Political Quotes

Sam Brownback

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Sam Brownback is a Republican politician who served as the Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his governorship, he was a U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1996 to 2011 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1996. Brownback is known for his conservative positions on social issues and his advocacy for tax cuts and economic development in Kansas. During his tenure as governor, he implemented significant tax reforms aimed at stimulating the state's economy, although these policies faced criticism and led to budgetary challenges.

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May 6, 2009

What if the call is made we should do both? We should do it, because we lose what 35,000 people a year to flu?

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May 6, 2009

I think that this is a situation where we have to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

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May 6, 2009

Senator Brownback suggested, there are other issues this is tied to, or tied in with, and if so, whether or not those can be rectified as well.

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May 6, 2009

For both of you gentlemen, this is another zoonotic disease, I remember the last head of CDC telling me that 10 of the last 12 major health concerns we have had have been zoonotic, where it is animal to humans that it jumps and can go back…

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May 6, 2009

If you don't vaccinate for that you could have more people die of the normal flu.

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May 6, 2009

I have had other members raise to me that we have a number of agricultural workers coming into the United States from around the world, but particularly from Latin America, and concern about the flu virus, and I presume that is something…

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May 6, 2009

While we have appropriately focused on the public health aspects of the situation we must not forget that the initial naming of this virus had erroneously caused concern that pork products pose a threat to public health.

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May 6, 2009

True, but you have got to make that within a timeframe that you can produce a new vaccine.

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May 6, 2009

This outbreak is a true test of our Public Health Response System. And by all accounts it is working.

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May 4, 2009

I do have a quick statement that I wanted to make, and I will have my full statement put into the record.

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May 4, 2009

They are saying it is particularly harmful on commercial real estate, and that is the very weak part that you were noting in the economy now anyway.

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May 4, 2009

I am sure you have concerns about that. Are there signals that you are looking at and considering as to whether or not this is occurring or is not occurring on a government debt bubble?

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