Political Quotes

“Today, I ask for my colleagues' support for my amendment to cut $10 million from this appropriations bill and contribute those funds instead toward deficit reduction. This particular $10 million is set aside to increase diversity in biomedical research. The Federal Government has an addiction to growth and expansion. Find a problem? Just create a new program and assign a few bureaucrats to handle it, and that will somehow allegedly fix the problem. Under this administration, you don't have to set aside special money to support diversity. President Biden has made it very clear through nearly every executive action that he takes that every agency should look at every issue through a diversity lens. The Biden administration makes everything about race anyway. We should not believe they need a few more million in taxpayer dollars just to make a difference in this aspect. At some point, the Biden administration needs to stop dividing everyone based on the way they look and instead focus on actual health solutions for all Americans in need. Americans are tired of everything being about race. When it comes to the future of biomedical research, we want to know that the best of the best are researching ways to cure cancer, fight heart disease, and help us lead longer and healthier lives. None of those are racial problems. They are human problems. Throughout our history, American innovation has been at the top of the charts for finding breakthrough cures and therapeutics.…”