Floor SpeechNeutral2026-07-13
Text of Senate Amendment 6635
Ron Johnson
RWI · Senator
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Context
On 2026-07-13, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6635" in the Senate.
Full Text
Text of Senate Amendment 6635 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3835] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6635. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert the following: SEC. __. RIGHT TO TREAT ACT. (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law-- (1) no Federal agency, including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall have the authority to regulate the practice of medicine; and (2) no Federal law, rule, regulation, or policy shall prohibit or restrict the prescription or disbursement for an unapproved use of any drug that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, or that is available pursuant to section 561B of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-0a). (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any Federal law, rule, regulation, or policy that restricts abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing, coercive family planning, female genital mutilation, or gender transition medical interventions. ______