#public health

You can't have public health without a public health system. We just don't want to be part of a mindless competition for resources. We want to build back capacity in the system. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#build #capacity #competition #health #just

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#delay #health #his #matter #public

The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#health #infrastructure #linking #mental health #public

When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#asthma #attack #attended #child #children

It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

#against #chemical #congress #deal #discrimination

If a State has reliable scientific information that demonstrates that a warning is needed for a particular food, then in the interest of public health, it should share that information with the FDA and petition for a new national standard. ↗

— Nathan Deal

#fda #food #health #information #interest

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#governments #health #measure #only #ought

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing. ↗

— Diane Abbott

#debates #even #health #mental #mental health

Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority. ↗

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

#alarming #bright #bring #complacent #consequences

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#american women #greatest #health #live #many