"I am not questioning the science. I am glad you refrained from testing mandates, but I am questioning your communication strategies."
"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 hope you will think about that. This is alarming to me."
"the current Administration's Chief of Staff got it right in 2020 March, and he said testing is broken, testing is broken, testing is broken."
"I know you said a while ago that you are excited about what RADx accomplished, and I think we all are."
"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..."
"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."
"You ask the American people to trust you. Quite frankly, you have lost their trust."
"So is that ASPR or is that DOD? Because of all the notifications of contracts signed, I have seen them from DOD."
"I think the Chair and I share this, we found it very confusing, and I think the American people found it confusing."
"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."