Political Quotes

“Today is long overdue; long, long overdue. I want to thank Leader McCarthy, Chairman Walden, Dr. Burgess, Mr. Griffith, my friend and colleague, Andy Biggs, Senator Ron Johnson, and all of the advocates who have had a relentless fight to see right to try debated, passed, and signed into law once and for all. And I want to thank the overwhelming bipartisan majority of my colleagues here in the House who we had to work on, many of them, back in March, who supported the Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act and proved emphatically that right to try is about more than politics. It is about hope. For those patients caught in between traditional drug delay approvals, a clinical trial process for which they do not qualify, and limited time, the Right to Try Act. Simply establishes the freedom for patients and their doctors to try therapies where the benefits far outweigh the risks. It gives them the option of saving their life. Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the Wendler, Bellina, Mongiello, McLinn families, all who are here with us in this Chamber today to see history be made. Although the FDA has a program that allows terminal patients to apply for early access to promising treatments, the Right to Try Act is needed because the FDA's compassionate use process does not help enough people.…”