Kathleen Rice: “This budget request is deeply flawed and seems to double down on a number of highly questionable policies.”

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.

Things have only worsened as extremists and conspiracy theorists spin lies about Jews spreading the virus or controlling our elections.

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 hope that that is what the practices is--or if it isn't, will be, going forward.