Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. McCormick), a new Member elected last November, to speak on the rule. Mr. McCORMICK. Well, sir, you asked for a physician to stand. I am a physician. I am an emergency medicine physician who served during the entire COVID pandemic from before the pandemic began. I am sure I was exposed to it over a thousand times with thousands of patients that I treated for COVID, some of which I intubated. We had healthcare workers who had decades of experience exposed over and over again before there even was a vaccination. People went home sick. They had fevers. It may surprise you that I was never tested for COVID. Not in the entire career that I have had as an emergency physician have I ever been tested for COVID. I came to work time and time again, putting my life on the line. I lost friends. I watched people put their lives on the line and come to work when everybody else got to call in or stay home based on congressional mandates or congressional exceptions because we were essential, because we understand our profession. We understand how important it is to public service, to save lives, to learn and to continue to grow, to have the debate over what would and would not work for patients, and we evolved. It wasn't just one size fits all for medicine. People are not treated the same because people are different. Different exposures require different treatments. Once you have had the disease, you develop an immunity.…”