We desperately need federal guidance. I'm terrified by the fact, now, that I hear that the administration not only blocked Dr. Fauci from testifying in the House... but now they're going to block task force members.
Kathleen Sebelius
The Public Record
Well Anderson, I think it's incredibly dangerous. You ended the last segment with a heartbreaking story about a young widow, and her two children, and her beloved husband who just died. We have ended this week with 50,000 American deaths…
I'm very alarmed that you get a lot of political spin before and after scientists talk.
President Obama resisted political pressure to rewrite CDC guidance or bow to social pressure.
The only way the economy of this country is going to recover is if we get a handle on the virus.
We need to have a plan that goes from mid-April where we are right now with some pretty shocking numbers to a full vaccination program in the United States.
What in the world are we going to do when we have a vaccine available?
Well, what he has on his record right now is we have 22 million unemployed Americans. We've had over 30,000 deaths and that's in a six week period of time, and we need to make sure that we don't have more deaths.
The President doesn't want his numbers to change. That's what he said in early March. He's still saying it the federal government is the only authority who can command companies to make the supplies we need.
You and a number of the House delegation were instrumental in making sure that the sort of quality and value pieces were added to the Affordable Care Act.
the Administration certainly shares your view that now is the absolute worst time to back away from investments in research
But for us Democrats, Obamacare is a badge of honor, because no matter who you are, what stage of life you're in, this law is a good thing.