"Today we convene to address a matter of paramount importance: How the Department of Defense [DOD] monitoring of COVID-19 has impacted our military ranks..."
"We need to look with clear eyes and healthy skepticism at how the Department handled the pandemic..."
"Many service members and their families are concerned with the safety and value of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine..."
"The data is worrying."
"Seems to me like you were skewing the data to make it fit what you wanted the conclusion to be by doing that and to justify your use of the vaccine."
"According to DOD data obtained by Senator Ron Johnson there were 275 new myocarditis cases among Active service members in 2021, which is a 151 percent more than average over the 5 years prior."
"I think it's a really important conversation, the type of oversight that this committee should be doing more of."
"Why in the world would the Biden administration try to bring back a regulation that would do that?"
"It screws the people who need the help the most."
"This administration is at war with working-class middle-income families in this country who right now are finding it harder than ever to save, to makes ends meet, and this is another example of it, ri..."
"Today's hearing is focused on 'Recruiting Shortfalls and Growing Mistrust: Perceptions of the U.S. Military.'"
"By all metrics, the All-Volunteer Force has been a success."