Title I of the Drug Quality and Security Act addresses the oversight of compounding pharmacies, and Title II provides a mechanism for securing our pharmaceutical drug supply chain. Together, we are making patients safer and ensuring that…

I come to the floor today to speak in support of the Drug Quality and Security Act, H.R. 3204. Getting this bill to where it is today--and I thank the leader for just making that possible, along with our minority leader--has been a long…

Thank you, Madam President. I will try to wrap up. I appreciate the courtesy of the Senator who wishes to speak. I will try to get this done. We were meeting with the President. I was bringing up the issue of regulations, but the rest of…

I understand we are in morning business. I ask consent to speak for 15 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask for an additional 5 minutes if I may have it. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I wish to talk a little bit about the government shutdown--what else. It is my understanding that my colleagues across the aisle, I understand I will not have the opportunity to speak to any one of them, but should they come out on the…

I saw a black car down there in the parking lot with a Texas license plate, and I figured that was the Senator's. Didn't see him in it. Everybody was wondering as they got up this morning, after listening to the Senator last night, whether…

There are six Federal agencies in the meta database that are involved in it. When I kept inquiring, when the distinguished chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Baucus, asked the representative from the Center for Medicaid and…

Let me ask the Senator a question to cut to the chase. Let's get to the bottom line. Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, our respected leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, because of his position, Secretary of Health and Human Services…

Well, the question is, some people are funny and some people are humorous. I may be one of the most humorous, but Senator Graham is truly funny.

Reserving the right to object, it is a 15-minute slot that we had intended, and I am sure the Senators will arrive.

I withdraw any objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Dakota.