The committee on health education, labor and pensions will please come to order. First, the usual administrative matters like the theater announcements we use to receive, we are getting used to those, we follow the advice of the attending physician and sergeantatarms consulted with all the right people, we are seated 6 feet apart, that means no room for public or the media here but the media is participating and we hope the public is as well. And the videoconference is a real change for the United States senate and a very welcome one because it makes it possible to attract witnesses who have busy schedules on the same day such as today, by video conference, you may remove your masks since were 6 feet apart. The sergeant at arms, press gallery, architect of the capital, capital police, committee staff, Evan Griffiths for their hard work to keep us safe. We will each have an Opening Statement and we turn to our witnesses we thank for being with us today, each witness we ask you summarize
Into the congressional record as long as as well as my Opening Statements. I want to think everybody participating and covid19 continues to inflict terrible economic toll in the United States. Just over five months, weve express of our 120,000 deaths. 2 million total infections. Tens of millions have lost their jobs. This Congress Reviews response to covid19 is important take the lessons weve learned learned during this crisis to better prepare for pandemic are the biological events of the scale the future. Folks on todays hearing the Strategic National stockpile. First established with a 51 milliondollar preparations in 1998, was National Pharmaceutical stockpile. The s s was codified in 2002 and obtained his current name with expanded mission in 2003. Over the years, the response ability for the s s has changed between different agencies within hhs and vhs. Developing a plan for this communities oversight for the response to the coronavirus, the Strategic National area of interest as
Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni
Emergency management professionals about its role during pandemics. And how best to retool stockpile for future and biological events. On the welcome and thank all of the witnesses for the participation in for the thoughtful testimony and ill ask unanimous consent to enter the full testimony into the record of predisposing doctor garrett has requested the full ending of the crisis in complacency of the report be put into the congressional record as long as as well as my Opening Statements. I want to think everybody participating and covid19 continues to inflict terrible economic toll in the United States. Just over five months, weve express of our 120,000 deaths. 2 million total infections. Tens of millions have lost their jobs. This Congress Reviews response to covid19 is important take the lessons weve learned learned during this crisis to better prepare for pandemic are the biological events of the scale the future. Folks on todays hearing the Strategic National stockpile. First est
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