Mariannette Miller-Meeks

And it is important for public health, national security, and also for how our media treats information and where it comes from, that we know the origins of COVID-19, which we still don't have.

So essentially, what I am hearing as I am here is we are spending our time in a committee discussing an issue that, while it is very important, is only affecting a very small percentage of people and for which policies have been put in…

I think this is a critically important issue for National security and for public health.

I do think that our response to this pandemic and future pandemics, in addition to supply chain manufacturing coming back to the United States, the origins of COVID-19, which seems to be an issue with our colleagues on the other side of…

Every State is a border State.

It should've been ended earlier so that people could see there was another benefit to getting vaccinated.

I just personally, as a physician and as someone who was inside this process, really, myself, don't understand why we haven't had more of an update yet.

I think it's important--and I'm in an agricultural state. We know what herd immunity is.

FEMA uses the phrase, locally-executed, State-managed, and Federally-supported.

It is imperative that the United States counter the People's Republic of China's or the Chinese Communist Party's growing influence and ambitions as evidenced in its poor Silk Road efforts.

The current fiscal path is unsustainable.

President Biden promised not to raise taxes on anyone making under $400,000 a year. But inflation... has increased dramatically.

The situation is becoming increasingly more dire with each day that passes.

It would be incumbent upon you and your staff to address that issue.

These cartels are making billions of dollars smuggling individuals and drugs into our country.

If we are serious about protecting children, we need to stop making it profitable for smugglers to bring children into the United States.

When you told me you swore an oath to the Constitution and that's to whom you have fealty, but when you're asked about support for religious liberty and you cannot answer whether you would support religious liberty, that to me tells me…

I firmly believe as a physician and a former director of an agency much smaller than yours, that culture starts at the top.

Contrary to statements just made here in Iowa they're having tremendous difficulty in hiring people, and these are not jobs at minimum wage.

Not only would a waiver of this kind destroy billions of dollars in U.S. intellectual property by handing over U.S. IP to countries such as Russia and China, but would also set a precedent for future pandemics and pharmaceutical investment.

I find it interesting that President Biden stopped construction on the border wall on January 20, but those contracts are still being honored and still being paid.

So BARDA, not the Trump administration, just exercised a task order on that Obama-era contract. Correct?

Mr. Speaker, why isn't the committee charged with upholding public health CDC guidelines on masks?

We have to think differently about the approach, which I believe folks are in agreement with.

My congressional district is very fortunate to have the Ottumwa Job Corps Center in my home community...