Peter DeFazio actually said...

The pandemic wreaked havoc not only on the health of our citizens, but also on the health of our economy.

We owe our strongest thanks to Chairman DeFazio for the creation of the program and for his steadfast support through each iteration.

In July, we held the first part of this hearing examining oversight of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal government was called upon to maintain a national-scale response to this crisis for an unprecedented period of time.