As millions of Californians lose their livelihoods due to this pandemic and face a systemic housing shortage, Congress must make forward-looking investments in federal programs.

I introduced the 'HOME Investment Partnerships Reauthorization Act' (H.R. 7312) to increase the authorized funding level for the program from $2.2 billion to $6.1 billion annually.

Representative Garamendi and I introduced H.R. 4710, the Pharmaceutical Independence Long-Term Readiness Reform Act, which seeks to take the first step in tackling this issue.

when we write the next piece of legislation, if that is the Heroes legislation, that these mandates must be in it.

I just introduced this week the Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act.

Thank you to all of you who supported this long overdue recognition.

If I recall, in previous hearings we had asked for an analysis of the accidents, and what was the cause, and what could have prevented that.

Most of which on the generic side, 90-some percent come from China.

That supply chain is already interrupted.

This issue of the command and control systems and the integration amongst the various branches is going to be on all of our minds here.

We are looking at how to develop our own domestic production of these key ingredients for that.

We will get started here. The committee will come to order.