Peter King: “We can't let the government be shut down. We can't become General Custer.”

The novel coronavirus or COVID-19 has already claimed half a million lives across the globe, and here in the United States, nowhere has been hit harder than New York.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me thank all the witnesses for your testimony today.

This is very dangerous. It could involve the loss of life.

Again, if I could make a semi-partisan point, maybe that is why it is important to have you and the Vice President running these things finally.