Richard Burr

Science tells us that children are much less likely than adults to experience severe illnesses as the result of COVID-19.

What a transformation we have gone through.

Some are still toying with student debt forgiveness schemes that is breaking--breathtaking in its embrace of reckless financial responsibility.

It is not unreasonable for us to consider whether we require it in higher education.

Tell the truth. Have venues to answer people's questions.

So there is no excuse for schools not to fully reopen this fall.

There is no reason to extend the nonpayment at this point.

We do not want to be a risk to each other.

The role of Assistant Secretary for Policy will be involved in virtually every major decision to come out of the Department of Labor.

The best way to keep these fundamentals strong is easy, it is pro-growth legislation and regulatory relief.

I pledge to work with the Chair to accomplish that.

I want to thank all four of you because all four of you have actually presented solutions to real problems.

I hope this bipartisan hearing is a sign that the Committee will work collaboratively on retirement legislation in our jurisdiction instead of using reconciliation again to move partisan ideas or more expensive bailouts.

These are tough questions with even tougher answers.

I think it is safe to say that the 21st Century is something that the CDC has not totally entered.

I am glad we are holding another hearing to update us on the status of COVID-19 response.

We need both independence and integrity in the General Counsel's Office.

This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the path forward.

This was the first time a newly elected President has ever fired the NLRB General Counsel.

Telehealth has been a key to treatment during COVID and it must not be rolled back post-COVID.

We must continue to examine these effects as part of our review of the COVID response.

These measures in the pandemic have in many ways asked so much of Americans.

Bottom line, Americans can't wait in the can't work if they don't have safe, reliable care for their family.

Let me assure you, I am probably more concerned with who takes care of my grandchildren than I ever was

I am gravely concerned by the Biden administration's decision to support waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines under the WTO framework.