Diana DeGette

We need to strengthen their support, we need to strengthen their ranks...

So getting a vaccine that is safe and effective is going to be absolutely critical...

We've got to build on that long-standing public health infrastructure that's already in place across America...

I thank the gentle lady.

But I'm very concerned because the Trump administration has not relied on our public health experts...

Everybody knows that time is of the essence in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine, and obviously everybody wants it as quickly as possible, but we need to make sure that it's going to be safe and effective against the virus too.

We are all rooting for a vaccine to be developed, manufactured, and accessible for all Americans as soon as possible.

As long as the Trump Administration continues to shirk its responsibility to lead a coordinated, national response effort, sicknesses and deaths will continue to mount.

As long as the Trump administration continues to shirk its responsibility to lead a coordinated national response effort, sicknesses and deaths are going to continue to mount.

I know I speak for everybody this morning in saying we're all rooting for a safe vaccine to be developed, manufactured, and accessible for all Americans as soon as possible.

These problems will likely extend to the development and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine, as long as Trump is President.

From day one, President Trump has done everything he can to minimize the severity of this pandemic and to undermine his public health experts.

This committee has a responsibility--to conduct oversight of those congressional investments.

This transparency will be crucial to securing the American people's trust that a COVID-19 vaccine will be made available only once it's proven to be safe and effective.

Recently, I introduced the Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act to drive the deployment of clean energy and to also provide assistance to low-income households and help energy workers in communities.

I am going to give a shout-out to my colleague, Representative O'Halleran, who is lead sponsor on the 5-year reauthorization, and it calls for $200 million.

It is going to be very important not to defund the World Health Organization, since it so important to our national interest.

How important is this funding to our continued efforts to combat COVID-19 in the United States?

To argue that President Trump's response has somehow been a success is really quite astounding.

Has the President asked you to do fewer tests?

The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is going to be continuing its investigations both about how we responded to this and where we go in the future.

I want to thank the panel and welcome all of you.

COVID is going to be around us for a long time, and we need to be able to learn how to deal with these issues.

Ensuring that insurance is not a barrier to healthcare is really critical, particularly for African Americans, Latinx, and indigenous populations.

Police violence and racial inequities have long contributed to levels of stress, toxic stress in the Black community.