07/28/2021
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"This is particularly disheartening given that every American has benefited from the extraordinary work of scientists to protect us from the Covid-19 pandemic by developing highly effective vaccines so..."
"In 2019, I wrote to then-President Trump urging him to award the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, but he unfortunately never did during his term."
"So if FDA had a similar authority for a conditional approval pathway, would that give the FDA more flexibility in getting potentially promising therapies to dying patients sooner?"
"I am proud to have brought this hearing forward. It was highly intentional, because it was, really, desperately needed."