Martin Heinrich: “The Federal Government plays a key role in this--funding and conducting R&D, investing in the human capital of our…”

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.

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.

And some of the secret sauce in this was just the fact that we had four people who were genuinely committed to a balanced package that both sides could support.