Kathleen Rice: “Stony Brook University on Long Island, of which I represent a piece, is one of the foremost academic institutions…”

Colleagues, this committee, Democrats and Republicans, have really shined the light on the lack of transparency and the consistency around COVID-19 data during the pandemic.

I would encourage you to speak to your colleagues on your side of the aisle as to why they are preventing us from doing that, and because they are not getting vaccinated.

Whether due to poor State, local, and Federal coordination, understaffing, or even a lack of political will, the elderly and people of color do not benefit from Federal disaster relief compared to other Americans.

To that end, the administration has emphasized continuous diagnostic and mitigation capabilities to give threat hunters greater visibility into agency networks.