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

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.

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

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