“Pledged to work tirelessly on behalf of patients and their families until federal Right to Try legislation, allowing terminally ill patients access to experimental treatments, was signed into law.”
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Independently verified. Ron Johnson (R-WI) was the lead Senate sponsor of federal Right to Try legislation: he introduced the Trickett Wendler Right to Try Act (S.204) in the 115th Congress and drove it through the Senate. Public Law 115-176 -- confirmed live via the GPO primary record as originating from S.204 with enactment date May 30, 2018 -- authorized terminally ill patients' access to unapproved/experimental medical products. Wikipedia and Johnson's own Senate page independently confirm he introduced and championed the bill across multiple Congresses until it was signed into law by President Trump. The promise's stated completion condition (federal Right to Try signed into law) was 100% achieved AND Johnson personally led the effort, so FULL is correct rather than CHAMPIONED (which applies when leadership occurs even without full enactment). Adversarial/partisan check: an identical record by a member of the opposite party -- pledging to work until a bill was signed, then leading it to enactment -- would earn the same FULL rating. No leniency or harshness detected. At least two real, live PRIMARY/REPUTABLE sources substantiate the outcome.
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