"Thanks to the last administration's great partnership with private industry, Pfizer and Moderna started shipping vaccines across the United States within 24 hours of receiving their EUAs."
"This is a remarkable achievement. We should applaud these efforts that have been undertaken by manufacturers to help crush the virus."
"However, as we've heard in a subcommittee hearing a few weeks ago with representatives from a handful of States, vaccine supplies remain the number one hurdle to vaccinating Americans at a faster pace..."
"Thank you, Chair DeGette, for holding this important hearing on the availability of COVID-19 vaccines."
"Governor Inslee foolishly interfered with Whitman County's plan to vaccinate teachers and school staff by threatening to withhold vaccines."
"We will get through this pandemic by pulling together, not through the dictates of misguided leadership."
"I am sitting here amused because many of your questions were similar to the ones that I had written out, and, as so often happens, while people back home think that Republicans and Democrats can't get..."
"I want to make sure that Americans are taken care of in this process first, but we also want to share with other countries because that helps to keep the virus from coming back or to having more mutat..."
"I hope the FDA will look at the process and that we can make improvements on the approval of medication because this is extremely important."
"Don't forget what I said about PBMs. They're the devil."
"I'm just thrilled to be the Republican leader on this subcommittee. It's a subcommittee I've served on since I first got to the committee, and I love it and I think we're going to do some great work."
"Ending the pandemic hinges on the efficacy of the national vaccine distribution efforts."