Bill Cassidy actually said...

He lamented that Fleming, when he discovered penicillin, didn't seek a patent, saying that if he had, we would have had penicillin 10 years ...

I applaud those like Banting, and Best, and others like Maurice Hilleman, who developed vaccine and made them generally available.

If the purpose of the hearing is to demonize capitalism, we should not hate the thought of a person or a company making a profit.

For decades, this Committee has passed legislation knowing that we would have to ask companies to step up at perhaps a pandemic time.