Richard Burr: “Let me just say that North Carolina represents the largest pool of HBCUs in the country with 11.”

Nobody has worked harder on this issue, I think, on the Hill than I have.

If you can take the outline you just presented to me and get somebody from the Administration to fill in in between the action steps that are going to be taken, you might have a plan.

I will write the Secretary and ask him what the criteria is to end the state of emergency.

I was surprised and frustrated to hear that these funds were overwhelmingly repurposed from within ASPR, including the stockpile.