Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this has been a calm discussion so far. Let me remind the gentleman that the previous President said in February or March of 2020 that this is going to go away in about 30 days: Don't worry about it. It will go away. A lot of your Members said we don't need a mask; we don't need to keep distance; we don't need to wash our hands; this is going to go away. It is here today and gone tomorrow. That was the previous administration's plan. I agree with you. The science community, the private-sector community, and government on Operation Warp Speed did a good job-- extraordinary work in the private sector, extraordinary work around the world. Because of the computer age in which we live, they were able to share information instantaneously, in real time, and say that this alternative doesn't work, which accelerated greatly the ability to get, within a year, an extraordinary accomplishment, largely from our scientific and medical community but facilitated by Warp Speed. No doubt about that. Give credit where credit is due. Very frankly, the leader--unlike President Biden, who said this is a problem; we have to be careful; we have to pursue it; we have to invest--said no problem. The gentleman conveniently forgets that. He also ignores the statistics I just gave where we have had a tenfold, eightfold increase in the availability of testing and pharmaceutical access for literally millions of people.…”