Richard Burr: “In the past 18 months, the Congress has added $5.4 trillion to the national ledgers, and it is $29 trillion in debt.”

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

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

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