Richard Burr

I am not questioning the science. I am glad you refrained from testing mandates, but I am questioning your communication strategies.

The American people deserve accountability and transparency.

President Biden said in his first, second, and third priorities would be bringing us out of COVID pandemic and that his team would shut down the virus.

I am hoping that you will understand that my criticism comes from a place of concern because the communication efforts are a mess and have only made things worse.

The way this Administration rolled out boosters was a disaster. You created skepticism and mass confusion.

Operation Warp Speed worked with the private sector to bring us groundbreaking vaccines and treatments in record time.

This Committee's files are full of testimony, letters, reports, and other records which demonstrate beyond any shadow of a doubt that the Lumbee Tribe is worthy of full Federal recognition.

This legislation is critical for the future of our indigenous peoples.

To say the tribe has been here before would be an understatement. The Lumbee people have been seeking Federal recognition from Congress for over 130 years.

It is time for the Federal Government to fully recognize the Lumbee Tribe.

The United States today is better prepared than ever before, to face a merging public health threats like the coronavirus.

I mean, Richard Burr is not only a sitting senator, he was a chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee at the time.

I have to address the reckless spend--tax and spend agenda of the partisan majority that calls for $3.5 trillion in additional spending.

Medicare is equally in dire shape.

There are enough concerning things being done by the White House and the National Labor Relations Board to fill volumes of the Congressional Record.

Social Security actuaries say Social Security will become insolvent in 2034, leading to cuts by as much as 24 percent in the retirement benefits of approximately 65 million Americans.

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

I have said from the very beginning of this pandemic that vaccines and therapeutics are going to be our way out.

Oversight is an important function of the Congress, and I look forward to working with you...

Currently, Congress is undergoing a partisan mad dash to pass transformational legislation that would radically increase the Federal Government's role in the daily lives of Americans.

The last Administration followed most of it that was in statute, so they deserve a little bit of credit for having accomplished something that none of us thought they could do.

Every Administration has recreated the wheel and Congress 20 years ago had a vision of what we needed, and we put it in place.

Congress deserves as much criticism as any Administration out there, period. End of sentence.

Let me just remind you, the shelf life of Congress funding programs is about 18 to 36 months.

If you are not vaccinated, get vaccinated.