"But I think I can say on behalf of the Chairman, who is an appropriator, that this Committee has always said that we ought to appropriate at reauthorization levels."
"I hope it is a trend that is going to become the norm and not the exception."
"But we learned enough to know that we have no, or very little, surge capacity for an infectious disease of that magnitude."
"You probably hit on the key thing that was, I think, the toughest thing to recognize, and that is: where is the Federal Government's responsibility at creating the incentive for people to create somet..."
"We have shown a degree of vision in the past."
"Thanks to the leadership of Senator Burr, Members of this Committee, and the dedicated team at BARDA..."
"Having a program authorized by Congress will provide a clear signal to the private sector that the U.S. Government is committed to preparing against pandemic threats in the future."
"What can we do to meet what we do not know?"
"The time will not count against you."
"I hope that my colleagues on this Committee will remember this year's flu season, the severity of it."
"BARDA's most recent 5-year budget outlined $630 million in pandemic influenza funding needs for Fiscal Year 2019 alone."