Hearing: The Fiscal Year 2021 HHS Budget and Oversight of the Coronavirus Outbreak

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Wednesday, February 26, 2020 (1:00 PM)

Meeting was rescheduled to the time and date listed above.
2123 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Alex Azar
Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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  • Joint Statement of the Department of Health and Human Services [PDF] Added 02/24/2020 at 06:12 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

Panel two

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
Director, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

The Honorable Stephen M. Hahn
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Added 02/24/2020 at 02:37 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

The Honorable Robert Kadlec
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Added 02/24/2020 at 02:37 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

Dr. Robert R. Redfield
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Briefing Memo [PDF] Added 02/24/2020 at 12:12 PM
  • Rep. Brooks - Document for the Record - 2019 study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies entitled, "Ending the Cycle of Crisis and Complacency in U.S. Global Health Security" [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Dingell - Document for the Record - FY 2020 HHS Secretary's Transfer for Coronavirus Response [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Shimkus - Document for the Record - January 17, 2020 news release from the World Health Organization (WHO) entitled, "Lack of new antibiotics threatens global efforts to contain drug-resistant infections" [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - February 2020 article from BioCentury entitled, “Biopharma industry, academics push back against demands for price controls on COVID-19 countermeasures” [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - Statement from Johnson & Johnson regarding the company’s response to the coronavirus outbreak [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - January 2020 Wall Street Journal opinion piece entitled, “Pharma to the Rescue” [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - Statement from the American Society for Microbiology regarding the coronavirus outbreak [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - October 2019 Washington Post article entitled, “Trump campaign urges White House to soften proposed flavored vape ban” [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Pallone - Document for the Record - April 2019 letter from 5 House Committees to HHS and CMS regarding the case Texas v. United States [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Pallone - Document for the Record - October 2019 bicameral letter to HHS from 2 Congressional Committees regarding the increasing number of uninsured children in the United States [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Pallone - Document for the Record - June 2019 letter from the Energy and Commerce Committee examining HHS’s administration of the Medicaid program [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Pallone - Document for the Record - February 2020 letter from HHS in response to the April 2019 joint letter from 5 House Committees regarding the case Texas v. United States [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Pallone - Document for the Record - June 2018 letter from 4 House Committees to HHS and CMS regarding the case Texas v. United States [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM
  • Rep. Pallone - Document for the Record - December 2018 letter from 4 House Committees to HHS and CMS regarding the case Texas v. United States [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Transcript [PDF] Added 10/07/2020 at 02:04 PM

First Published: February 21, 2020 at 03:47 PM
Last Updated: October 7, 2020 at 02:10 PM