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Jim Inhofe: first of all, I did want to get some final comments. I mentioned a minute ago and, of course, it is the right of the…

On the recordDecember 11, 2020
first of all, I did want to get some final comments. I mentioned a minute ago and, of course, it is the right of the leaders--Democratic and Republican leaders--to have the first time. It is fine with me, but I just want to make one comment about it. The minority leader was talking about what is going on right now and who would be favored and all that. I think one of the things we don't talk about, we should talk about. You know, I know the media doesn't like our President, and a lot of things he has done he didn't get credit for it. One of the major things--and this is all going to come out-- unfortunately, this didn't come out before the election, but it should have because there is--what do they call that? Warp speed? Is that right? Yes, this Operation Warp Speed. This was back in June. The President came out with this. General Perna was put in charge of it. I wasn't prepared to talk about this, but I think it is important right now that we do because I want to follow up with what the minority leader talked about because everyone is concerned about it. They are all concerned about the coronavirus and those things. This has never happened in this country before. But it has happened. It had nothing to do with this administration. They did a great job. And to demonstrate what a great job they did, they had the Operation Warp Speed--this was back in June of this year--and they put General Perna in charge of it. I chair the Senate Armed Services Committee.…
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Jim Inhofe
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Dec 11, 2020

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