"I know you said a while ago that you are excited about what RADx accomplished, and I think we all are."
"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."
"My suggestion in the future is that when you guys huddle inside the COVID team, try to get the Administration to refrain from making these proclamations until we have got the product, until we know wh..."
"Hopefully, you will take this challenge to rebuild the trust, not just with me, not just with my colleagues, but with the American people we all serve."
"I don't understand why after tens of billions of Federal dollars being appropriated, this Administration has failed to ensure that the Americans have the tests they need."
"You ask the American people to trust you. Quite frankly, you have lost their trust."
"The U.S. is in the middle of flu season, which has the potential to add additional burden to already-stressed health care systems due to the ongoing pandemic."
"I get what you are doing. My question is this, what does this say to the innovative company that is out there that doesn't have the manufacturing capacity, and without us marrying them to a large manu..."
"I am not questioning the science. I am glad you refrained from testing mandates, but I am questioning your communication strategies."
"Well, get to the others. I mean this there is all--a sense of urgency here. I just think that might have been thought of before we did this."
"I hope you will think about that. This is alarming to me."