John Delaney 🇺🇸

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

It costs just $50 Billion to vaccinate the world. That is one of the single best investments wealthy countries can ever make to save lives and avoid economic disruptions that will cost many multiples of that. https://t.co/5jERbblWYC — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Some context First, BBB is not done, it's just done for this year. It can be reformulated lots of ways & passed in '22 Second, Biden had a historic year - massive vaccine roll out + passing the rescue plan and infrastructure bill - very impressive considering slim margins — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@slownewsdave That's not leadership. That's being a follower. Do you want to lead or do you want to follow? Simple choice actually. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

This development proves that climate change is having a more negative impact than previously acknowledged. If the BBB legislation gets reworked, preserving all of the climate provisions should be the top priority. https://t.co/8Angg6nSMK — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@chrislhayes https://t.co/D2wQjJ7e1Z — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

"Weather prediction technology has become so precise in recent years that tornadoes are almost always foreseen, a vast, if somewhat unheralded, improvement in forecasting" https://t.co/ei1MvQ63aY — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Very good questions. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

.@jaredpolis⁩ is right - he also may be the best governor in America. https://t.co/TCRrQeaift — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Well and truly said. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

The Wapo, NYT & WSJ have 3 clearly marked opinion pages out of 40+ pages. The rest of the paper is the reporting of the news The majority of cable programming (and social media) is now opinion segments - acting like they are reporting news - but just providing opinions — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

3/ If done correctly, drug prices would go down in the US, up in other wealthy countries and down in poor countries. That would be a fair system that still encouraged innovation. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

2/ IMO wealthy countries should pay about the same & poor countries much less. This could be accomplished through a variety of trade and tax policies. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

1/ Lost in the discussion of high drug prices is the fact that the pharmaceutical industry charges other wealthy countries much less than the US. In some ways the US is subsidizing the entire drug discovery industry. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Re: CBO hypothetical BBB scoring: we could also score it assuming corporate tax rate was increased to 25% (which is what major business groups wanted before Trump randomly cut it to 21%). That would show deficit reduction, but it's not relevant because it's not the actual bill! — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

RT @technology: Chicago, Austin, Seattle… these are some of the rising cities attracting VC dollars instead of Silicon Valley and New York.… — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Today's news make it clear that vaccines & boosters work. Full stop. They work against original covid, against Delta and against Omnicron. For vaccinated people, life is normal Absent a health exception, there is no argument not to get vaccinated. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Vaccines work against Omnicron Just another example of how extraordinary the vaccine development was, which the U.S. innovation economy led. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

"It was his fierce commitment to protecting human rights and safeguarding democracy" The Wapo editorial team posted some wonderful examples of the brilliance and wisdom of Fred Hiatt. https://t.co/39RKQFtOxv — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

I just can't say enough about how much I admired and respected Fred. Smart, witty, impeccable character and wired for decency. He so wanted the world to be a better place and to used his craft to advance things that were good and smart. He made the world a better place. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Utterly devastated by the loss of my friend Fred Hiatt. An extraordinary journalist who created the best editorial page in the world. He was a wonderful, warm, generous and decent man who was always very kind to me. He and his family are in our prayers https://t.co/HDXiihZByq — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

One of Dole's many legislative legacies was the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which allowed universities to do tech transfers with inventions they developed from federal sponsored research This law unleashed an enormous wave of life changing developments in life sciences and biotech. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

I still remember Bob Dole saluting the flag draped casket of Senator Inouye - soldiers who met in a hospital recovering from battlefield injuries, each spending their lives in service. These are the role models we need. Bob Dole was a hero and a patriot. May he Rest In Peace. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@Wooof14 Sorry to break it to you but it's unconstitutional. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@Wooof14 Again, anyone can get voted out. In a democracy our government is determined at the ballot box not by rules being established about who can serve. The folks in Alabama are obviously ok with Shelby and they know his age. It's very dangerous to try to hardwire a democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

Pay people to get vaccinated. It's so obvious. And it's proven to work. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@Wooof14 It's in the constitution and probably wouldn't be drafted that way today so Its not relevant. Sully, the heroic pilot who saved lives and has become an amazing advocate for airline safety, is 70. Should he not serve as an ambassador to the international airline safety board?? — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@KCesena83 We have elections. Voters know candidates age. They can vote them out based on that. That's how democracy works. Not some arbitrary - and discriminatory - rules that attempt to make people not able to participate in a democracy based on random individual characteristics. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@supekrc You can talk about someone's performance all you want - that's different than blindly saying someone should not be able to serve simply because they are too old - which is discriminating against them simply because of age. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

@supekrc There is no evidence - scientific or otherwise - that people over 70 lack the cognitive ability to do the job & there is ample evidence (number of nobel prize winners etc) that people 70+ make profound contributions Ageism is another form of ignorant bias - it's discrimination. — PolitiTweet.org

John Delaney 🇺🇸 @JohnDelaney

I'm a big @smerconish fan - he's smart, fact based and level headed. I hope he is positioned with a permanent prime time slot at some point. — PolitiTweet.org