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Best case scenario, Dr.--and Dr. Fauci said at least 12 months.

I want to thank the witnesses for taking the time to come here to share their expertise and insights with us during this crucial time to help keep Americans safe, healthy, and secure.

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic we're going to ever deal with, and it certainly is not going to be the last one.

I continue to believe that the risk to the American people is low at this time.

It is incredibly important that we come together as a nation, and as a planet, to get ahead of this.

we need to take a look at speeding up the regulatory process.

I understand Ms. Spanberger has additional questions.

So we are talking about making voluntary family planning available around the world to reduce maternal mortality, to reduce child mortality.

Our foreign policy should be based on American values and what we think about.

My impression is the way the administration implemented the Global Gag Rule. It has had this rebound effect, closing family planning clinics, et cetera, and limiting access.

We, as Congress, understand how rapidly this is moving. We also understand that we want to make sure the Administration has all the tools and resources that they need.

if we actually care about maternal health, if we care about child health, if we care about empower women and girls, we ought to fund UNFPA.

This is not a partisan issue, this is an issue of how we work together as Democrats and Republicans.

what we are really asking for is how can we be of assistance? You know, what do they need from Congress in terms of appropriations, et cetera?

we are here to work as Congress. We are all on the same page here.

the best thing we can do right now is get the smartest people, our smartest epidemiologists and everyone working side-by-side with the Chinese and the global community

A large number of the entrepreneurs and the startups are started by immigrants.

We do have to double our investment in R&D.

We do have some natural advantages that... we are a free and open society.

Congress should insert itself into this process and it does not have to be adversarial.

We have created a dependency in Afghanistan on U.S. dollars.

So $132 billion on reconstruction, we have spent more on Afghanistan than we spent on the whole Marshall Plan rebuilding.

Each administration has got some things right, but they have also got a lot wrong.

It is unfortunate that we are seeing such partisan dialog here.

I would like to first start by acknowledging the loss of Nawres Hamid, who was a resident of Sacramento County.