III 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 188 

Expressing appreciation and recognition for the Trump Administration for 

the creation of Operation Warp Speed and the historic development 

of a COVID–19 vaccine. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2021 

Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. DAINES, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. 

MORAN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. WICKER, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. HAGERTY, 

and Mr. LANKFORD) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing appreciation and recognition for the Trump Administration for the creation of Operation Warp Speed 

and the historic development of a COVID–19 vaccine. 

Whereas COVID–19 has infected more than 28,000,000 people in the United States and taken the lives of more than 

500,000; 

Whereas, on May 15, 2020, President Trump unveiled Operation Warp Speed, the nationwide effort to accelerate development of an effective COVID–19 vaccine; 

Whereas Operation Warp Speed successfully ‘‘deliver[ed] by 

the end of [2020] a vaccine at scale to treat the American people’’; 


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•SRES 188 IS 

Whereas Operation Warp Speed, to date, has supported the 

authorization of 3 COVID–19 vaccines in 9 months, rather than years; 

Whereas the Department of Defense and the Department of 

Health and Human Services partnered together to support the development, manufacturing, delivery, and administration of such COVID–19 vaccines; 

Whereas the Director of the National Institutes of Health, 

Dr. Francis Collins, praised the Trump Administration 

for the unprecedented success of Operation Warp Speed 

including that multiple safe and effective COVID–19 vaccines ‘‘got done in 11 months from when we first knew 

about this virus [which] is at least 5 years faster than 

it’s ever been before’’; 

Whereas, on October 16, 2020, the Trump Administration 

and Operation Warp Speed announced a public-private 

partnership to leverage the expertise of certain private 

sector entities to distribute and administer COVID–19 

vaccines to nursing homes and long-term care facilities as 

quickly as possible, protecting the most at-risk populations in the United States; 

Whereas, on December 8, 2020, President Trump signed an 

Executive Order prioritizing access for the people of the 

United States to the COVID–19 vaccines purchased by 

the United States Government; 

Whereas, on December 11, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the first vaccine for emergency use 

to prevent COVID–19; 

Whereas, on December 14, 2020, an intensive care unit nurse 

in New York City became the first person to receive the 

COVID–19 vaccine in the United States; 


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•SRES 188 IS 

Whereas Operation Warp Speed helped to support development, manufacturing, and distribution of vaccines, including procuring an initial 400,000,000 doses of 

COVID–19 vaccines, contract options that the Biden Administration is reportedly levergaing to purchase additional doses; 

Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, by the time President Trump left office, more 

than 21,000,000 doses of a COVID–19 vaccine had been 

administered in the United States; 

Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, on January 20, 2021, the last day in office 

for President Trump, 1,511,443 doses of a COVID–19 

vaccine were administered, setting the United States on 

pace to meet the initial goal of the Biden Administration 

to administer 100,000,000 vaccines within the first 100 

days of the Biden presidency; and 

Whereas the rapid development and deployment of COVID– 

19 vaccines has helped the United States combat the 

spread of COVID–19, protect at-risk populations in the 

United States, and begin the process of reopening the 

schools, offices, and public spaces of the United States: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the accomplishments of the 

3 Trump Administration and Operation Warp Speed 

4 in supporting the development of COVID–19 vac5 cines; and 


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•SRES 188 IS 

1 (2) expresses sincere gratitude to President 

2 Trump and his Cabinet for the vital contributions of 

3 Operation Warp Speed to supporting public health. 

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