amy: congress member jan schakowsky, let's talk about concurrently what this means. you private companies like moderna that got, what, something like $1 million from the united states, something like $2.5 billion for the development of the company's vaccines. then you have pfizer who may not have got it at the front and but the back end, guarantee of maive buys by government, sales of the vaccine. what exactly happened? if there was a waiver to this wto provision, with other companies and other countries be able to do? >> the waiver -- which, by the way, is limited in time, narrowly focused on making sure we address this current virus, and it would not change the rule of the wto permanently. so this is an important response . what it would do is allow countries to be able to produce their own vaccine and therapeutics and make sure they can take care of themselves. we know that these intellectual property rights really do put profit over people all over the world. and we know -- and i have talked in a hring witthese major companies, and i think emphasizing the fact th

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schakowsky? >> you're muted, jan. >> so sorry. schakowsky from illinois votes no. >> thank you. ms. schakowsky, no. mr. kildee? >> kildee of michigan, no. >> mr. kildee, no. mr. morelle? >> morelle of new york votes no. >> mr. morelle, no. mr. horsford? >> horsford of nevada votes no. >> mr. horsford, no. ms. lee? >> lee of california, no. >> ms. lee, no. ms. chu? ms. plaskett? >> plaskett votes nay. >> ms. plaskett, no. >> ms. wexston. >> of virginia notes no. >> mr. scott? >> scott of virginia votes no. >> mr. scott, no. ms. jackson lee? >> jackson lee of texas votes no. >> lee, i mean chu votes no. >> ms. chu -- magazine jackson lee, no. ms. chu, can you please repeat your vote so that i can see your video? >> chu votes no. ms. chu, no. mr. cooper? >> votes no. mr. cooper, no. mr. sires? >> mr. sires votes no. >> mr. sires, no. mr. peters? >> peters votes no. >> mr. peters, no. mr. moulton? >> mr. moulton? ms. jayapal? >> jayapal of washington votes no. >> ms. jayapal, no. mr. smith? >> mr. smith of missouri votes yes. >> mr. smith, aye. mr. kelly? >> kelly of mississippi votes -

that's why as cochair of the house democratic caucus task force on aging and families along with jan schakowsky i call on the administration to involve a geriatrician or expert in aging services on the response team. ... >> to pursue a public-private partnership to supply and it minister vaccine for long-term care residents and staff. the former secretary said in mid december we could have every nursing home patient vaccinated in the united states by christmas the only state that met the mark was west virginia and then to administer vaccines and to leverage that existing network of the chain pharmacies that really had worked in some places but not others. i am encouraged by the leadership taken at the federal level it seems a one-size-fits-all long-term care may cause delays. so in your review what are some of the challenges for that leadership model and what needs to be done to make the vaccination process more efficient? >> i think first of all would like to acknowledge the pharmacy programs have done a tremendous job in preparing for one of the most challenging vaccination components of this

that's why as co-chair of the house democratic caucus task force on aging families along with jan schakowskycalled on the biden administration to call on a geriatrician expert in the covid response team, an aging action pert, someone with a deep understanding of the long term care system will ensure that moving forward we are addressing the unique needs of older americans as we take critical steps to get the virus under control and safely and equitably distribute vaccines, therapies, ppe and tests. now, while the trump administration left the delivery of most vaccines to the states, officials out of operation warp speed pursued a federal public private partnership with chain pharmacies to supply and administer vaccines to long-term care residents and staff. now, the former hh secretary azar said in mid december we could have every nursing home patient in the united states vaccinated by christmas. the only state that met this mark was west virginia, which opted out of the program and instead used local pharmacies to administer vaccines. now, like many aspects of the vaccine rollout, leveragin