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Says memories fade, easier to make hard changes when our “eye is on the ball”; also helps with current crisis

On June 24, 2020, Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) (@SenAlexander) said on the Senate floor that “now, during this pandemic when we have got our eye on the ball,” is the time for Congress to act on needed changes to prepare for the next pandemic.

Alexander discussed some key takeaways from this week’s Senate health committee hearing — “COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic” — which featured testimony from former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Michigan Dept. of Health Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Former CDC Director Julie Gerberding, and former HHS Secretary Mike...

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