"It is always good to be on her side."
"next year will be the 100th anniversary of the influenza outbreak of 1918. They estimate that at least 50 million and maybe as many as 100 million people died from that flu in 1 year globally."
"Thanks very much, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Stabenow, and members of the Committee."
"I applaud the Chairman for bringing this issue. I think it is something that we should be talking about."
"One of the challenges I think we are experiencing is the sense of complacency."
"I appreciate the leadership that the Committee is showing, because this really is a threat to our country."
"Perhaps you saw over the weekend in the Washington Post there was an article about the evidence that the North Koreans, Kim Jong-un has an active pathogen development program."
"The Department of Agriculture I gather is in the final stages and close to issuing a rule on reportable animal disease."
"Al Qaeda may be down, but they are not out, and that notion of hurting us economically is one that is pretty prevalent among those that want to cause us harm."
"So there is a really important leadership role for Congress here and, of course, the executive branch."
"we think this is an important area because the National Veterinary Stockpile was created pursuant to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9, and it has never been funded."