[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 159 (Friday, September 30, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PANDEMIC IS OVER

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, ``The pandemic is over.'' That is what 
President Biden declared in an interview on ``60 Minutes.''
  OSHA clearly hasn't gotten the memo, or it wouldn't be attempting to 
revive a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard, ETS, regarding 
healthcare workers and seeking to make it permanent.
  Our healthcare industry is strained enough as it is without the Biden 
administration demanding additional burdensome COVID-19 requirements. 
This regulation is a perfect example of the left's hypocrisy.
  President Biden can't have it both ways, pretending there is a 
permanent pandemic when he wants to further his own emergency powers 
and declaring it is over when he wants to tout his accomplishments.
  It is time to let our medical professionals work in peace instead of 
having to jump through these unnecessary hoops. After all, the 
President said it himself: ``The pandemic is over.''

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