"Those same experts are now telling us that two of the biggest drivers of risk from wildlife-borne diseases are climate change and the frequency of interactions between wildlife and people."
"Taxpayers deserve to know that their money is being spent effectively."
"I do think that when we, as taxpayers, invest in data, that it ought to be shared as much as possible."
"Congress provides far less funding for the Department of the Interior to monitor diseases in wildlife than it does for the Department of Agriculture to monitor diseases in domesticated animals."
"I think one of the concerns is, without the kind of work that you are doing, without digging into that research, we can't accurately count how many wildlife-related cases there are."
"If we want to control outbreaks of wildlife-borne disease, we have to be able to see them."
"Well, Mr. Sternfels, is, shouldn't the FDA have been allowed to make its own decision about whether or not your company's work for Purdue did or did not create a conflict?"
"Look, your scheme worked really well for McKinsey; McKinsey got contracts, Purdue got rich, and America got addicted."
"But are you suggesting that working on things like the design on organizational structure... doesn't affect how those regulations actually get enforced?"
"Is that your position?"
"Should McKinsey have disclosed to the FDA that it was helping opioid manufacturers influence drug-safety regulations?"