Host goods nearly a year and a half since washer russias war against ukraine. We have sent military aid and the American People and u. S. Political leaders support show signs of slipping. It has recently had bipartisan support but tracks among the parties there are a few cracks showing in this support. Welcome to the program, the first part of the program will ask you how you view u. S. Support of ukraine. With the money we have given too far, if you think it is too much, is the number 202 7488000 and if you think it is not enough use 202 7488001 or if you think it is the right amount you can text us at or you can call us at 202 7488002. Text us at 202 7488003. And you can also share your thoughts and comments on twitter and facebook. We look at the amount of spinning powering ukraines defense. The United States has committed aid to ukraine since the beginning of russias fullscale invasion. That includes more than 43 billion dollars in military aid. More than the u. S. Has distributed
Bring an advisor and have them tell us every way what about the National Science Advisory Board . That is not the current planned. That is not the current plan. They purged half their members from the board. I was inquisitive whether you knew about this. Why the administration took this action. Whether an ih consultant nih consulted. You will have to do for to them. That eliminates one question. In light of the anthrax incident they recently completed you think inspections were sufficient . I do. The protocols were in place because of the primary cause of the incident, which was the the bacteria was not inactivated, it was transferred to a laboratory that would not this is early have to have a locked cabinet. When we provide a report on select agents, as indicated earlier, we report on those laboratories where the select agent went. In this case not deactivated. That concludes my questions. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker week recognizes mr. Long. Thank you. Docrtor, a
That lets people know when thers been a problem there . There are multiple alarm systems within cdc. In this case, it was a crosscontamination of a culture. So somehow, and we havent figured out how yet, a relatively low virulence Avian Influenza was crosscontaminated with the highly pathogenic h5n1. Is there any evidence of cover up here from employees not wanting to let someone else know that no. Weve seen at this point no evidence of a cover up, but we do see the need to strengthen the culture of safety that encourages reporting. Anytime theres a problem or potential problem so we can assess it and take rapid and prompt action. Thank you. I now recognize ms. Degette for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Dr. Kingsbury, let me just make sure i heard your testimony right. You testified that theres an increasing number of labs that are handling these bioagents, correct . Correct. And you said theres really no one agency in charge. Is that correct . Correct. Now, in you said that to
Involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability such as making viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans. Despite all we have learned about the potential risks of this method of research, this is the first congressional hearing on the subject since the pandemic began. Today we will discuss what gain of function research entails, how gain of function research is defined and with that the definition of gain of function research is applied consistently by the department of health and Human Services p3 seo review committee. This was a committee set up to study penitential pandemic pathogens. We will discuss the responsibility for how we determine the risk and benefits. We will also discuss how the committee operates, how the Committee Approves or denies objects from receiving federal funding based on whether the pathogen is considered to be a critical source, of potential human pandemic and if the potential risks as compared to the potential benefits to
Involving the manipulation of pathogens to give them a new aspect or ability such as making viruses more transmissible or dangerous to humans. Despite all we have learned about the potential risks of this method of research, this is the first congressional hearing on the subject since the pandemic began. Today we will discuss what gain of function research entails, how gain of function research is defined and with that the definition of gain of function research is applied consistently by the department of health and Human Services p3 seo review committee. This was a committee set up to study penitential pandemic pathogens. We will discuss the responsibility for how we determine the risk and benefits. We will also discuss how the committee operates, how the Committee Approves or denies objects from receiving federal funding based on whether the pathogen is considered to be a critical source, of potential human pandemic and if the potential risks as compared to the potential benefits to