Anywhere, people want to be able to test as quickly as possible to determine if the substance is anthrax or not. A large number of labs like to have this capability. I would like to add one thing. Because this was relieved to be inactivated, we were not intending to actually use laboratory staff. We were trying to grow new partners in technology. For that reason, they were trying to show that new technologies for detection and diagnostics against anthrax worked. We sent them an material to show them that their diagnostic testing worked. We were trying to grow the Technology Basis for our National Security. Some of the separate some of these were sent down to second and third laboratories . With who will you gather all of these things together, or will they be missing forever . Cdc is gathering all of these. Theyre completing that work. We will get to all of the laboratories that received a sample. It will just take some time. Some of the records are on paper. We are still going to go t
With him. Our two reporters will be asking questions. Rachael of politico. And daniel. Daniel your first. Daniel as we mentioned, the process seemed stalled. It has been widely reported that an amendment was brought up i democrats, three amendments in fact. Can you just take us inside what happened on tuesday night through the end of that week, when the interior appropriations bill was pulled from the floor . Rep. Rogers the amendments that the democrats offered caused a number of our members to declare that they did not support the bill on fast passage. The bill was removed from the floor. It is too bad because it is a great bill. The interior appropriations bill did so many great things. It held back the epa us wild rampage towards regulating everything, among other things. Its a good bill. Its too bad we had to remove it from the floor, but i hope we can force it back. The provisions that bill will be able to be incorporated sometime this fall. Daniel im sorry. It sounds to me like
Come to order. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. And we look forward to a fulsome hearing. I want to thank those, also in attendance. I know there was a little bit of an outbreak prior to us convene convening. We thank you for being here. We do hope youll respect that now the meetings in order. Outbursts of any kind are unwarranted and will respect the democratic process that is taking place here. So, again, we thank you for beg being here. We also thank you for your courtesy as we move ahead. I know the witnesses have agreed to be here as long as we wish. So well start with sevenminute questions. I do know based on last nights presentation, theres sometimes a tendency for witnesses to want to interject. And what i would say is, obviously we conduct our meetings with a lot of respect and courtesy. And i would just ask the witnesses if they would to respond directly to the question from senators on both sides of the aisle as if they ask when you ask it directly to a wi
Production the state department of transportation and Port Authority as well as new jersey senators corey booker and bob mendez. They are talking about new Jersey Transit trains and how to fix them. In order to make this happen we are going to need everybody. New york, new jersey, the Port Authority, the federal government, new Jersey Transit. Because thousands heading into and out of new york city have been dealing with two hour delays and cancellations. Every day if its a drop of rain its a delay. Over 90 degrees its a delay. They might bring up the proposed gateway project entailing two additional train tunnels under the hudson to give pen station some relief. New Jersey Transit executives Just Announced the tunnels will be critical to keep passengers on the move. They support it too. What needs to change . They just need the train to be on time and stop the problems. Thats all. Track officials blame infrastructure for the issues and Say Something needs to be done. Aging equipment i
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