Political Quotes

“it is my pleasure to introduce the Restoring Critical Supply Chains and Intellectual Property Act. China looms large in this debate about the coronavirus. That is where the virus originated. The lying and deceptive behavior of the Chinese Communist Party has brought this pandemic to the world. It is the third pandemic to come out of China. I think it is now time for us to get serious about our dependency on China. What does this legislation do? It has four components. The protective equipment that our nurses and doctors and all healthcare workers use to protect themselves on the frontlines--90 percent of it is made in China. We are going to try to bring it back home. We have a ``Buy American'' requirement in this bill--a $7.5 billion tax credit to reenergize American production of PPE equipment. We are trying to get PPE under the Berry amendment of the Defense bill. We require our uniforms for our military to be made in America to the extent possible. We are going to try to create PPE in the same category as a national security item. There will be a $7.5 billion tax credit to jump-start this industry. A lot of good jobs will come from this, and we will be less dependent on China when it comes to protective equipment. I will discuss Senator Portman's legislation, Safeguarding American Innovation Act, which is included, Senator Cornyn's CHIPS for America Act, and Senator Murkowski's American Mineral Security Act very quickly.…”