I am hoping that you will understand that my criticism comes from a place of concern because the communication efforts are a mess and have only made things worse.

the American people deserve accountability and transparency.

I don't understand why after tens of billions of Federal dollars being appropriated, this Administration has failed to ensure that the Americans have the tests they need.

President Biden said in his first, second, and third priorities would be bringing us out of COVID pandemic and that his team would shut down the virus.

I am not questioning the science. I am glad you refrained from testing mandates, but I am questioning your communication strategies.

I think the Chair and I share this, we found it very confusing, and I think the American people found it confusing.

Why should we have any confidence in these contracts if in fact we are dealing with companies that don't manufacture anything?

This Administration has time and again squandered its opportunities and made worse in the decisions you have made on testing and treatment.

So is that ASPR or is that DOD? Because of all the notifications of contracts signed, I have seen them from DOD.

Hopefully, you will take this challenge to rebuild the trust, not just with me, not just with my colleagues, but with the American people we all serve.

I know you said a while ago that you are excited about what RADx accomplished, and I think we all are.

Of the 50 million tests that the ASPR has contracted for, how many of those tests detect Omicron?

You ask the American people to trust you. Quite frankly, you have lost their trust.

The Federal Government could use several mechanisms, including competitions with prize awards and grants.

My suggestion in the future is that when you guys huddle inside the COVID team, try to get the Administration to refrain from making these proclamations until we have got the product, until we know who we are negotiating with.

I get what you are doing. My question is this, what does this say to the innovative company that is out there that doesn't have the manufacturing capacity, and without us marrying them to a large manufacturing capacity, it is basically…

Well, will you confirm your understanding? This is a very, very important piece, when you have got companies that don't manufacture tests.

the current Administration's Chief of Staff got it right in 2020 March, and he said testing is broken, testing is broken, testing is broken.