Johnny Isakson: “I come to the floor today to talk about my friend, Dr. Tom Price. In a way, I am glad the minority leader brought up…”

“I come to the floor today to talk about my friend, Dr. Tom Price. In a way, I am glad the minority leader brought up Representative Price and brought up specific allegations that have been made against him so I can hopefully put some light on the misperception that those allegations made and, in fact, shine some positive light on a great nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. I have known Tom Price for 30 years of my life. He and his wife Betty are dear friends. Their son Robert is the age of one of my sons. He is a fine young man. Tom is a leader in our community, a leader in the Roswell United Methodist Church, the first-ever elected Republican majority leader of the State of Georgia Senate, the chairman of the Budget Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, former president of the study committee in the House of Representatives, and an all- around terrific individual who has a litany and liturgy of recommended approvals and improvements that have made the United States of America legislatively and legally much better. Tom is a family man. I mentioned Betty and his son Robert. He is an accomplished professional. He is an orthopedic surgeon. He and his wife Betty met during their residencies at Grady Memorial Hospital. She is an anesthesiologist. Tom is an accomplished orthopedic surgeon.…”