Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his generosity and time. I want to say, Mr. Speaker, that I rise in opposition to H.R. 5247 because it creates a dangerous back door for modern-day snake oil salesmen, a back door around the FDA approval process for people who may or may not be preying on desperate people, and it ignores that there actually is a safe pathway for terminally ill patients to get treatment. This bill failed to pass last week and it should fail again. It is a harmful policy that both Republican-and Democratic-appointed former FDA Commissioners concluded there is ``no evidence'' that this bill ``would meaningfully improve access for patients, but would just remove the FDA from the approval process and create a dangerous precedent that would erode protections for vulnerable patients,'' the most vulnerable patients. People whose lives are in danger feel that they will try anything, and there are people out there who will prey on that. This bill denies patients what they really need, which is safe and effective treatments. This bill strips away important safeguards in the name of helping patients, but it does not, and that is why 78 patient groups and doctors, groups like the American Cancer Society, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, oppose this bill. In total, there are now 110 groups opposing this bill. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Congressional Record a multipage list of opponents to this bill.…”