I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. Is there a sufficient second?

I call up my amendment No. 1929 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Lee] proposes…

all human lives from conception to natural birth have innate, immeasurable dignity and worth. They are not play things. They are not mere objects for scientific experimentation. Experiments that use aborted fetal tissue and practices that…

I ask unanimous consent to speak up to 2 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I call for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.

I have to recognize this is the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd.

I mean, we know that it is going to be--it is a challenge, and so how do we increase vaccine manufacturing on the continent of Africa using United States' leveraging and with the private companies, with the pharmaceuticals?

I think it is important that Gates, CEPI, WHO, and the companies collaborate so that there is a concerted effort to make sure that the vaccine manufacturing facility or facilities that are established in Africa can be sustained in the long…

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Senator Warren, and myself, we introduced the Anti-Racism and Public Health Act.

Now, the President has included $100,000,000 for CDC to start a new community-based violence prevention initiative.

So I want to know why in the world are we seeing this when, in fact, we are investing so much into vaccine production and distribution?

This has been such an informative hearing, but, also, it gives me a lot of hope.

Thank you, Dr. Collins and all of you, for really fighting so hard to crush this virus.

I think everyone agrees it is imperative that the United States lead this fight because we won't be able to end this pandemic and Americans will continue to be under threat unless we find a way to assist every country in the world to…

I would like to find out--and this was about a month ago when I looked at those numbers. It was horrible.

One lesson that we learned during COVID-19 was the need for consistent, standardized, disaggregated, culturally appropriate data collection methods.

I am wondering if we have an update of a national HIV/AIDS strategy/plan and if we have a point person in the White House.

We have to know, not only for COVID, but also for any healthcare initiatives that disproportionately impact people of color.

We have to work together to ensure that our healthcare systems work to confront and dismantle the racist systems and practices that perpetuate racial disparities.

We have the CDC in Africa, on the continent of Africa. We don't have a comparable CDC in the Caribbean.

It really is about not just the vaccine, but it is about the skills development and the skills training that is required.

I think those questions actually I can fold into a synthesized response, because we at NIH are deeply invested in taking a very fresh and aggressive look at what we can do about the problem of structural racism.

Thank you to Dr. Walensky for your testimony and also for your leadership in declaring that racism is a public health threat.

This administration must be aggressive in pursuing every option to work around that botched contract and to use every tool at its disposal to accelerate vaccine production, including the Defense Production Act.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Utah. Nomination of Kristen M. Clarke