tend to be better gowns and safer to be used by hospitals in particular so with regard to drugs i just learned from you that 80 percent of finished drugs are made elsewhere 90 percent of the components are made elsewhere which was a higher figure than i had thought i understand labor cost are cheaper in places like china to help businesses are these the reasons china is so dominant quick. >> i think those are among the primary reasons but it is large and multiple factor china has a government has certain therapeutic categories to become the dominant producer in ways that affect trade policy and allow them to dominate economically. during the pandemic with the active pharmaceutical ingredients to make products for the us market to see a price increase of 100 percent or 200 percent or more and then to limit those products to ind

i know they've been moved out a lot of these border patrol facilities, but into still overcrowded hhss. what's the latest? >> well, i saw in the testimony the i think it was yesterday on the hill that the secretary talked about how they were being much more efficient at the line. and so the world or patrol stations aren't as overwhelmed as they were a couple of weekes ago. but we still have a problem. we still have lots of families sending their children to the border, and there's over 20,000 some people who are in hhs custody. this is the an incentive. they will all be released into the cup. in the -- into the country. in the crisis of 2014 and 2018, all of those children are still in the united states. we're sending a signal that if you send your child to the border, we're going to let them in. david: it's just so tragic. you saw that group of five kids, one under 7, one was an infant just left alone right by the rio grand, and they could have easily been overlooked. thank god somebody found them, rescued them, but they still, as far as i know, haven't been reunited with their paren

griff: that's a question for the refuse fee resettlement under hhs that handles these kids.office finds a sponsor for them. untold story which i will look into for you how much stress it's putting on the sponsor, the family sponsoring process and system because of the numbers we are seeing right now. brian: which by the way they get money and the kids get welfare and then they go to school in a system working class oftentimes that's already stressed and overcrowded classrooms. they are not putting them into beverly hills high school. they are putting them into brent wood high school, working class who aren't financed enough, you could argue. it is a lose-lose situation for the people that can least afford to lose. >> it's also a loss for foster parents across the country. some of whom have reached directly out to me on social media or emailed me saying that this is not what they signed up for and it's making it much more difficult to do a good deed that they had intentionally set tout accomplish. steve: all right. griff, we thank you very much for that live report from our n