Richard Burr

Nobody has worked harder on this issue, I think, on the Hill than I have.

Yes, it will be extended because 60 days from now is past July 15th, right?

We have the tools, tests, and vaccinations, therefore, there is no longer a public health reason to bar people from entering this country.

The Federal Government has to set the example for the rest of the country that it is time to leave your house.

I always like to bring things back to the present because I have a tremendous amount of respect for all four of you.

It is not for some, it is for all.

I will write the Secretary and ask him what the criteria is to end the state of emergency.

If you can take the outline you just presented to me and get somebody from the Administration to fill in in between the action steps that are going to be taken, you might have a plan.

I was surprised and frustrated to hear that these funds were overwhelmingly repurposed from within ASPR, including the stockpile.

Are you beginning to see the pattern as to why a plan is important? This has been a well-orchestrated event up to this point.

I will continue to ask you for a plan until we get one, and I will continue to be a roadblock for those who believe that we can blindly just appropriate emergency money.

When is somebody going to share with the American people the destination we are trying to get to and how we are going to get to that destination?

By statute, you are supposed to lead a pandemic. I am going to turn to you. Tell me what the plan is.

Where is that money gone? How is it being spent? Where is it obligated?

I will work with you as aggressively as I can to get the answers to the questions that are unanswered today on infant formula.

There is no Member that has defended the FDA more than this one and there is no Member in Congress that has tried to fix areas when they are broken than this one.

It is time that we hold the FDA accountable.

The FDA failed to do its job, plain and simple.

He is an embarrassment on any day that ends in Y.

Ms. Kotagal's refusal to continue these common-sense measures speaks volumes of her lack of commitment to due process and transparency.

I am concerned Ms. Kotagal lacks impartiality to interpret the law.

I oppose Ms. Kotagal's nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.

The EEOC must be accountable and responsive to the public.

When the Reagan revolution came to the Senate, Orrin Hatch became the Committee's Chair.