we want facts. We want to bring the temperature down. We want to bring the fear factor down.

I think, Secretary Azar, the $200 million in cuts at BARDA, $700 million in cuts at CDC, and $3 billion out of NIH, are you willing to reconsider that, given what our country is facing and what the American people need day-in and day-out…

I started out earlier today saying that confusion is the enemy of preparedness.

I think we have some problems with the administration, because the professionals say one thing and then there is confusion on the other side.

Confusion is the enemy of preparedness.

Instead of taking this situation seriously, the President has sent Congress a coronavirus funding request that is inadequate for this emergency.

Thank you. God bless you and your work on behalf of the American people.

The virus triggers fear and I think the antidote for this is truth and transparency.

The administration, Mr. Secretary, put out the budget ten days after, after, not before, after declaring a public health emergency.

I hope, as we move through this challenge, that the American people will come to know you the way we do...

These cuts are really shameful. They really are.

Let me ask you this. If the coronavirus outbreak is continuing three months from now--and I pray that it isn't--what do you estimate the American drug supply will be?