Tom Cole

It should be easy to agree that schools, especially primary schools, should focus solely on facts-based education, without political overtones. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace), who will…

I would be very much opposed to that. I don't think that is fair to those companies, and I think it would discourage investment later.

This committee, I think, has done an exceptional job under our chairman in this regard.

Operation Warp Speed, in my mind, remains one of the most undervalued achievements of the last administration.

The United States' investments in biomedical research and medical countermeasures have paved the way for the fastest vaccine ever developed in our Nation's history.

I am very proud of what this committee did, and I am very proud of what the NIH, more profoundly, accomplished in this year, not only for us but for all of humanity.

I very much appreciate that and commend you for your diligence and urge you to double down on that.

But, look, we know China is sort of a bad actor. They will steal anything that is not nailed down.

As the chair, you are never out of time, number one.

I believe, based upon the experience we have had with COVID-19... we had no difficulty figuring out how to invest those in vaccines, in therapeutics, and in diagnostics.

I am just arguing for we are going a little fast here before we actually have this thing worked through.

I am pleased to have a President who set out a marker.

I am very supportive of the President's topline proposal here.

I challenge anybody to match that record. But I think it is a clear indication of how much regard the Director is held in.

I could probably just say 'amen' and dispense with my remarks because there is essentially nothing in your opening statement that I don't agree with wholeheartedly.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I am having trouble trying to figure out exactly what the problem that some of my Republican colleagues may have with this bill. Maybe, based on the lack of…

This is precisely the right time to be bold and go bigger.

I actually will be part of the escort party for the President tonight, so I will try to put a plug in for your White House conference.

I don't think there is much doubt that a rapidly growing economy is kind of a precondition.

The biggest single problem we have is just the shortage of trained professionals and probably anything you could do to incentivize the education of more professionals.

Again, there is a big unanimity across very many different perspectives here that is actually very helpful to us as a committee.

Probably when I talk to my police chiefs that I am privileged to represent, I always ask them what is your top problem? They say mental health every single time.

First, to all of you, thank you for your testimony. Just superb testimony, as the chairwoman said, across the board.

The purview of this subcommittee is broad. However, it is fair to say, historically, we have probably paid more attention to physical health than we have to mental health.