"As we harshly judge those who had to make decisions we don't have to make, please remember this: that what we do in looking back may determine how we move forward, " said Sen.

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"It is difficult to judge other compounds at an earlier stage where we don't have the data, " notes Vertex spokesman Michael Partridge, who says the company is confident in its position.

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Governments don't have a monopoly on it, and we can't -- you can't judge the intentions of another country by looking at its force -- like by looking at its force posture.

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But again, if the President outlines ideas that the Republicans have previously supported, and then Republicans seem unwilling to support the ideas they supported then now, you can leave it up to others to judge why it is they don't want to participate in a solution that we all agree and we've said in the past would put people back to work.

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