Deborah Ross actually said...

"It is critical that we pass legislation to establish protections."

"Our goal today should be to address the systemic gaps that left us vulnerable to this crisis in the first place and to ensure that science is not politicized, especially when it concerns the health of..."

"I think we have to think about, you know, not looking at recreating the wheel, but really are we doing the best job we can."

"We had a public health crisis that precipitated an economic crisis, and in both of those situations, we did not have in place the things to make us more resilient."