The Washington Post editorial board accuses me of a conflict of interest that might bias me against Big Pharma, whose interests they apparently seek to protect. The alleged conflict comes from money I supposedly made from a settlement in a lawsuit against Merck for injuries caused by its Gardasil vaccine. The problem is that I never received a penny from the Merck Gardasil settlement, and neither has my son nor anyone else in my family.
Before taking office, I relinquished any interest in potential Gardasil fees back to the Wisner Baum law firm, which publicly confirmed this during my confirmation process. Yet @SenWarren, @Reuters, and @washingtonpost editorial board — in their ardor to protect Big Pharma — continue to push a false narrative that makes Big Pharma the victim and me the mendacious villain. They should correct the record — and spend more time examining the real conflicts that have long disabled the regulatory function of my Department, all of which I am now deconstructing.
I’m firing corrupt regulators and dismissing the panels formerly populated by heavily conflicted “experts.” We are dismantling the mechanisms of corporate capture that made this agency the sock puppet for the industry it was supposed to regulate. Why are Reuters, Warren, and WaPo inventing lies to besmirch the first @HHSgov Secretary in modern history to stand up to industry?
@ruralj Granted his personality may not be for everyone but is the elected Pres who is trying to solve hard problems. with Iran this Pres is trying to solve a near 50 year problem that his predecessors failed to do. Easy to second guess every action but he’s in the arena and your not
Brilliant example from here:
Germany spent £500,000,000,000 on NetZeroising their electricity supply.
They make 20% LESS electricity than before
And it costs 3 times as much
This is nuts!
@ruralj@GovAndyBeshear Programs that Dems and KY Gov believe are essential for American people? Why must you focus on more programs as that means more regulation. Quit trying to regulate everything
No sympathy for EPA employees and dependent activist groups on the chopping block. Recall these are same arrogant and evil creeps who pointlessly killed 50,000 high-paying coal industry jobs during the Obama years. Each killed coal job supported anywhere from 4-10 other community and related-industry jobs. The loss of these jobs irreparably devastated coal communities, where there is typically little else to do but mine coal or support those that do. All of this was for absolutely no reason. Just left-wing politics. I was there. I saw it. I only wish I could be at EPA to hand out the pink slips and turn the lights off. @leemzeldin@realDonaldTrump@JDVance
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Global coal demand has risen to a record high in 2022, surpassing the 8-billion-tonnes level for the first time, according to a new @IEA report.
The IEA now forecasts fresh coal consumption records for 2023 and again for 2025 | #EenergyCrisis#CoalTwitter
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Governor Beshear should condemn Joe Biden’s attacks on our coal industry and the thousands of Kentuckians who work there.
When I’m Governor, I’ll always fight for Kentucky coal miners and their jobs. Coal mines will always be open for business.
Working on it Mr. President. In the meantime - have a Happy 4th and please make sure the WH intern who posted this tweet registers for Econ 101 for the fall semester...
This: ”A clear and consistent policy supporting resource development”. Easy for this Admin to do. Start by quit trying to shut down the oil and gas industry. Which has been their stated goal from day 1.