Political Quotes

“Senator Scott's bill would prohibit the Department of Transportation, Amtrak, Transportation Security Administration, or other Agencies from requiring passengers in interstate transportation to show proof of COVID-19 in order to travel. I appreciate my colleagues--all of whom I serve with on the Commerce Committee. I know that they know well--we have had a lot of discussions about the impacts of COVID-19 on our transportation sector. They know very well that we had to spend a lot of resources keeping our transportation sector moving. Why? Because we have to move goods and services and products. During COVID-19, we had to move essential workers, and we had to move product. There is no doubt our transportation system needs to have keen oversight as it relates to moving in even a pandemic. That is what we did. I am proud of the work that we did. But it is not lost on anybody that COVID-19, the deadliest pandemic in U.S. history--as of September 28, there have already been 700,000 COVID-19-related deaths in the United States and over 43 million infections. In my State, 7,586 deaths and 652,000 cases. So the point is here, we have been fighting this pandemic with all of these tools and no one has ever suggested the one--that Senator Scott nor my colleagues from the Commerce Committee are saying what the President might do. That is not what he has suggested.…”