[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 84 (Friday, May 14, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           FOLLOW THE SCIENCE

  (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Madam Speaker, as we all know, the CDC 
finally altered the mask mandates to reflect the science that we have 
known for months. People who are vaccinated do not need to wear masks 
indoors, outdoors in most settings. Follow the science.
  As a physician of 30 years, I believe that people should get 
vaccinated, but at the end of the day it is a personal choice and a 
decision that should be made between patient and doctor, not person and 
Speaker.
  At this point practically everyone has had the opportunity to get 
vaccinated if they want it. The infinite majority of the at-risk 
population in the United States has been vaccinated. I have been 
vaccinated for months now, but when I get done with this speech, I have 
to put my mask back on despite what the science says because the 
Speaker mandates it. That is not the doctor-patient relationship.
  Back in North Carolina, my constituents will still be required to 
wear a mask in grocery stores because Governor Cooper mandates it. 
Again, not the doctor-patient relationship.
  So much for following the science.

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