Joseph Lieberman said...

You want to know if there is an infectious disease epidemic beginning to spread in the country.

I want to thank you specifically for convening this hearing on our report less than a week after we issued it.

We hope, as this hearing goes on, you will feel strongly enough about at least some of the recommendations we make here ...

I think it is critically important that this work not stop at this point where we are just looking at what is happening ...