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 confirm a Vice President or otherwise check and balance the executives in a situation of great peril.
Highlights the risks of mass casualties preventing Congress from functioning.
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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.
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.
None of us believe that we should have anything other than elected Representatives.
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