Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Dr. Fauci for months last year you agreed schools should reopen. As you put it last fall, 'Close the bars and keep the schools open.'

It is time our kids return to the classroom. Schools remain closed because of fear and politics, NOT science.

President Biden should be leading to get our schools open.

It is time our kids returned to the classroom. Schools remain closed because of fear and politics, not science.

School closures are having a devastating effect on our children.

I am disappointed that President Biden and Democrats refuse to acknowledge any successes of Operation Warp Speed.

Dr. Fauci, you publicly stated that the Biden administration did not start from scratch.

This is disinformation.

Another false claim is that the Trump administration did not contract for enough vaccines.

First, let's set the record straight. Regarding the COVID-19 vaccine development and distribution, President Biden started on third base.

I applaud the President's ambitious proposal and look forward to working with the administration to achieve this bold benchmark.

I do not think that we need to wait for additional studies.

The mental health crisis caused by school closing will be a worse pandemic than COVID.

It needs to be amended. It needs to be updated. I agree. But I certainly would ask my Democratic colleagues to work in a bipartisan manner as Congressman Rush and I have done to modernize this law.

Keeping schools closed or even partially closed, based on what we know now, is harming our children.

The science is clear. Viral transmission is minimal in schools.

We are witnessing a significant public health crisis in our children who are experiencing unprecedented mental and physical illness during this time. This would be mitigated, if not completely alleviated, by in-person schooling.

Keeping schools closed, even partially closed, based on what we know now, is harming our children.

The alternative is catastrophic.

I believe this hearing can serve as an important alarm bell for safely reopening our schools.

This is a human rights issue. Let's open the doors of our schools and let our kids learn and thrive again.

We can mitigate a lot of the harms and risks we are talking about today by not letting another day go by of school closures.

That's why I was pleased that earlier this year President Biden pledged to reopen schools by his 100th day in office.

For too long, the Left has pursued unworkable climate policies that destroy jobs, put our economic growth at risk, and cede our global power to China.

President Biden promised 'trust and transparency' when he took office ... yet his EPA priorities remain a secret.