Senator Bill Cassidy of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, along with Senate Majority Leader John Barrasso, introduced a resolution to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for the development of COVID vaccines during his first administration amid the global pandemic, NBC News reports.

“President Trump’s decisive actions under Operation Warp Speed not only saved millions of lives but also revived the American economy,” Cassidy said in a statement shared with NBC News. “When Americans needed a vaccine in record time to stop a once-in-a-generation pandemic, President Trump delivered. The Nobel Prize has been awarded for far less. He deserves the next one!”

Cassidy, who is running for re-election next year, and Barrasso stated that their efforts “align” with the wishes of other Trump administration officials, including Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., with whom Cassidy and Barrasso had heated debates during Senate Finance Committee hearings last month.