But there was an emergency declared with only 20 confirmed cases in the U.S. There has already been 50 deaths in just my State of Oklahoma.

Could you maybe help us maybe draw some type of criteria that needs to be laid out so the next time this happens, we could have something to compare it to?

Would it help if Congress or you guys could come up with maybe some criteria that we could look at that could maybe trigger it, rather than just waiting for the next crisis to happen, or, honestly, a public outcry?

It seems odd that there is no criteria at all for us to understand it.

So I am trying to make a comparison here.

What we need to do is come together in support of a strong public health infrastructure that prevents outbreaks.

I completely agree with the Chairman, but I will say I want to commend this panel and others at the CDC and NIH.

He said, 'I gave the order.' Castro said, 'I'm the one responsible.' And yet, this is who we are negotiating with.

We concluded that TIGTA produced a fundamentally flawed audit that harmed the public interest to such a severe extent that trust and confidence in TIGTA's independence, ethics, competence and quality control have been called into question.

The premise of the hearing today is getting full and efficient access to the information necessary to conduct effective oversight.

Responses like that are just ridiculous and cannot be tolerated if we are going to believe in transparency and consistency in our oversight process.

I just want to make sure we are all singing the same tune, that we have a very safe industry.

Any time we can shout out PRRIA, we like to do so.

I am very concerned about the way the money is being spent.

I can't imagine releasing somebody on a makeable job if both sides agree the defendant had a 50 percent chance of re-offending.

We are releasing criminals to go after them? That is outrageous.

He and I will have a great partnership in moving this subcommittee forward.

I would like to ask unanimous consent that Representative Sean Patrick Maloney be permitted to join the subcommittee for today's hearing.