i would yeelyeel to ms. blackburn from tennessee. >> thank you, dr. burgess. welcome to all of our witnesses. everyone has welcomed we are here to work with you to help protect americans, and that includes the care givers. by that i mean the men and women working on the frontlines, the screaming eagles of the 101st from fort campbell. i will yeelyeel. -- i will yield back my time. >> the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. to mr. waxman. >> i am pleased to make an opening statement before we hear from the witnesses. i think we have to put all this in perspective and not panic. everybody says "don't panic" and then they say things like "we're going to get tough." well, what are we going to do? first of all, we have a problem in africa. thaze serious outbreak that could spiral beyond our control. the world health organization estimate estimated there could be up to 10,000 new ebola cases each week in west africa. c.d.c. has warned the outbreak could affect as many as 1.4 million people by the end of january. this is a humanitarian crisis in africa. a

i would yeelyeel to ms. blackburn from tennessee. >> thank you, dr. burgess. welcome to all of our witnesses. everyone has welcomed we are here to work with you to help protect americans, and that includes the care givers. by that i mean the men and women working on the frontlines, the screaming eagles of the 101st from fort campbell. i will yeelyeel. -- i will yield back my time. >> the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. to mr. waxman. >> i am pleased to make an opening statement before we hear from the witnesses. i think we have to put all this in perspective and not panic. everybody says "don't panic" and then they say things like "we're going to get tough." well, what are we going to do? first of all, we have a problem in africa. thaze serious outbreak that could spiral beyond our control. the world health organization estimate estimated there could be up to 10,000 new ebola cases each week in west africa. c.d.c. has warned the outbreak could affect as many as 1.4 million people by the end of january. this is a humanitarian crisis in africa. a