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Ron Johnson: “It's an action forcing bill. It's not a panacea. It forces…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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13th and Park Interview with Senator Ron Johnson on Wisconsin Politics and Personal Insights

Published | Video Starts at 05:28

… very partisan bill that had no chance in the Senate knowing full well they were killing. Right to try. Right. I mean, it's pretty gross the way this place operates. It's an action forcing bill. It's not a panacea. It forces the FDA to give patients faster access to some of these experimental drugs. What we need right now is a right to treat law. We shouldn't need it. But during COVID as you saw, the federal agencies captured and corrupted by big pharmacists sabotage early treatment, sabotage the use of generic drugs. (05:28–05:38)

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Asserts that the Right to Try Act forces the FDA to expedite access to experimental drugs.

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