Richard Burr

Failure is not an option; please fix this now or we will see an increase in veteran homelessness.

The VA no longer considers them 'homeless,' and does not allow them to participate in HVRP.

The Senator has heard that statement by the press and has heard it made by Members of this body.

I am very curious to hear what my colleague Senator Rubio has to say and whether he is in agreement with what we have said on the floor to this point.

I think that the body is the greatest source of cures in the future.

Then I would be remiss if I didn't mention at the same time, biosimilar pathways and the fact that we have yet to have that final guidance.

I'd like to ask you when is the animal rule guidance going to be finalized as required by law?

I don't think there's anybody at the table that believes that that is an actual number of how many deaths there were in West Africa, and the unfortunate thing is we may never know exactly the extent of this outbreak.

BARDA intentionally has a very specific and targeted medical countermeasure mission, and this is to ensure that BARDA is staying focused on bringing forward the medical countermeasures we need to protect the American people.

I have every legitimate reason to sit up here and question at what point was there one person who was moving the pieces and making the requests.

Given what we know today about the amount of contaminated waste that had to be delicately taken care of...

I'm convinced it is, and I think, specifically, for you, I'll put this out as a thought.

My only regret here is that it doesn't take EPA as long to promulgate rules and to put authorizations out as it does at FDA.

When we see the threat as seriously as we did, then we have an obligation to this country to do whatever we need to do in conjunction--and I think this is where we ended up--with the countries affected and not with some health architecture…

I can't tell you how many times I was on the phone, saying, 'Forget about them. Bypass them.'

I'm not going to be as diplomatic as Senator Cassidy was, because I think what he was alluding to--and I'm not surprised you won't go there--was the WHO an impediment?

There was a point that the White House got to where they appointed somebody who never made a public statement, and they said, 'You're in charge.'

I plead with all of you if there are additional things that you see... make sure that we're fully briefed on what they are.

The American people expect us to do all that we can do to protect them from the full range of threats that we face.

Our work to strengthen our Nation's medical and public health preparedness and response has always been bipartisan.

We believe in these regulations, but when we see these cost estimates coming out that seem immaterial and our numbers are exponentially higher, we think something is fundamentally wrong.

I felt that Senator Mikulski was going to highlight the entrepreneurial spirit of Google being created with Dr. Kirwan.

This is the first of what I hope will be a number of open hearings.

The Committee remains concerned about the expanding, evolving nature of this threat.

This is to provide the Senate and the American people with an update on the current threat from terrorism.