I would simply like to assure the gentleman of my agreement with his comments. I think that we have become incredibly arrogant in assuming that we have conquered these virus-borne diseases and other communicable diseases. In fact, we are learning that we are going to be facing a whole new generation of threats to public health, and I think even with this additional money in the bill, there needs to be much, much more.
Discussing public health funding and the threat of communicable diseases.
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