[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 84 (Friday, May 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2320-H2321]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         UPDATED CDC GUIDELINES

  (Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak on an issue 
critical to this Chamber setting an example for the rest of the 
country.
  Yesterday, the CDC issued guidance that fully vaccinated individuals 
can resume indoor activities without wearing a mask or physically 
distancing.
  I am pleased to see the Centers for Disease Control following the 
science and recommending that fully vaccinated individuals can go 
without masks indoors.
  As Members of Congress, we should not only encourage constituents to 
get vaccinated, we should be showing them what a return to normal looks 
like and follow the science.
  According to the Speaker, roughly 75 percent of our Members have 
received COVID-19 vaccinations, and, therefore, should have the choice 
to go without masks. Americans are looking for hope, and we are not 
showing it. Just as I implored on April 22, I am, again, calling on the 
Speaker and Attending Physician to lift the rules and fines that 
require fully vaccinated Members of Congress to wear masks in the House 
Chamber.
  Even The New York Times today said that the Centers for Disease 
Control is

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finally catching up to the science and so should the House. We must be 
the leaders we were elected to be, follow the science, and have the 
choice to go without a mask.
  I am going to be that leader, and I choose no mask.

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