We've lost 3,000 jobs in Beaufort County. We've lost half of our manufacturing workforce.

Critics accused HHS of downplaying the true cost of the law by $150 billion. Commentators found Thompson's statements at the conference to be alarmist particularly his words: "I for the life of me cannot understand why the terrorists have not you know attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do. " This incident was cited by the advocacy group Union of Concerned Scientists as part of a report detailing their allegations of politicization of science under President George W.

After his time in the Bush Administration Thompson was a partner with the law-firm Akin Gump and Chairman of Deloitte's global healthcare practice and has served on the board 22 other organizations. Thompson was a candidate for the U. S.