Let me be clear: we are not starting from scratch. Without Operation Warp Speed, we would not have two vaccines that are currently being administered to Americans.

I thank the witnesses for joining us today, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Let us not forget, Pelosi obstructed additional COVID funding for months.

Dr. Walensky, on February 3rd you stated, 'Schools can safely reopen.'

We must ensure States have the resources and the flexibility they need to immunize successfully.

Our goal needs to be continuing to build upon the great foundation.

We must vaccinate as many Americans as quickly as possible so that we can save lives, get our economy and schools back open, and get our lives back.

Operation Warp Speed is one of the most ambitious and successful undertakings in American history.

Vaccine distribution is ramping up, but we must ensure States have the resources and flexibility they need.

President Biden's goal pace of 1 million doses administered a day was already reached.

Let's work together on boosting our COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts and prepare for future pandemics.

The development and the approval of several COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year is one of the greatest achievements in American history and modern science.

Unfortunately, Washington State has not been as successful.

This pandemic has wreaked havoc on our way of life. The loss of life has been devasting.

I worry, though, that some of the proposals from the majority will have the opposite effect by raising cost on middle- and low-income families and decreasing access to reliable energy.

Recently, Governor Newsom said California is, quote, America fast forward, end quote. Even if unintentional, this is a warning about following California's failed policies.

Our goal should be to increase clean energy access and decrease energy costs for all Americans. But we can't do that by letting Governor Newsom's prediction come true.

The ACA, Obama Care, was well intentioned, but it has failed in meeting many of its goals and failed in meeting many of its promises.

Tens of millions of Americans today cannot afford health insurance, and the number of people who delay doctor's visits because they can't afford care just keeps going up.

When we think about policies to advance clean energy solutions to lower emissions, it should be technology neutral and allow private sector innovation to occur, free from the government mandates and without having to compete on unequal…

What we have seen in the past from Democrat Congresses, as well as the administration, has been more of, I think, an insistence on massive government subsidies and top-down mandates that, unfortunately, pick winners and losers.

We all agree on the importance of ensuring safe and reliable drinking water for our communities.

These regulations were not based on science, but aspirational goals.

I appreciate the work of the Department of Energy and what you are doing to secure America's future.

I applaud the administration's swift action to protect the grid from these foreign threats by prohibiting such critical bulk power components from being installed in our grid through the executive order signed by President Trump back in…