my next guest has a new message as omicron cases surge amidst the holiday season. congresswoman kim schrier wrote, "the u.s. is failing at rapid covid testing. this is a disgrace." she says, "this is a time when the united states ought to be providing inexpensive or, even better, free rapid covid tests to anyone who wants one." joining me now is washington congresswoman kim schrier, she's also, notably for this conversation, a pediatrician. i'm glad to have you here. the president has promised americans he is going to make 500 million free coronavirus tests available. but as you mentioned in your op-ed, you first pushed the trump administration, and then the biden administration, to invest in the rapid at-home test. dr. rick bright, who i was speaking to in the last block, saying the same thing about the