Donna Shalala

None of us believe that we should have anything other than elected Representatives.

If more than 218 Members die or are incapacitated in a mass attack, the House could not convene, could not make laws, could not pass appropriations, could not override a veto, could not impeach a rogue President, which--and could not…

What we are trying to say is we want to protect Texans' right to have representation in the Congress.

They threaten the continuity of Congress as a functioning representative of the American people, and our commission respectfully suggests that they need to be addressed.

The Biden administration will bring a sense of urgency. They can organize the country with that sense of urgency, and we can't be dependent just on our existing healthcare infrastructure.

There's no plan here. There's no plan for the last mile. They planned for the distribution, getting the vaccines out to the states, but they did not plan for how they were going to get enough vaccines into the arms of people in this…

Yes, absolutely there has to be a priority on them. The same in hospitals. The people that clean hospitals are as important as the first responders that we've all been talking about.

But, look, we've got lots of vaccine. It ought not to be sitting in refrigerators. We've got to get it out and we've got to get it out quickly.

I don't disagree with my colleague, but it was bipartisan, and I think that is the important thing about those investments over the years. My point was it was those investments that made it possible for Operation Warp Speed. I never…

Let me remind my distinguished colleague from Oklahoma that we sent the Heroes Act in May. And while I agree that the administration should get some credit for Operation Warp Speed, as I have pointed out, it has been decades of investment…

Thank you for your kind words. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Crow). {time} 1645

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…

I put it all on the President because the President clearly is only letting certain information get out. And Dr. Conley should not be giving partial information, which he absolutely knows is partial information and misleading.

This is now the Trump spread. He is now moving around the country having these rallies, spreading the disease, not necessarily from him personally, because he has a lot of distance. But people within these crowds not wearing masks, someone…

The President doesn't understand the people in this country need to know. It's both a national security risk.

He's just not paying attention to the science. His advisors are not epidemiologists, they're not great public health experts.

It really doesn't. But, you know, what he's really done is he's overruled local government officials, particularly those in my area of South Florida who have been more careful.

Well, I think we all should be concerned, particularly what the President of the United States suggests that he might make the decision. That's scary.

The public doesn't trust that this vaccine will be safe and effective now. What the FDA is doing is putting a process in place to try to get that public trust back, and Donald Trump, part of his narrative -- undercutting science…

No, executive orders are not law. And there's no way that he can cover preexisting conditions with an executive order.

Absolutely, because the ACA also covers private health insurance. I think a lot of Americans will be very surprised that, if the ACA goes away in this court case, they no longer will be able to cover their children up to 26, that we will…

We need a strong Federal government with first class leadership and certainly strong state and local government, but we cannot deal with this crisis without government.

We have a President that is not willing to stand up and do what is necessary in order to lead this country during a time of major disasters.

Patriots wear masks, care about their country, men and women. They wash their hands. They practice social distancing, and they insist that the President of the United States provide enough testing and see testing and science as what we…