majority, kevin helped to reduce domestic spending and lower the tax burden on hard-working american families. and as a republican leader over the past several years, kevin has taken the fight to one party democrat rule on behalf of the american people. he helped bring this historic border crisis to the national consciousness, a crisis kevin made sure democrats could no longer ignore. he fought for and succeeded in repealing the ill-advised military covid vaccine mandate and he stood on this very floor and spoke for a record 8 hours and 35 minutes to not only delay the vote in the house but to make the case that ultimately defeated joe biden and house democrats dangerous build back broke legislation. no one, no one in this body has worked harder for this republican majority than kevin mccarthy. [ applause ]
in my mind it is standard of care that elevated risk people with elevated richlgs should be getting treated. and as far as masks do people need to start masking up again? you know, look, there s a variety of tools we have to keep infections numbers lower, testing, masking, vaccinations, treatments, improving indoor air quality. my point on this has been very clear, masks work. they help. in crowded indoor spaces i wear a mask and i think we should see them as one part of a list of tools we have that can keep infections lower. the military covid vaccine mandate is about to end. currently it is one of 15 vaccines required depending on where you re serving. do you think it s a mistake? what do you see as consequences? yeah, so in terms of vaccine mandates, and i felt really strongly these are decisions that should be made by leaders of those organizations, about what the what is appropriate for them. i think there are companies if
The Pentagon is now at Health Protection Condition Alpha, which indicates there is a “low [coronavirus] community-level risk,” the Defense Department said.