mr. harper is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing on a very important issue. some agencies can be dysfunctional and there's no real concern or harm in that, but the cdc is not one that can be dysfunctional. so we're very concerned about safety within the labs for, obviously, the workers there and also for the public on how we're going to address that. and if i could, dr. freiden get you to refer to tab 7, a letter you sent in 2012 to the committee responding to concerns about cdc lab safety. in that, you stated a senior official was designated to report directly to you about safety issues and those things there. who was that senior official? >> i will have to get back to you about that to get you the name and details of what was done with the person in the letter. >> obviously, the question would be, and i would hope you could have answered today was, who was that senior official, and what were the results of that action? and then the question that perhaps you can answer now is how is

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mr. harper for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for being here today. and i have a couple of questions i'd like to ask. first of all, who is performing the role of systems integrator now? who is doing that? >> optimum. >> i'm sorry. >> my prior company. >> who has that role now? >> optimum, the firm. >> okay. i got you. some questions i'd like to ask about some reports. earlier this summer we learned there were nearly 4 million inconsistencies in the applications submitted via healthcare.gov. those inconsistents are for citizenship status or income. the failure to calculate these property could mean that millions of americans could have to pay back incorrectly calculated subsidies. so earlier this summer it was reported that there were millions of these, first of all, how did this happen? and can't the website check for accura accuracy. >> sure. so appreciate the question. inconsistencies occur because of the changes that occur in people's lives. and people that end up having more current information than government databases, so we have run last year d

mr. harper for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for being here today. and i have a couple of questions i'd like to ask. first of all, who is performing the role of systems integrator now? who is doing that? >> optimum. >> i'm sorry. >> my prior company. >> who has that role now? >> optimum, the firm. >> okay. i got you. some questions i'd like to ask about some reports. earlier this summer we learned there were nearly 4 million inconsistencies in the applications submitted via healthcare.gov. those inconsistents are for citizenship status or income. the failure to calculate these property could mean that millions of americans could have to pay back incorrectly calculated subsidies. so earlier this summer it was reported that there were millions of these, first of all, how did this happen? and can't the website check for accura accuracy. >> sure. so appreciate the question. inconsistencies occur because of the changes that occur in people's lives. and people that end up having more current information than government databases, so we have run last year d

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