Steny Hoyer: “The morale at CDC was, in fact, very low.”

“I talked to the NIH director who is also temporarily acting as the CDC director. He told me, because I asked him the question, I said it's reported as being so, that The morale at CDC was, in fact, very low. If the morale is low at cdc, inevitably the work that they do will not be up to the standard you want or that I want, or the American people.” (06:27–06:31)

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