“I do think the oversight's important. Of course, you want to track how every taxpayer dollar is spent. This ought to be for working people whose constitutional rights were violated in their ordinary course of living — pro-life activists and others who might have a claim. The Justice Department should lean into its experience managing other compensation funds, like the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which has a rigorous claims process.
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“This is welcome news. Dr. Makary was uniquely destructive to the prolife movement. He attempted to place pro-abortion lawyers in key positions. He slow walked a vitally necessary review of the abortion drug mifepristone. He used his discretion to approve a new abortion drug when the data shows it sends 1 in 10 women to the emergency room. He froze out prolife leaders and repeatedly stonewalled Congress. His resignation is an opportunity for the FDA to reset.
“There's the 60-day shot clock, so to speak, that we're currently in the midst of.
“Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect. We should also increase our support for rural hospitals around the country... I want to see Medicaid reductions stopped and rural hospitals fully funded permanently.