Political Quotes

“for the second time over the past few weeks, I have come to the Senate floor to talk about the importance of medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health--NIH. Last week during his address to Congress, President Trump unveiled a new member of the U.S. Secret Service; a 13-year-old named DJ who had always dreamed of becoming a police officer. It was a touching moment because DJ wasn't supposed to be alive today. You see, in 2018, he was diagnosed with brain cancer and given just a few months to live. Because of advances in science and medicine, because of medical researchers conducting lifesaving work, because of new treatments and cures, thank goodness this young man is alive today. And he is alive because of the work of the National Institutes of Health. But that work, for a lot of other desperate families, is in danger because of President Trump and his unelected assistant, Elon Musk, who are carrying out a cruel campaign to cut research funding for diseases such as childhood cancer, ALS, Alzheimer's, dementia, and so many more. I don't know young DJ or his family, but I can just imagine what they went through when they were told their son had brain cancer. Who can imagine, as a parent, what that must have been like. And I bet you one of their first questions to the doctor was basic: Is there a cure? Is there treatment? Is there something we can do? Thankfully, the answer was ``yes'' because of medical research.…”