Political Quotes

“This motion should be adopted. It would prevent the bill from upending the very progress we are all counting on for our innovators to develop new vaccines and therapies to confront this killer coronavirus. You see, it simply states the legislation cannot take effect unless the Secretary of Health and Human Serves certifies that no provision will adversely impact the research, the development, or the approval of any drug intended to treat or prevent COVID-19. Now, Democrats, with a straight face, come to the floor today to move a bill that would do grave damage to medical innovation. The Congressional Budget Office has told us that on many occasions. Upwards of 30 to 100 drugs, depending upon the source, could never make it into the pipeline. Will that be a cure for COVID or a cure for ALS or a cure for cancer? We don't know, and neither do the Democrats bringing it. But we do know the independent analyses show we will not see a lot of new medicines. So let's make sure one of those new medicines is not the cure to COVID or a treatment to save lives for people who are on ventilators. That is what our motion to recommit says: Before you move forward with a known innovation killer, let's at least exclude treatments and cures for COVID-19. Communities are being ravaged, we all know these stories. We all share them with each other about incredible damage done to lungs, organs, and lives as a result of COVID-19.…”