Political Quotes

“I thank my friend, the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Mr. Walden, the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, for bringing this bill to the floor. But, most of all, I want to thank my friend, Dr. Phil Roe from Tennessee. He is a medical doctor. He and I, as Mr. Walden pointed out, for many, many years have been focused on making sure that those children with asthma are safer in the school than they otherwise would be if the schools were not prepared to deal with an asthmatic or allergic attack. I want to thank Dr. Roe, who has been such a steadfast ally and partner in this effort. I am hopeful that this bill will go to the Senate, and when we come back in the lameduck, hopefully, we will pass this and we will have another bipartisan bill that will help children and the school systems of America. I am proud to be joined by Dr. Roe. It is emblematic of when you have a problem that is needed to be solved, Madam Speaker; it is not a partisan problem. These are not partisan issues. These are issues that kids have, families have, and schools have. We stood together on this floor 7 years ago when the House passed our School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act. President Obama signed that bipartisan bill into law in November 2013. It encouraged States to adopt policies that require schools to stock emergency epinephrine and train staff how to use it in case a student experiences a severe allergy or asthma attack.…”