Margaret A. Hamburg: “The sequester is of significant concern to us, and overlaid on the additional issue of expanding responsibilities, these…”

Congress has given FDA responsibility for a vast range of products that are central to the health and well-being of every American.

This is one of the most important public health challenges before us.

I think FSMA will be transformational in the sense of saving money and saving lives.

As I said, we are going to have to make very difficult choices. We are not going to be able to do all the things the Congress has asked us to do and that the American people expect us to do.