You've come to Congress and justified destroying the CDC by saying you want to just restore the CDC's mission to focusing on infectious diseases. Yet You're also gutting the very offices that keep American families safe from disturbing and deadly infectious diseases. Senator. Hold on, sir. Senator, there's one to three rabies cases a year in the United States. I think one person manning that office full time probably can handle that trouble. (04:34–04:44)
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Asserts that the budget cuts are affecting CDC offices that protect against infectious diseases.
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