Some of them are still in early stages.

There must be clear and consistent guidance to Federal employees on agency policies.

Admiral, I know many people are anxious to hear about the progress being made with the development of a vaccine to combat the novel H1N1 virus.

Pandemic influenza continues to be a grave threat facing the United States and the world.

I want to express my disappointment that the Subcommittee did not receive testimony from the agencies until late yesterday.

Thank you very much for your testimony, Ms. Kichak.

I think would be very worthwhile would be to insist that we see an overall plan about who is responsible for what.

I was disappointed to learn that, according to a GAO report, only one agency--the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)--responded that they had shared their pandemic planning with the unions that represent their employees.

I hope that agencies are learning from the ongoing H1N1 outbreak and taking corrective action for future planning.

I really appreciate your participation in these hearings, and we have worked so well together all these years on these issues.

The public is enfranchised to make decisions about government actions that have an impact on them.