I am upset about the future of this country that OSHA's inaction foreshadows.
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I am saddened for the workers of this country who continue to lack adequate protections on the job.
And it is deeply disappointing that OSHA, the only Federal agency with the authority to enforce safe working conditions, is missing in action.
The failure to completely address the life-threatening hazards that working Americans are facing from COVID-19 is not the fault of OSHA professional staff, but rather due to the unfortunate decisions of OSHA's political leadership.
The only logical conclusion I can draw is that OSHA's inadequate response to this pandemic has been informed more by politics rather than modern science.
Obama started work on a permanent airborne disease standard, and Trump put it back on the back burner, and still after a hundred thousand deaths, it is still pending.
To disregard the minority so spectacularly in the organization of this hearing only highlights the partisan and political nature of this hearing.
This hearing is not about a whistleblower complaint. It is about undermining the administration during a national and global crisis.
I believe any whistleblower should be respected and allowed to be heard as a core component of keeping our government accountable and running smoothly.
I do not think that was the best-informed statement.
No data available to support that chloroquine provides clinical benefit to the treatment or prevention of COVID-19.
There are safety liabilities associated with the drug.
The drug had been around a long time for its use in malaria, but it had not been around for a long time for its use in COVID-19 patients.
This is a false economy that our friends in some quarters have pointed out, and it is one that will hurt research.
You have got to be the best politician in a town of politicians to get appointed by Donald Trump and Barack Obama.
I do not think the reduction proposed for NIH is in the best interest of the American people.
A sustained, steady commitment to increase NIH funding is critical to ensuring our Nation's future as a leader in biomedical research.
What happens to those 70 percent of young people? And they live in my district.