Unfortunately, recent years have been difficult for career government scientists.

I am worried that more subtle discriminatory practices still lurk in our housing finance system.

Political spending is naming and shaming.

The laboratory work is also very important in dealing with the fundamental basis of addiction.

We are very important players in the BRAIN initiative.

Democratization of finances is a good and noble goal, but for democracy to work, consumers need transparency and high-quality information.

we were greeted with terrifying predictions that the stimulus spending would trigger hyperinflation.

When the Fed has to step in to support the markets for Treasury bonds, I view it as sort of the financial equivalent of our military going to DEFCON 2.

As soon as Trump entered office, he proposed a 22 percent budget cut to the NIH and other health--other HHS.

Giving credit to the leadership of President Trump is, I think, a little bit problematic here.

I believe that public confidence will be crucial in the development and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

I think the largest single factor, frankly, is that they have leaders who listen to the scientists and policies that followed that.

So, your answer is that President Trump has the final say on these documents.

this has been killing, by many estimates, tens of thousands of Americans every year due to preventable medical errors

this is about people protecting themselves and their families.

Tens of thousands of Americans have died as a result, 4 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the deaths.

the independence of the Federal Reserve seems largely to have been respected during this crisis.

Ensuring the integrity, transparency, and accuracy of this data, free from political influence, is crucial to keeping us safe and prepared.

it's rare that Congress can do something that will cost negative money and save thousands of lives, but this is certainly an opportunity.

there was not a unique patient identifier made it impossible to identify a patient who was getting multiple opioid prescriptions

we've also seen a tragic example of the dangers of political interference into jobs best left to experts.

I see my time is up and yield back.

The degree of increased risk from voting face-to-face depends on the level of community transmission, which, of course, depends on having competent national leadership.

we must ensure that cities and states have the resources they need to carry out, you know, the basic steps to protect the health of voters and election workers.

But I'm also a scientist. And it is a scientific fact that it will always be safer to vote by mail from home than to vote in person.