Well, I don't know that you can do a one-to-one comparison with the last Cold War. But certainly you see this kind of great power competition.

It's one of the things that motivated this administration to work, this president to lead, in a bipartisan way, to do the biggest investment in infrastructure since the Eisenhower years.

If this kind of MAGAnomics takes hold, and you --

If that does not happen with the help of our Federal Government we are making the hardest job God created even more difficult.

If that does not happen with the help of our Federal Government we are making the hardest job God created even more difficult.

If that does not happen with the help of our Federal Government we are making the hardest job God created even more difficult.

CMS mandates one vaccine, COVID-19. They don't mandate any other vaccines. That doesn't mean healthcare workers don't get the COVID-19 vaccine. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers), the…

I reiterate again that as a physician, I support vaccination for healthcare workers if they choose to do so or if their local medical facility says it is a requirement for them to be employed at that facility. I just don't support the…

The move was unprecedented. CMS does not impose such a mandate for any other vaccine. Furthermore, the vaccine, while effective at preventing severe disease and death, is not shown to totally prevent transmission of the virus. It was…

I support vaccination of healthcare workers. I just don't think that CMS should be mandating it nationally. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), a pharmacist.

No one is endangered by this legislation. As I have said before, it doesn't prevent healthcare facilities from requiring a COVID vaccine for their employees. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Pfluger).

Viral diseases like measles have been around for centuries. COVID-19 likely will also be persistent. So, when do my Democratic colleagues propose that this Federal mandate end? I propose that we pass this legislation and end it. Mr…

I just want to remind everyone that I am a physician, and I support vaccination. I just don't support the Federal Government mandating it. If local facilities want to mandate vaccination, that is up to them. I just don't believe the…

I just want to remind everyone that CMS doesn't mandate any other vaccine, and this also doesn't preclude local hospital systems, local governments, or State governments from mandating a vaccine. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the…

May I inquire as to how much time remains on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Indiana has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 7 minutes remaining.

I have long voiced concerns about its potential to cause harm without the proper guardrails.

Let me tell you why. Because every day in her job she uses fentanyl.

Thank you, Chairman Guthrie, for holding the hearing and drawing attention to this very important point we so often take for granted, that all life is precious and valuable.