Thank you, Madam Chair.
Again, I'd like to add my thanks to all of you for coming here today and answering our questions and helping us understand how this country is going to be prepared for a pandemic.
There are just a few things that I would like to say to start with, and then I'll get some comments from you.
In my mind, I don't think that anybody can ever be totally prepared for a pandemic. There are always outside factors that are going to affect the situation. I think you need the room within the plans to respond accordingly to whatever those outside factors may be. So I'd like you to comment on that, for one thing.
Then we've talked about the Emergency Management Act, where all federal institutions are required to have a business continuity plan, and that was in your remarks when you first started speaking. So there's a legislative requirement, then, to have the continuity plan. And is there a legislative or legal requirement for the table-top exercise or for the practice?
Could you comment on those things, please.