President Biden's Covid Crisis

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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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