Billy Tauzin
Billy Tauzin
Wilbert Joseph "Billy" Tauzin IIis an American lobbyist and politician. He was President and CEO of PhRMA, a pharmaceutical company lobby group. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1980 to 2005, representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 June 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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The Partnership for Prescription Assistance is changing thousands of lives everyday. No one's helped by a medicine that sits on a shelf and is out of reach financially.
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What's at issue here is that a special fund was established for these families. It was specially funded for this event, September 11,
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When you make something as important as the medicines that keep us alive, you've got to do everything in your power to make sure those medicines reach the people who need them, especially when the people can't afford to have those prescriptions filled. The companies are committed to taking care of everyone who calls in and signs up.
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As soon as one or more of these major corporate figures is indicted and convicted for the thievery that occurred at the expense of the American investor, I think confidence will gradually come back.
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What we are interested in is: What went wrong with this recall? Why didn't it happen sooner?
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The public surely must be confused today, ... It's the job of NHTSA to come up with reasonable standards of when tires pose a risk to the consumers. NHTSA needs to ride to the rescue here and clear up this confusion very quickly.
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We know that many patients struggle to afford their prescription medicines and are unaware that help is available. That is why the pharmaceutical research industry is leading an aggressive campaign to inform doctors and prepare them to educate patients about the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. This new effort demonstrates our commitment to locate, inform and mobilize as many doctors as possible.
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We have found that Enron's financial statements violated numerous existing accounting rules,
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I got the sense that this bill has a real chance of passing the Senate,
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One of the motivations to not recall the tires, but to have Ford assume responsibility, was Firestone's concern that it would trigger action by DOT (the Department of Transportation) here in America,
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It is absolutely critical that America's public health emergency system be prepared to respond to new and emerging terrorist threats.
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If it's a medicine that makes a difference in whether you're going to get cancer or not, you probably ought to get it out a little quicker.
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He was totally incredible, ... This is the guy who was in charge of the corporation. ... I'm afraid he may have put himself in some legal jeopardy as a result.