% >>
NOW
TO
COVID-19
AND
HOW
% FEDERAL
LAWMAKERS
ARE
% RESPONDING TO
CERTAIN
ASPECTS
% OF
IT
INCLUDING
THE
% INTRODUCTION
OF
A
BILL
CALLED
% THE
MEDICAL
SUPPLY
CHAIN
% SECURITY
ACT DESIGNED TO
% STRENGTHEN THE
FLOW
OF
MEDICAL
% SUPPLIES
BY
GIVING NEW
% AUTHORIZATIONS TO
THE
FOOD
AND
% DRUG ADMINISTRATION.%AMONG OT
HER THINGS
THE
BILL
% GIVES
THE
FDA
MORE POWER
TO
% LOCATE
AND
DIRECT
THE
FLOW
OF
% MEDICAL
SUPPLIES
AND
REQUIRES
% MEDICAL MANUFACTURERS
TO NOTIFY
% THE
GOVERNMENT
WHEN SUPPLIES
% ARE
RUNNING
LOW.% THE
BILL
WAS
INTRODUCED
THIS
% WEEK BY
REPUBLICAN
U.S.
% REPRESENTATIVE MIKE
GALLAGHER
% WHO
JOINS US
FROM
GREEN
BAY
AND
% DEMOCRATIC U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
% MARK
POCAN WHO
IS
IN
MADISON.% WELCOME
TO
YOU
BOTH.% FIRST,
REPRESENTATIVE POCAN,
% WHY
DID YOU
INTRODUCE
THE
BILL?
% >>
MIKE
REACHED
OUT
TO
US
AND
% SENATOR HAWLEY
INTRODUCED
THE
% BILL.
% I'VE
BEEN
WORKING
THROUGH
OUR % COMMITTEE
ALL
THINGS
% CORONAVIRUS.
% THERE
IS
A PROBLEM AROUND
% SUPPLY CHAINS
PERIOD.
% WE
KEEP
TRACK
OF
DRUGS
PRODUCED
% IN
CHINA
BUT
NOT
THINGS
LIKE % THE ACTIVE
INGREDIENTS FOR % DRUGS THAT
ARE MADE
IN
OTHER
%
PLACES.%AND
WE
DON'T
KEEP
TRACK
OF % THINGS
FOR
MEDICAL
DEVICES.
% WHEN
THIS
BILL
CAME OVER
FROM
% MIKE'S OFFICE
WE
WERE
HAPPY TO % DO
IT
WITH
HIM.% IT IS AN
IMPORTANT INFORMATION % THAT WE
HAVE TO
HAVE
WHETHER
IT
% BE
ON DRUGS
OR
MEDICAL DEVICES.% IF
WE
DON'T KNOW
IN
A TIME
LIKE % THIS OR
ANY
TIME
IN
THE
FUTURE
% YOU NEED TO
KNOW
WHERE THINGS % ARE
PRODUCED
SO YOU
DON'T
HAVE % SHORTAGES.
% >>
WHY DID
YOU
SPEARHEAD
THIS?
% >>
COVID-19
PROVIDES AN ACUTE
% ILLUSTRATION OF
SOMETHING
WE'VE
% BEEN
LEARNING
OVER
THE
LAST
% THREE
YEARS OR
WAKING
UP TO,
% WHICH
IS THE
FACT
THAT
A
LOT
OF
% OUR
SUPPLY
CHAINS
RUN
THROUGH
% BEIJING
AND THEREFORE
ARE
% INHERENTLY FRAGILE.
% AS
WE
ATTEMPT
TO
INCENTIVIZE
% MORE
DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURING WE
% SHOULD
START
WITH
KEY
NATIONAL % SECURITY TECHNOLOGY
BUT
MEDICAL
% MANUFACTURING.%WE'RE LEARNING
NOW THAT
SO
MANY
% OF
THE DRUGS
WE RELY
UPON,
SO
% MANY
OF
THE
SIMPLE
DEVICES
THAT
% WE
NEED IN
TIMES
LIKE
THIS,
% WHETHER
IT'S
MASKS,
REST
PIR
% ATEORS
ARE
OFTEN MASS
PRODUCED % IN CHAIN.
% YEAH
UNACCEPTABLE
WHEN
YOU'RE
% DEALING WITH
SOMETHING
LIKE % COVID-19.
% A SMALL WAY WE CAN
BEGIN
TO
% SHORE
UP
AND
STRENGTHEN
OUR
% DOMESTIC
MANUFACTURING
% CAPABILITY AND KEEP
CITIZENS % HEALTHY.%>> WHAT
CAN
YOU
TELL
US
ABOUT
% SHORTAGES IN
PLACE
NOW
AS
A
%
RESULT OF
CORONAVIRUS
OR % POTENTIALLY THREATENING OUR %
RESPONSE
TO
IT?
% >>
A
WEEK
AGO
FRIDAY
I
ASKED % THIS VERY
QUESTION
AT
ONE
OF % THE
PANELS
WE HAD.
% WE
KNOW
THERE
IS AT
LEAST
20
% DRUGS
THAT
ARE
PROBABLY SOLELY % SOURCED
IN
CHINA.
%
THERE
COULD
BE
SHORTAGES
% BECAUSE OF
PRODUCTION
OVERALL
% LIST OF 146
DRUGS
AS
OF A
WEEK
% AGO FRIDAY
ON
THAT
LIST
.
% BUT
WHAT
WE
DON'T
KEEP
TRACK
OF
% ARE
THINGS
LIKE
MEDICAL
DEVICES
% WHICH IS WHY MIKE
AND I
HAVE
% THIS BILL.
% WE
DON'T
KEEP TRACK
OF
ACTIVE
% INGREDIENTS.
% A
DRUG
MAY
BE
PRODUCED
IN
INDIA
% OR
ANOTHER
COUNTRY
BUT
THE
% ACTIVE INGREDIENT
IS STILL
% PRODUCED
IN CHINA.
% WE DON'T KEEP
TRACK OF
THAT
AT % ALL.
% THOSE AR
E SOME
OF
THE
THINGS
WE
%
HAVE TO KNOW
OR
ELSE
YOU COULD
% HAVE SHORTAGES HERE
IN THE
% UNITED STATES
OR
YOU
COULD
EVEN
% HAVE
CHINA
SAY THAT
ANY
% PRODUCTION IN
CHINA
THE
% PRIORITY WILL
STAY
IN
CHINA.
% >>
THIS
LEGISLATION
WOULD
BE
% FOR NEXT
TIME THOUGH, RIGHT?
% WE'RE CURRENTLY IN
THE
% CIRCUMSTANCE
WE HAVE
THE OVER
% RELIANCE
OF PRODUCTS
MADE
IN
% CHINA.
% >>
WHY
IT'S
GOOD
WE CAME
% TOGETHER YESTERDAY BEFORE
MARK
%
AND
I
LEFT
D.C.
TO
PASS
$8
% BILLION
IN
EMERGENCY
% SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDING
TO GET
AT
% THIS
CRISIS.% $4
BILLION
OF
WHICH
WOULD BE
% GEARED
TOWARDS RAPID
PRODUCTION %
OF
TESTING.
% IF
YOU
TALK
TO
OFFICIALS
IN
% HONG KONG
AND
IN
KOREA,
THEY
% WILL
SWEAR
THAT
FAST,
RAPID
% DEPLOYMENT OF TESTING IS
THE
% PATH
TO GETTING A
HANDLE
ON
% THIS.%THAT'S WHERE WE NEED
TO
BE
% DOING
MORE.
% I'M
GLAD
MOST
OF OUR
COLLEAGUES
% CAME
TOGETHER
IN A
BIPARTISAN
% FASHION TO
PROVIDE
THE
CDC
AND
%
OTHER HEALTH
OFFICIALS
AT
HHS % THE RESOURCES
THEY
NEED
IN % ORDER TO
DEVOLVE
RESOURCES
TO
% THE
STATES, COUNTY GOVERNMENTS
% TO
DO AS MUCH
TESTING
AS
% POSSIBLE.%>>
REPRESENTATIVE
POCAN
HOW
% MUCH OF
THAT
$8
BILLION
MIGHT % BE
COMING
WISCONSIN'S
WAY?
% >> NOT
EXACTLY.
% HOWEVER, AGAIN EVEN THAT MONEY
% SOME
OF
IT
IS GOING
FOR
%
FIGHTING THE
VIERS
AND
HELPING
% LOCAL AND STATE
HEALTH
% DEPARTMENTS.%THE ISSUE
WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW
% THAT
WE
REALLY
HAVE
TO
FOCUS
% THE
MOST ON
IS
THE
TESTING.
%
AND AS
OF
THIS
WEEK
THE
NUMBERS % OF TESTS STILL
AREN'T THAT
MANY.
% BY
THE
END OF
NEXT
WEEK
IT'S
AT % A
LEVEL MORE
USEFUL.% MY
REAL
CONCERN
IS
WE'RE
NOT
% PROACTIVELY TESTING MORE
PEOPLE
% ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE
IN
MONTHS
% HOSPITALS WHO
HAVE
% PNEUMONIA-LIKE SYMPTOMS.%TH
ERE HAS
BEEN
BAD PRESS.
% PEOPLE
GONE
TO
GET
A
TEST,
% TESTED NEGATIVE AND
WOUND
UP
% WITH
A $3200 BILL
IS
SPOOKING
% PEOPLE.%WE
DON'T
HAVE
ANSWERS
FOR
HOW
% TO MAKE SURE
NO
ONE
WOULD
BE
% TURNED AWAY BECAUSE
THEY DON'T
% HAVE
THE
RESOURCES.
% IT
IS
DEFINITELY
IN
PROGRESS % AND WE
FIGURE
IT
OUT.
% MISSTEPS EARLY ON
ESPECIALLY
% AROUND TESTING.
% BUT
I
AND
A
LOT
OF
MEDICAL
% PEOPLE INCLUDING
THE
PERSON
WHO % RAN
THE
EBOLA
CRISIS,
THE
CZAR % DURING PRESIDENT OBAMA
THINK
WE
% HAVE
TO
CHANGE
FOCUS
AND
START % TESTING
THESE
PEOPLE
AND
WE'RE % NOT DOING
THAT
RIGHT
NOW.
% >>
REPRESENTATIVE GALLAGHER DO
% YOU
AGREE TESTING IS THE
KEY
% RIGHT
NOW?
% >>
WELL,
I
DO
THINK TESTING
IS % THE
KEY.
% WE
HAVE
AS
I
UNDERSTAND
IT CDC
% HAS
LOOSENED
SOME OF
THE
% REGULATIONS
IN TERMS
OF
WHAT
% FACILITIES ARE
ALLOWED
TO
TEST.
% I
THINK
ONE
THING WE
SHOULD
% ALSO
LOOK
AT
IN
THIS
SPACE
IS
% HOW
DO WE
WAIVE
IF
NOT
LOWER
% THE
COST
OF
TELE
HEALTH
% PROCEDURES
AS WE
TRY
TO PREVENT
% COMMUNITY
SPRAE.D
I'M
HEARING
% FROM
HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE
% WORRIED
ABOUT
BEING
IN
% VIOLATION OF
STARK
LAW
AND
%
TRYING TO
DO
MORE TELE
HEALTH
% SERVICES NOW.
% WE'RE
LE
ARNING A LOT
OF
THINGS
% ABOUT
THE
SYSTEM
NOT
ALWAYS
% OPERATING EFFICIENTLY BUT
I'M
% GLAD
MARK
AND
I
FAIR
TO SAY
% DISAGREE
ON
A LOT
OF
HEALTHCARE
% RELATED ISSUES
WERE ABLE
TO
% COME
TOGETHER
ON AN
AREA
WE
% AGREE
IN THE
FACE OF
SOMETHING
% LIKE
THIS.
%
PUT ASIDE PARTISAN
DIFFERENCES
% AND
TRY
TO
DO WHAT'S
BEST
FOR % WISCONSIN.
% >>
WHAT
DO
YOU
THINK
OVERALL
% THIS
OUTBREAK
HAS
BEEN
MANAGED
% BY
TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION?
% >>
IT'S
IN
PROGRESS.
%
CLEARLY
THERE
HAVE
BEEN SOME
% MISSTEPS
EARLY
ON.
% I WOULD
BE
MUCH
HAPPIER
IF
THE
% ONLY
PEOPLE WHO
WERE
THE
% SPOKESPERSONS
TO THE AMERICAN
% PEOPLE WERE
DOCTORS.
% DR.
FAUCI
HAS
RESPECT FROM
% DEMOCRATS
AND
REPUBLICANS.
% HAVING POLITICIAN
BE
THE
% SPOKESPERSON IS NOT
THE
SAME
% THING.%YOU SHOULDN'T GO
TO WORK
WITH
% THE
CORONAVIRUS.
% THAT WOULD BE
AN
AWFUL
IDEA.
% THE
MOST
IMPORTANT
THING
FOR
% EVERYONE TO
KNOW
IS
WASH
YOUR
% HANDS,
COUGH
INTO
YOUR
ELBOW
%
AND DON'T
TOUCH
YOUR
FACE.% IT
IS MUCH
HARDER.
% AS THEY TOLD
US
THAT
I WAS
% HOLDING MY FACE
IN
MY HAND
AT
% THE
BRIEFING.
% IF
WE
FOLLOW THAT FOR MOST
% PEOPLE
WE ARE OEF
IN
GOOD
SHAPE.
% THE
PROBLEM
IS
BY
NOT
KEEPING
% TRACK
EARLIER
THIS
WEEK
WE QUIT
% KEEPING
TRACK
OF
HOW MANY
% PEOPLE
WE
TESTED.% THEY'RE
DOING
THAT
AGAIN.
% CERTAIN POPULATIONS,
OVER 60
OR
%
HEALTH AILMENTS.
% 15
TO
20%
EVER
PEOPLE
WILL WIND
% UP BEING
HOSPITALIZED
FOR
THIS.
% WE
HAVE
TO
BE
FOLLOWING
THIS % VERY
CLOSELY
SO
THAT
THE % APPROPRIATE POPULATIONS
ARE
% PROTECTED.
% >> REPRESENTATIVE
GALLAGHER
% THERE
SEEM
TO
HAVE BEEN SOME
% MIXED MESSAGES OUT
OF
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION
FROM
THE % PRESIDENT
HIMSELF THAT CONTRARY
% TO
WHAT
SOME
OF
THE
SCIENTIFIC
% OR MEDICAL
OFFICIALS
ARE
SAYING.
% WHAT
ABOUT
THAT
AND
HOW
SHOULD
% CITIZENS KIND
OF UNDERSTAND
% WHAT'S
GOING
ON?
% >>
WELL, I
THINK
THE
TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION WAS RIGHT TO
% BEFORE
LEANING
ON
THE
TARGETED % TRAVEL
BAN
IN
CHINA.
% WE
NOW
HAVE
THE
SAME
IN
PLACE
%
FOR IRAN AND
CERTAIN
PARTS OF
% THE ITALY
AND SOUTH
KOREA.
% THAT'S SOMETHING
WE
NEED TO
% CONTINUE TO
MONITOR.% BUT
IN A
GLOBALIZED ECONOMY
% MARK
AND
I
KNOW
WE
FLY ON
% AIRPLANES TWICE
A
WEEK
IT
IS
% HARD WHERE PEOPLE
ARE
FLYING
% ALL
THE
TIME
TO
FULLY
CONTAIN % THE SPREAD
EVEN
WITH A
TAR
% G *ETED TRAVEL
BAN
IN
PLACE.% WHERE I
THINK
WE
SHOULD BE MORE % FORWARD LEANING
AS WE
TRY
TO
% THINK
ABOUT
THE
NEXT
TIME
% SHOULD THERE BE
A
NEXT
TIME
IS
% LET
US
RECOGNIZE
THAT
THE
% CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY OUT
OF
% FEAR
OF
ITS
OWN
CITIZENS'
% KNOWLEDGE HAS
--
HAD
REFUSED
% THE HELP
OF OUR
EXPERTS
AND
EN % GAINING
ERD
GLOBAL
HEALTH.
% IT
IS
SOMETHING
WE
HAVEN'T
BEEN
% FORCEFUL ENOUGH
SENDING
THAT
% MESSAGE
TO EVERYONE
AROUND
THE
% WORLD.
% THE
CCP
IS
A
CORRUPT
% ORGANIZATION THAT
IS
PEOPLE % ALL OVER
THE
WORLD.
% >>
WE
NEED TO
LEAVE
IT
THERE.
% REPRESENTATIVE GALLAGHER