I agree totally, there should be a global health czar that has power over the interagency and the budgetary tools needed to assure that all the agencies are moving in the same direction.

We have been doing this since the time of PEPFAR. And we seem to like disease-specific earmarks.

the significant amount of resources that the United States has appropriated to try and address Ebola should not be redirected elsewhere

we commend President Sirleaf for her terrific work in leading the effort to deploy community health workers across the country

Thank you, Chairman Flake and Ranking Member Markey, for convening this important hearing and for staying engaged and being such leaders on this important issue.

Ebola is not over, the conditions that create it have not gone away, and, if anything, we need to double down on the investments we are making, and make them count.

I look forward to working with you and other members of the subcommittee and Commission to ensure intellectual property continues to be respected.

Mr. President, I begin my remarks by thanking my colleague, good friend, and the leader in this effort to pass the Defend Trade Secrets Act in the Senate today, the President pro tem of the Senate, Senator Orrin Hatch. In his four decades…

Mr. President, I made long remarks earlier this afternoon, along with my colleague and friend Senator Hatch. I want to briefly reiterate my thanks to the many staff who worked tirelessly to make it possible for the Defense Trade Secrets…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Daniel Pedraza, a legal fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Thank you for accommodating.

How would you continue to make progress, if we don't provide specific funding?

The FCC has a responsibility to play an important and positive role in ensuring that the United States continues to lead the world in innovation and communication.

Independence does not mean the FCC is free to ignore clear congressional direction.

Independence and transparency are not furthered by less than forthright responses to congressional questions.

Let me, if I could, move to the incentive auction, the Broadcaster Relocation Fund, for my remaining 2 minutes.

Every dollar we essentially direct away from the high-cost fund is one less dollar that delivers digital opportunity to rural and low-income Americans.

perhaps, something good can come from something awful--and that something good can be us pushing for the necessary reforms