Thank you, Chairwoman DeGette. My questions, a lot of them are the same ones that Ranking Member Rodgers asked, so I guess we think alike, Cathy.

This committee has a history of addressing these issues in a bipartisan manner.

Chairwoman DeGette has been outspoken in continuing this oversight of the vaccine campaign, and today is a manifestation of that.

The fact is, vaccine doubts and fears are not new challenges.

But now we face the more difficult task of reaching those Americans who have yet to embrace this important tool.

we shouldn't be doing hearings remotely. We shouldn't be doing voting on this intractable schedule that just seems to never end.

Through the collective efforts of the American people over the past year, we have overcome the initial challenges of developing, producing, and distributing safe and effective vaccine.

We followed that with bipartisan legislation led by Representative Schrier, finally passed late last year.

I think that if we really want to be--go back to normalcy, we need every eligible American to make the right choice, get a shot, protect themselves, their community, and the Nation.

if we can reestablish some credibility, even after the fact, I think that is going to be so critically important

As we consider how to make our economic recovery robust and equitable, supporting our long-neglected water systems must be a cornerstone of that effort, because the needs are indeed immense.

Bipartisan support for strengthening protections against lead and PFAS can point the way towards greater consensus on strengthening the law to provide safer water for all.