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Dr Rick Bright: "Without better planning, 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history ... we have the world& #39;s greatest scientists. Let us lead. Let us speak without fear of retribution ... we need a national testing strategy."
Bright on the federal government& #39;s coronavirus response: "I believe we could have done better. I believe there are critical steps that we did not take in time ... alarms were not responded to with action."
(Fox News just aired a lengthy interview with the White House press secretary instead of this testimony)
Rep @michaelcburgess (R) uses his questioning time to promote hydroxychloroquine
Bright testifies that he thinks we& #39;re still as much as 18 months away from a coronavirus vaccine
BRIGHT on why he was removed from his govt post: "[My] removal process was initiated b/c of a pushback that I gave when they asked me to put in place and expanded access protocol that would make chloroquine more freely available to Americans that were not under the supervision."
BRIGHT: The American health care system is being taxed to the limit. Our economy is spiraling downward and our population is being paralyzed by fear, stemming from a lack of a coordinated response and a dearth of accurate, clear information about the path forward."
Republicans keep using their questioning time to defend Trump by promoting hydroxychloroquine. It& #39;s beyond parody.
BRIGHT on his effort to sound an alarm about PPE shortages: "I pushed those forward to our leadership ... I pushed those warnings to our strategic national stockpile teams ... in each of those, I was met with indifference ... a number of excuses, but never any action."
. @RepLarryBucshon tries to blame Obama for mask shortages, overlooking that Trump was president for three years before coronavirus arrived in the US
"We& #39;re in deep shit" -- Bright talks about a moment from this winter when he realized the US government was unprepared for the coronavirus
Markwayne Mullin ( @RepMullin) grills Bright about the important issues -- his hypertension and whether he& #39;s health enough to work. He seems to get lost in his own web of conspiracy theories and ends his questioning period with some stammering.
