I hope it is a trend that is going to become the norm and not the exception.

But we learned enough to know that we have no, or very little, surge capacity for an infectious disease of that magnitude.

You probably hit on the key thing that was, I think, the toughest thing to recognize, and that is: where is the Federal Government's responsibility at creating the incentive for people to create something that there is not a commercial…

Thanks to the leadership of Senator Burr, Members of this Committee, and the dedicated team at BARDA...

What can we do to meet what we do not know?

The time will not count against you.

I hope that my colleagues on this Committee will remember this year's flu season, the severity of it.

BARDA's most recent 5-year budget outlined $630 million in pandemic influenza funding needs for Fiscal Year 2019 alone.

Thanks to the leadership of Senator Burr and Senator Casey, and Members of this Committee, and the dedicated team at BARDA, our state-of-the-art vaccine production facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina is one of the best examples of a…

We have shown a degree of vision in the past.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Section 148

Mr. President, the U.S. Senate has just done the right thing. In a matter of hours, hopefully, the decision to fund the government and to put people back to work will find its way to the House of Representatives. I am sure that it will…

Mr. President, I thank the vice chairman of the committee. There are over 30-plus professional staffers who staff both sides of the Intelligence Committee. On each side, there is a staffer designated for each of the intelligence agencies…

Mr. President, it is my hope that we will come to our senses at some point in this process and that this waiver to U.S. Code will, in fact, not be in place, but I will assure, on behalf of the vice chairman and myself to all our Members…

Actually, what I want to work on is funding that goes at least for the next 4 weeks and maybe the next year. I want to get to regular order. I actually want to provide certainty to men and women in uniform who are out there fighting in…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I am glad to hear that the Senator from Ohio and the Senator from Connecticut all want to get the government funded. I also think Wright-Patterson is a great military installation. I actually…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object. I agree with the Senator from New Jersey, we want to fund the CHIP program, which is exactly why we voted to try to extend it for 6 years just a couple of days ago. The Senator voted against…

Mr. President, like the Senator from Connecticut, I don't understand why we are here this weekend myself. I don't understand why a continuing resolution--all the provisions in it have the broad support of both sides of the aisle--has…