[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              CORONAVIRUS

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, history will look back at 2020 and find 
many lessons and even some silver linings to unpack.
  The loss of more than 300,000 American lives so far will be mourned 
for years to come. Operation Warp Speed, which President Trump 
launched, turned out to be a historic public-private partnership. It 
has delivered a lifesaving vaccine in record time, shattering 
scientific benchmarks along the way. For the last 9 months, Americans 
have pulled together in shared sacrifice to do their part.
  As the COVID-19 vaccine makes its way into the communities across our 
country as it is right now, I encourage my fellow Iowans to keep 
pulling together. When public health officials say it is your turn to 
get a vaccine, roll up your sleeve. I will be doing the same when my 
turn arrives.
  Getting immunized is the only way we will beat the virus and get back 
to the normal way of American life. History will show Americans turned 
the page on the pandemic when all of us roll up our sleeves.
  I yield the floor.

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