Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
As a former Marine helicopter pilot and Navy physician who commanded emergency medicine in Afghanistan, Rep. Rich McCormick has seen firsthand how America’s global health leadership saves lives abroad — and protects communities here at home.
✨🎬 Watch a short recap of our conversation with him and local Georgia leaders — from Emory University to the CDC — on why American generosity and global leadership are ultimately “in our best self-interest.”
Recognizing Georgia’s role as a global health beacon, he said: “We have a lot of expertise right here in Georgia and around the world... people who understand that what the world has as a health problem, we have as a health problem.”
And on America's broader role as a global health leader, he’s optimistic: "If you look at what Americans do both here and around the world it's unsurpassed. We are the most generous nation in the world's history… We can do things nobody has ever seen in the history of mankind when you combine the technologies and wealth of our nation and do it right."
As a former Marine helicopter pilot and Navy physician who commanded emergency medicine in Afghanistan, Rep. Rich McCormick has seen firsthand how America’s global health leadership saves lives abroad — and protects communities here at home.
✨🎬 Watch a short recap of our conversation with him and local Georgia leaders — from Emory University to the CDC — on why American generosity and global leadership are ultimately “in our best self-interest.”
Recognizing Georgia’s role as a global health beacon, he said: “We have a lot of expertise right here in Georgia and around the world... people who understand that what the world has as a health problem, we have as a health problem.”
And on America's broader role as a global health leader, he’s optimistic: "If you look at what Americans do both here and around the world it's unsurpassed. We are the most generous nation in the world's history… We can do things nobody has ever seen in the history of mankind when you combine the technologies and wealth of our nation and do it right."
