Political Quotes

“let me return to the amendment to mention several people here who deserve a great deal of credit for bringing this issue to the attention of Congressman Shays and myself. Betty Patterson is the nurse at St. Theresa's School in Trumbull, CT. There are thousands and thousands of school nurses all across America who probably don't get enough credit for the work and job they do every day, caring for our children while they are away at school. It was Betty Patterson who came across the notification that the EPI-PEN had been recalled, and knew that one of the students in the St. Theresa school, Matthew, would need to get a safe and effective replacement. First, I want to congratulate Betty Patterson for the tremendous job she did. Second, I'd like to commend Karen McGarry, Mathew's mother, who, discovering that her pharmacist had not notified his patients, contacted the Connecticut Post, a major newspaper in my home State of Connecticut, to look into the matter. And I'd like to commend Michael Mayko of the Connecticut Post who wrote stories on this incident and did the checking to discover that there was no Federal law or State law that required that consumers be notified. So I want to thank him for doing so much to highlight this important story. Of course, I want to thank Matthew himself, who is one of 1.47 million people in this country who suffer from severe allergies and must rely on products like the Epi-Pen, for telling his story.”