Martin Heinrich: “Would you agree that LDRD is an absolutely critical component to be able to recruit the quality of applicants that we…”

In the short term, what I'd really like to see is a hand-in-glove approach between Russia and the World Health Organization. That would tell us a lot.

Our whole premise as we approached this permitting bill was: How do we create a faster process, not lower the bar on standards.

We’re going to get to ‘yes’ faster. We’re also going to get to ‘no’ faster when a project is harmful.

I would be very concerned if this were an engineered pathogen. I don't have any unique information saying that is the case. But if it were the case, that would be cause for alarm.