the government’s job is to actually make lives better

I was a better man for having known Bernie. I certainly was a braver and stronger man.

We've been together since the beginning. He's like my brother.

We welcome reforms where needed, but they must be done with a scalpel, not a chain saw.

We are going to stop NIH scientists from publishing there. We’re going to create our own journals in-house in each of the institutes.

Since taking over at the department's hour of greatest need, he professionalized a force in need of steady leadership.

People should really understand that this was not in the school building. We don’t know what was the outcome of the court case.

the Covid vaccine would no longer be included in the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule for healthy pregnant people and children.

We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again.

I couldn't be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule.

I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today, the Covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule.

I want people to understand, for my Republican colleagues who assure what is in and not in this bill, in this process that has been this rushed, when you wake up in the morning, you will realize that you voted to defund Planned Parenthood…

Well, first of all, don’t be a handmaiden to the patriarchy, which kind of eliminates every woman on the other side of the aisle, except for very few.

We do not do well with white men and we don’t do well with married, white women.

The Lion of Lenox Ave was a transformational force of nature.

radical transparency

Charlie was an inspiration and embodied the truest form of leadership in public service.

The list of his accomplishments could take pages, but he leaves the world a much better place than he found it.