and i thought with the pandemic going on were some lessons with regard to vaccines and one of the things we ve been thinking lately is get vaccinated and of course one of the big differences between the situation we find ourselves in now and polio is 70 years to come up with 2 effective vaccines for polio. our marvelous country and our marvelous pharmaceutical industry came up with effective vaccines in less than one year. to give us an opportunity to get past the pandemic. one of the most interesting things about the polio period was fdr came down with polio at age39 . most people thought it was kind of a children s disease but it did affect adults from time totime . in his own struggle to come back and ultimately go all the way to the white house, he set up warm springs. the place he would go after he was afflicted because the springs werewarm. it was down in georgia and it made him feel better to get in the water . that led to the establishment of a foundation which led to
may have different goals but they all share the same primary objectives and the confidence in our democracy and they are thrilled when the disinformation causes us to point fingers at each other rather than at them. the good news is we spent the last four years gearing up for this unlike the obama biden administration on whose watch even democrats admit we were called. the trump administration workede with congress and others to get us ready. the white house has imposed sanctions on russians who interfered in 2016. the department of justice, the department of homeland security and the intelligence community led efforts to strengthen and coordinate our defenses. and here in the senate the intelligence committee spent years studying whatha went wrong in 2016 and published a 1300 page report with recommendations. in the last two years alone we passed more than $800 million to fund and support secure elections. they described last night they are being combated by the federal gove
they announced that iran and russia exploited voter information to send misleading e-mails. this is just another reminder that multiple different adversaries with multiple different objectives want to fuel division among americans and create chaos. iran, china, russia, and other adversaries may have different goals, but they all share the same primary objective of undermining america s confidence in our democracy and they are thrill thrill they are thrilled when their disinformation causes us to point fingers at each other rather than at them. the good news is that we spent the last four years gearing up for this. unlike the obama-biden information on whose watch even democrats admit we were caught flat-footed, the trump administration worked overtime with congress and other actors to get us ready. the white house has imposed harsh new sanctions on russians to interfered in 2016. the department of justice, the department of homeland security, and the intelligence community
your reading list? not surprisingly i tend to lean towards american history , much of it political but actually, one book i just finished was not about politics. it was about the history of the polio epidemic from the games and. it came out in 2006 and it won a pulitzer prize and as a polio victim myself, i have always had a kind of special interest in it. and i thought with the pandemic going on were some lessons with regard to vaccines and one of the things we ve been thinking lately is get vaccinated and of course one of the big differences between the situation we find ourselves in now and polio is 70 years to come up with 2 effective vaccines for polio. our marvelous country and our marvelous pharmaceutical industry came up with effective vaccines in less than one year. to give us an opportunity to get past the pandemic. one of the most interesting things about the polio period was fdr came down with polio at age39 . most people thought it was kind of a children s dise
it came out in 2006 and it won a pulitzer prize and as a polio victim myself, i have always had a kind of special interest in it. and i thought with the pandemic going on were some lessons with regard to vaccines and one of the things we ve been thinking lately is get vaccinated and of course one of the big differences between the situation we find ourselves in now and polio is 70 years to come up with 2 effective vaccines for polio. our marvelous country and our marvelous pharmaceutical industry came up with effective vaccines in less than one year. to give us an opportunity to get past the pandemic. one of the most interesting things about the polio period was fdr came down with polio at age39 . most people thought it was kind of a children s disease but it did affect adults from time totime . in his own struggle to come back and ultimately go all the way to the white house, he set up warm springs. the place he would go after he was afflicted because the springs werewarm. i