Sen. Patty Murray says medical officials told senators this morning that there's a "very strong chance of an extremely serious outbreak" of coronavirus in the U.S.
She asks Azar: "Is our country ready?"
She asks Azar: "Is our country ready?"
Murray, to Alex Azar, re the administration's coronavirus emergency funding request: "I am very concerned that this is not only inadequate in terms of numbers, but in terms of specifics of what we're going to need... I just think it's a band-aid."
Murray: "Can you assure every single American today that if this pandemic hits our shores that we have everything available, and we stockpiled it, and we're ready to go?"
Health Sec. Azar: "That's precisely why we need to work with Congress."
Health Sec. Azar: "That's precisely why we need to work with Congress."
