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Covid testing? >> chair murray, thank you so much for this important question. testing remains a critical priority for this administration. when we saw the unprecedented cases of omicron sweep into south africa and europe, we immediately reached out to of o south africa and europe, we immediately reached out to our manufacturers to understand any supply constraints they had and to evaluate their surge capacity. we have also met daily with them to make sure they have what they need from their suppliers and have used the defense production act authorities 12 times throughout this pandemic in sup...

Hearing where health officials, including doctors fauci and walensky are testifying about the federal response to omicron. >> -- to those who have had the disease, who have disease. >> okay. well, let me just say, nearly two years ago when this committee first started having congressional hearings on covid-19, the very first thing i asked was, where are the tests? and we've made progress since then, and we are now producing 300 million rapid at-home tests each month, along with ramping up our lab-based testing. but i am disappointed, as i said, by the testing challenges that we're facing. test...

Infectious disease specialist at boston university. and in a moment, nbc news correspondent ellison barber will be with us from new york. leigh ann, let me start with you. this will be the first time doctors fauci and walensky will be in front of this committee since omicron swept the country. what are lawmakers looking to hear today. >> it sure will be, jose. and this is a regularly scheduled hearing. they do appear before the committee, periodically. but this is, as you mentioned, the first time since omicron. so the committee is going to have a lot of questions. we expect dr. fauci to talk ...