[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2299-S2300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 188--EXPRESSING APPRECIATION AND RECOGNITION FOR THE 
 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CREATION OF OPERATION WARP SPEED AND THE 
               HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT OF A COVID-19 VACCINE

  Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Daines, Mr. Braun, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
Moran, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Hagerty, and 
Mr. Lankford) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:

                              S. Res. 188

       Whereas COVID-19 has infected more than 28,000,000 people 
     in the United States and taken the lives of more than 
     500,000;
       Whereas, on May 15, 2020, President Trump unveiled 
     Operation Warp Speed, the nationwide effort to accelerate 
     development of an effective COVID-19 vaccine;
       Whereas Operation Warp Speed successfully ``deliver[ed] by 
     the end of [2020] a vaccine at scale to treat the American 
     people'';
       Whereas Operation Warp Speed, to date, has supported the 
     authorization of 3 COVID-19 vaccines in 9 months, rather than 
     years;
       Whereas the Department of Defense and the Department of 
     Health and Human Services partnered together to support the 
     development, manufacturing, delivery, and administration of 
     such COVID-19 vaccines;
       Whereas the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 
     Dr. Francis Collins, praised the Trump Administration for the 
     unprecedented success of Operation Warp Speed including that 
     multiple safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines ``got done in 
     11 months from when we first knew about this virus [which] is 
     at least 5 years faster than it's ever been before'';
       Whereas, on October 16, 2020, the Trump Administration and 
     Operation Warp Speed announced a public-private partnership 
     to leverage the expertise of certain private sector entities 
     to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines to nursing 
     homes and long-term care facilities as quickly as possible, 
     protecting the most at-risk populations in the United States;
       Whereas, on December 8, 2020, President Trump signed an 
     Executive Order prioritizing access for the people of the 
     United States to the COVID-19 vaccines purchased by the 
     United States Government;
       Whereas, on December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug 
     Administration authorized the first vaccine for emergency use 
     to prevent COVID-19;
       Whereas, on December 14, 2020, an intensive care unit nurse 
     in New York City became the first person to receive the 
     COVID-19 vaccine in the United States;
       Whereas Operation Warp Speed helped to support development, 
     manufacturing, and distribution of vaccines, including 
     procuring an initial 400,000,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 
     contract options that the Biden Administration is reportedly 
     levergaing to purchase additional doses;
       Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, by the time President Trump left office, more 
     than 21,000,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine had been 
     administered in the United States;
       Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, on January 20, 2021, the last day in office for 
     President Trump, 1,511,443 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine were 
     administered, setting the United States on pace to meet the 
     initial goal of the Biden Administration to administer 
     100,000,000 vaccines within the first 100 days of the Biden 
     presidency; and
       Whereas the rapid development and deployment of COVID-19 
     vaccines has helped the United States combat the spread of 
     COVID-19, protect at-risk populations in the United States, 
     and begin the process of reopening the schools, offices, and 
     public spaces of the United States: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the accomplishments of the Trump 
     Administration and Operation Warp

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     Speed in supporting the development of COVID-19 vaccines; and
       (2) expresses sincere gratitude to President Trump and his 
     Cabinet for the vital contributions of Operation Warp Speed 
     to supporting public health.

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