Here’s what it all means. Every single federal agency with a part to play in this
mission — from the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug
Administration to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Energy
and its national energy labs — will be in the same room together to make sure
we’re working from the same playbook.
Jason Chaffetz of Utah beat you to this issue. And the mainstream media says. . . nothing. We’ll make sure we’re making the most of investments, of our
research and data, our supercomputing capabilities, our targeted incentives,
private-sector efforts, and patient-engagement initiatives. In fact, just today we announced a new 1 billion dollar
jumpstart to make sure some of the best work going on has the funding that it
needs.
Let’s fight cancer, and let’s fight all kinds of diseases, but not through government intervention. Because ultimately, as the federal government, our job is to
break down silos and bring people together who are doing the most cutting-edge
work. Our job is to clear out the bureaucratic hurdles — and let science
happen. Uncle Joe had too many Moonshots (credit: Twitchy)
Break down silos? Uncle Joe, what does grain storage have to do with ending cancer? And we’re going to continue to call on families,
researchers, and physicians all across the country to join this effort and rise
to the challenge. I’ve been in touch with hundreds of the world’s top cancer
physicians, researchers, and philanthropists.
So let them take care of the problem. You and the fellow occupant in the White House have done more harm than good! And I’ve been in touch with Americans around the country who
know the realities of this disease firsthand, people who have lived through it
and people who have lost their loved ones they hold most dearly. If you’ve got a story to tell about how this disease has
touched your life, I want to hear from you. And following the meeting, at around 3:30 p. m. Eastern, Dr.
Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Douglas
Lowy, Chief of the National Cancer Institute’s Laboratory of Cellular Oncology,
will be taking your questions on Twitter. You can ask them using
#CancerMoonshot. As the President said in the State of the Union, we can do
this for the loved ones we’ve lost — and the families we can still save. I couldn’t agree more. If there is one word that defines us
as Americans, it’s “possibility.” And I believe this is possible. I know that we can do this. I’ll be in touch along the way with ways you can help —
believe it. Thank you, Joe
The Occupant and his Vice-Occupant have taken too many shots of Moonshine.
If they really care about doing something about cancer, why won’t they repeal the terrible legislation they forced on us–Obamacare–which has ruined access and removed quality care from millions of hard-working and responsible Americans?
The more that the government sticks its head into health care and medicine, the sicker the body politic becomes.
Let’s end cancer right now, the cancer of big government and remove the two do-nothings and do-wrongs in the White House!
