“The Federal Government has to put a plan into place to accelerate the distribution of this vaccine,” he said. “We need to create a public health infrastructure for cold supply chain and for distribution points that can reach the broader population.” Congress just approved a $900 billion COVID relief bill which includes money for vaccine distribution and aid to families and small businesses, but Auchincloss said lawmakers will likely have to come back and do more. “Congress certainly needs to ensure that state and local governments have the funding that they need to get through an even more challenging fiscal year coming up than the last one,” he said.