[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5084]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                              Coronavirus

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, because of the increase in 
hospitalizations because of the Delta variant of the virus, we are told 
that the CDC will soon be requiring, in about half the counties of the 
country, masks and other restrictions to prevent the spread of the 
virus.
  They say they are doing it because of the science. We are told they 
will not show us the data. The very essence of science is peer review, 
and pity anybody who wants to analyze it. In America, the public's 
business ought to be public.
  If we can't get this data, what the taxpayers are paying for and 
public policy is being made on, it seems to me that principle--that the 
public's business is not really public. And when people are able to 
cover up things and make policy decisions that are not public and 
transparent, it obviously brings about less accountability.
  So let's have that data. We want to know why you are requiring masks 
again.