[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     PRESIDENT BIDEN'S COVID CRISIS

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address 
President Biden's COVID crisis.
  Sadly, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the United States have 
reached record highs in the past week. Many Americans are having 
trouble finding COVID at-home tests and difficulties in scheduling a 
time to be tested with their healthcare provider.
  What is President Biden's response?
  In a recent COVID Zoom meeting with Governors, President Biden said: 
``There is no Federal solution.''
  Now, this mishandling of the pandemic is disappointing. Operation 
Warp Speed, developed under the previous administration, provided 
significant vaccines in record time. This initiative also established a 
robust distribution plan, innovative treatments, medical equipment, and 
ever-growing testing capacity.
  Madam Speaker, in addition to this, our families are struggling to 
pay for everyday goods as inflation reaches a 40-year high. We are 
facing a self-inflicted economic crisis as this administration 
encourages our workforce to stay home. Our students continue to face 
uncertainty in their learning with last-minute school closures despite 
schools receiving ample COVID relief funding.
  To distract from these failures, President Biden and congressional 
Democrats are trying to change the rules in the Senate to pass their 
Socialist agenda.

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