Andrew Siddons

Guy with an MPH. Formerly a health reporter at CQ Roll Call. Still not a very active Twitter user!

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@KDooleyYoung @ChuckGrassley @robportman Grassley's office didn't have a comment on the proposal when Trump first raised it and still hasn't as far as I know. Only conservative group I saw weigh in firmly against was @NTU, who questioned whether using 402 was valid

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

And CDC says that it needs $6 billion to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

[Kerry Dooley Young @KDooleyYoung]

To recap, @HHSGov officials declined repeatedly today to provide details for a roughly $6.6B Medicare drug discount card @POTUS announced yesterday, saying the @WhiteHouse would have more to say later on this. To keep this in context, annual budget for @US_FDA is about $5.9B.

[Emily Kopp @emilyakopp]

What states have gotten from CDC for vaccine distribution so far: $200 million

What HHS took out of CDC for a PR push “to defeat despair and inspire hope”: $250 million

@asiddons https://t.co/WQ4RlKpaVq

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@SarahKarlin Counterpoint: keeps us employed?

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@KDooleyYoung Thank you, Kerry!

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@maustermuhle I was struck by the number of names here that also are street names...

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@JenniferNuzzo That's nice of you to say, thank you! Appreciate the work you are doing and how you and your colleagues have made yourselves so available to the press.

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@MauraJudkis Which seasons are you on??

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@SarahKarlin How did the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum get so many health reporter emails?

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@jtenenbaum Seems like Hahn, Fauci, others have been telegraphing this possibility through EUA, but did she elaborate on her basis for it? I guess she'd need to know if her folks are coordinating distribution, right?

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@levfacher Also: Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), who chairs a coveted seat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight panel,

He's ranking member.

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@levfacher Tim Scott isn't up for re-election this year, he was up in 2016. Lindsey Graham is up this year.

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@gopaulblair Sincere q: how are "his focus on the dangers of vaping are partially to blame for our lack of preparedness" ?

[Jennifer Shutt @JenniferShutt]

Pelosi: “It’s fair to say we are close to an agreement subject to the exchange of paper and hope to have an agreement tomorrow.”

[Shawn Zeller @shawnzeller]

How would Pres. Sanders implement his far-reaching agenda? @NormOrnstein says he would "expand to the breaking point and beyond executive power." + @asiddons on the government's response to coronavirus. The CQ on Congress podcast is here: https://t.co/COWBclmZ0n @cqnow @rollcall

[Emily Kopp @emilyakopp]

It's easy to see why there was anger over a carveout for premium cigars under this bill while hookah and menthols would be banned. It looks like a carveout for members of Congress and their donors. https://t.co/vHdxUO6mUR

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@whycherrywhy @repgregwalden I thought that was a strange choice for an MTR. Why not force Dems to take a vote on the menthol policy or the marijuana vaping issue, which were both issues raised during the debate?

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

In the end, just 8 CBC members voted against due to concerns about menthol ban. More of the 17 Dem no votes were moderates facing tough re-elections.

[CQ Now @CQnow]

House passes bill to restrict flavored tobacco products ($) https://t.co/iFsBvMDj2r by @asiddons

[Andrew Siddons @asiddons]

@john_wilkerson I would need to cut my hands off in order to follow that advice