James Lankford actually said...

I would like to be able to defer to Mr. Connolly, my ranking member, for 5 minutes of questions.

Lankford defers questioning to Connolly during the committee meeting.

05/24/2011

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What I would like today is the assurance that you are going to give us any information we ask related to the origins of COVID.

It is a major issue to us, just to be able to get facts and data.

Thank you. Secretary Mayorkas, thank you again for being here.

That proposal was universally not accepted because it actually opened the border up more.