00:00Yeah, I'm happy to. I was alarmed to see yesterday the news reports that Dr. McCary had decided
00:06to elevate to the chief counsel of the FDA a lawyer from the Biden administration who
00:12has, I'm sure would warm my colleague's hearts on the other side of the aisle to know, repeatedly
00:16argued in favor of the Biden administration's rules on the chemical abortion drug, Mifeprestone,
00:22in case after case after case. This, frankly, flew in the face of what Dr.
00:29McCary told me in terms of his unbiased view on this. He said he would carry out a close
00:34review of that drug, as is required by law, by the way, and what he also testified to
00:38this committee. I subsequently learned that this same attorney, whom he had chosen to
00:42be the head of, again, the FDA's chief counsel, had also repeatedly argued for President Biden's
00:48vaccine mandates and had argued that there was no imposition on religious liberty in
00:53the vaccine mandates, that there should be no exceptions, argued in favor of the government
00:57shutdowns, argued in favor of firing federal officials who refuse the vaccine mandate even
01:04on religious liberty grounds. I was stunned to hear about this, and frankly, Mr. Chairman,
01:08I was very, very alarmed, and it called into question, to me, Dr. McCary's judgment. Now,
01:13I'm pleased to see that as of this morning, he has withdrawn his support from this individual.
01:18She has resigned as chief counsel at the FDA. He has reconsidered that judgment, and that
01:23gives me some confidence. On that basis, I will vote yes.
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