Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I urge support of my amendment, which would permit the Secretary of HHS to receive unused and oftentimes just about to expire COVID vaccines from States and be able to redistribute them to foreign partners or allies. Now, my primary legislation before the body in Congress is called NOVID. It is a play on words, no more COVID. And this legislation would actually establish a program to help vaccinate 60 percent of the population of the world's 92 poorest countries. I hope that this legislation is taken up by this body and supported by the administration. In the meantime, the very least that we can do is to donate unused vaccines from the States. Now, these vaccines are about to expire. They are going to be no good in just a matter of months, and so instead of allowing them to go to waste, we should donate them abroad. This is not only the right thing to do to help to end suffering abroad, but it is the smart thing to do because then it helps to prevent variants that are generated abroad from coming back home to the United States and further wreaking havoc on our economy. On top of that, we see the Chinese Communist Party going around the world peddling their ineffective Sinovac vaccine, and we should be instead vaccinating those populations with effective vaccines. Again, I hope that the administration utilizes this amendment to great impact, and I hope that they also do more and endorse my NOVID legislation.”