Markwayne Mullin actually said...

"The trillions of dollars that we spent and the fact that the economy was shut down for that long, I think, led--you know, that was much slower to react to the real science and maybe not the political ..."

"I will not forget easily all the angst that was out in the small business community when we had to put a congressional review act out to make sure you weren't going to force vaccines on employees down..."

"I'm concerned that much of the research around this area of AI has been in the defense and intelligence realms, important to be sure, but not enough is being done specifically as it relates to protect..."

"It is really hard to understand what it is like when you are getting mandated and regulations are coming at you."