Richard Burr: “I think this proposal is a big-time loser. It's a loser on security grounds for the reasons that I've mentioned.”

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

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

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

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.