Political Quotes

“Mr. President, reserving the right to object. First of all, let me commend my good friend from Illinois for bringing this. I know he is frustrated, as all of us are, with what has happened with this pandemic that came out of China and swept the world and caused all the grief that it has for America and for every other country on the planet. It is important to note, I think, as we start, that the United States has been the single most generous donor of global health assistance around the world. We do hear people, from time to time, criticize the foreign assistance that America gives out. Probably the pandemic that we have just gone through, with this COVID-19 from China, is the best indication that there is for why certain foreign assistance is so crucial. This foreign assistance we give in the healthcare area is given, amongst other reasons, to keep those things from spreading to the United States. Last year alone, we, the United States of America, we American taxpayers, provided over $9 billion in global health assistance through the State Department and USAID. That $9 billion does not account for the amount that the CDC spent in global health efforts. So it is well over $9 billion that we Americans have put out there.…”