H. Res. 497 would terminate the Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate issued on November 5, 2021 for health care workers at facilities that participate in Medicare or Medicaid. Vaccines are our way out of the pandemic - no other measure has been shown to reduce hospitalizations, severe disease and deaths to the degree that the COVID-19 vaccine does. We must continue to let science lead the way which is why I voted NO on the GOP's reckless bill.

Watch my speech on the House floor here.

H.R. 382 would terminate the Administration’s Public Health Emergency announced on January 31, 2020 related to Covid19. The bill would abruptly end numerous policies attached to the Public Health Emergency relating to patient care and provider compensation without time to plan for an orderly transition. An instant termination of the Public Health Emergency without proper coordination with agencies, states, and providers would interrupt insurance coverage and access to care, increase patients’ out-of-pocket costs, threaten provider payments, disrupt the immigration system, and risk states losing billions of dollars in funding overnight. I voted no.

H.R. 139 would require federal agencies to return to December 2019 telework policies. Agencies would be prohibited from expanding telework policies for their staff in any way without submitting a study on the impacts of Covid19 telework policies and a certification from the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. It would prevent Federal agencies from offering their workers commonsense flexibility and benefits and harm workforce retention and staff capacity for critical public services.

H.J. Res. 7 would terminate the national emergency for Covid19 that was declared by the President on March 13, 2020.  A host of important policies dependent on the National Emergency would end immediately or face significant disruptions if it is terminated without an orderly transition plan in place, like the moratorium on action for farm loans and expanded access to nutrition assistance, including SNAP and WIC; greater flexibility for telehealth care for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs; and waivers dealing with care delivery and payment at hospitals and nursing homes across the country.

We held a full Committee hearing on Republicans’ efforts to double down on our fossil fuel dependency and obstruct the transition to clean, homegrown energy. As chair as Chair of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, I worked to lower energy costs, create good-paying jobs, advance healthier communities and promote climate solutions to invest in cleaner, cheaper energy. We must continue this critical work - for lower costs and a liveable planet for future generations.

In my first hearing as Ranking Member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, we took a look at the ways that we can work to halt future pandemics and biological events in their tracks and protect the health and well-being of our neighbors.