Justin we want to thank the panel is for joining us here today and thank the audience were attending or watching online or on he spent and join us upstairs for sandwiches and cokes. Thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2024] this subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself, with the purpose of making an opening statement. Today, this subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization, and our relationship, as the United States, with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. It played a key role in eradicating smallpox, and significantly
This subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection, the chair may declare a recess at any time. I now recognize myself, with the purpose of making an opening statement. Today, this subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization, and our relationship, as the United States, with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. It played a key role in eradicating smallpox, and significantly reducing the cases of polio around the globe. Yet, when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19, the pandemic, we saw that the w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw it is not an organization that serves all of humankind, but instead perhaps an organization that became beholden to, or are trapped in, politics. When it was most essential that the w. H. O. Be able to step up
The hearing was held amid ongoing concerns from u. S. Lawmakers w. H. O. It was was impy influenced by china through the covid19 pandemic. This is about two and half hours. It was not. [background noises] these select a subcommittee of the coronavirus pandemic will come to order but want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chairman to clear recess at any time. I now recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. Today the select subcommittee is holding a hearing to examine the future of the World Health Organization. And our relationship with the w. H. O. The World Health Organization is supposed to be the preeminent organization that governs just that, the worlds health. Played a key role in eradicating smallpox and is significantly reduced in the cases of polio around the globe. And yet when the world was faced with the outbreak of covid19 and the pandemic we saw w. H. O. Does not always serve all of its members equally. We saw its not an organizat
But i submit to legalism. What i want to talk about is the world that robert kagan and Bret Stephens once that is undergirded by American Power and i think that is the world we all believe has been vastly beneficial for the United States, for canada but for by and large the whole world. It allowed the transformation i talked about are not in america. The question is what is made that possible . I would argue the image you should think about is Franklin Roosevelt after winning decisively in world war ii. Decides he wants to create the United Nations an institution which all countries would be represented and try to make a systematic and institutionalized effort to produce a new kind of Global Politics in which other countries are respected, their voices heard and that is really what the United States has at its core been trying to do since 1945. Its not really because the United States has gone into lots of third world countries and intervened and beaten up people and killed leaders tha
Many that they would not even have a refrigerator to keep supplies called particularly plasma and certain medicines. The two panels will examine the National Programs to like electrical power in africa and the future of energy is brighter than it has been in the past. So now i yield to my good friend and colleague. Thank you, mr. Chairman for your leadership when you say the prospect of energy in bright in africa is brighter it has a lot to do with you for your work and convening this hearing. Is very obvious the lack of power available throughout the continent has many negative consequences as it constrains growth and undermines Resource Development with the quality of life progress so the impact on the Economic Prosperity as well as the ability to make the challenges is compromised by the lack of energy and this gives us the opportunity to assess both of inspect to elect a friday africa and now i defer to the ranking member. And now you may present your opening comments. On several c