Political Quotes

“Mr. President, as I mentioned earlier today on the floor, President Biden has apparently decided that COVID is over at our southern border but not, apparently, for American toddlers. While a court injunction has barred enforcement in a number of States, the Department of Health and Human Services has still not repealed its mask and vaccine mandate for Head Start Programs--a mandate that requires children as young as 2 years old to wear masks indoors and, incredibly, outside. The scientific evidence for masking toddlers is shaky at best. The World Health Organization does not recommend masking for children under 5. The concerns about the effect on speech and children's development are real. But none of that seems to matter to the administration. Despite the low danger of serious illness in children, apparently the Biden administration believes that toddlers should be masked in perpetuity--a position Secretary Becerra doubled down on in front of the Senate Finance Committee last month. If the Biden administration isn't going to repeal its toddler mask mandate, it is time for Congress to step in and do it for them. The resolution of disapproval that I have introduced and which we are voting on in the next few minutes would end the administration's mandate, and I urge all of my colleagues to join me in voting for this resolution.…”