Greg Walden: “I'm optimistic our colleagues in the Senate will eventually be able to pass companion legislation so we can finally get…”

We need to make sure it is getting to the right places.

I thank our colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their work on this legislation. I urge its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank my friend and colleague from Illinois for her support of this legislation and her work on it. Once again, I urge passage of the legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I want to make sure that it is a responsible way for all parties, which is why a number of us are very concerned about the administration's recent support of the waiver to release and transfer the IP for the vaccine.