Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of my amendment that requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to coordinate with the heads of the relevant agencies to compile a list of critical medications the Federal Government should ensure are readily available in the event of another public health emergency. In recent decades, the United States has become more reliant on foreign countries for the production of general pharmaceutical drugs. Today, only a small portion of generic drugs are produced in the United States. That is one thing that the coronavirus pandemic has taught us is that we should not be reliant on our adversaries for our generic drugs. Hostile authoritarian regimes like the Chinese Communist Party should never have the ability to decide the drugs that American people have access to. We cannot allow China to hold American lives in its hands. My amendment will ensure we are properly informed about our pharmaceutical supply chains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”