consider these recommendations, and hopefully to move forward here and now after you've heard jim greenwood we would be happy to answer any questions you have. >> at the very much. mr. greenwood your recognizer five minutes. >> i'm tempted asking in his consent to insert your opening statement and opening tatement of ranking member degette to a report because it's gratifying to see how alike you are with our recommendation. a.q. for invited to discuss prepared us for biological threats on behalf of the bipartisan blue ribbon study panel on defense. as the former chair of the subcommittee i am honored to be testifying here today. this hearing is quite time enough because the catastrophic biological event as we flickered but because one has not occurred on u.s. soil. whether it's the reproduction of smallpox bioterrorism a dirty bomb in urban center for another pandemic influenza outbreak. as the panel notes in a report we are under prepared to respond to these threats and we must take immediate steps to be better prepared. it's been a great post to serve on a panel with my colleagues, our re

all of you to consider these recommendations and move forward and now after you've heard from jim greenwoode'd be happy to answer any questions you have. mr. murphy: thank you. recognized.d you're mr. greenwood: i'm tempted to ask unanimous consent to insert your opening state and ms. degette's as the opening to our report. i'm especially honored to be testifying here today. this hearing is quite timely not because a catastrophic biological event has recently occurred babu because one has not occurred in the u.s. whether it's a dirty bomb or an influential outbreak, we are underprepeared to respond to these threats and we must take immediate steps to be better prepared. it's been a great privilege to serve on the study panel with my esteemed colleagues. the biological threat is real and it is growing. while we are prepared, bet prepared today than a decade ago due to federal and private sector investment this efact is we are still dramatically underprepared. our report outlines 33 recommendations and the sec -- and as the secretary stated we all strongly support the first recommendation, ca

now after you have heard from jim greenwood, we would be happy to answer any questions you have. >> thank you very much. mr. greenwood, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. i'm tempted to ask unanimous consent to insert your opening statement and the opening statement of the opening statement as a preface to our report because it's gratifying to see how aligned you are with our recommendations. thank you for inviting me to discuss preparedness for biological threats on behalf of the panel. as the former chair of this subcommittee, i am honored to testify here today. this is timely, not because of biological events has occurred but because one has not occurred on u.s. soil. whether it's the reintroduction of smallpox by a terrorism, a dirty bomb in an urban center on another pandemic influenza outbreak, as the panel notes in our report, we are under prepared to respond to these threats. we must take immediate steps to be better prepared. it has been a privilege to serve on the study panel with my colleagues. our report starts from the premise that the threat is real and it is

to consider these recommendations and hopefully to move forward and now after you've heard from jim greenwood, we'd be happy to answer any questions you have. ? thank you very much. mr. greenwood, you're recognized for five minutes. >> i'm tempting to ask unanimous consent to insert your opening statement and the ranking member as a preface to our report because it's gratifying to see how aligned you already are with our recommendations. thank you for inviting me to discuss preparedness for biological threats. on behalf of the bipartisan blue ribbon study panel on defense. as former chair of the subcommittee i am incredibly honored to be testifying here today. this hearing is quite timely not because of a catastrophic, biological event has recently occurred, but because one has not occurred on u.s. soil. whether it's the reintroduction of smallpox by a terrorist, a dirty bomb in an urban center and another pandemic influenza outbreak, as the panel notes in our report, we are underprepared to respond to these threats and we must take immediate steps to be better prepared. there's been a great