The law also requires the FDA to respond to petitions within a 180 days, but the FDA waited roughly 14 years and nearly 3 years to respond to citizens' petitions challenging FDA approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs.

My main concern is an ectopic pregnancy that if the baby is not positioned which is deadly, or if she's further along that she's saying that she is.

The law also requires the FDA to respond to petitions within a 180 days, but the FDA waited roughly 14 years and nearly 3 years to respond to citizens' petitions challenging FDA approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I certainly appreciate the opportunity to do this, and thank you for being here.

We are going to recover, there is no doubt.

But first of all, I want to tell you how much I appreciate your staff reaching out to us over the weekend with the Mississippi tornadoes.

Thank you for coming to Mississippi over the weekend.

They don't even have vehicles. You know, they have no way--no mode of transportation right now to even--to get somewhere, but we are going to recover, there is no doubt.

My main concern is an ectopic pregnancy that if the baby is not positioned which is deadly, or if she's further along that she's saying that she is.

I agree with the fifth circuit's description of this deeply disturbing this of really-not-looking-at-it or the head-in-the-sand approach.

It is deeply frustrating that the subcommittee is being told--six years after a statutory deadline--that it will be another year before FDA issues a final rule on medical gases.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I very much appreciate the opportunity to introduce Chris Wells.

Last Friday night, a lot of Mississippi was damaged by a very serious tornado. Over 20 lives were lost. To paint a picture, these are communities that under the best of times struggle, communities where we don't have public transportation…

Thank you for coming to Mississippi over the weekend.

We are going to recover, there is no doubt.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I certainly appreciate the opportunity to do this, and thank you for being here.

I don't know what the definition of crisis in your mind is, and I don't know if everybody's just been told under no circumstances are you to call it a crisis, but I assure you Carla doesn't care who's Democrat or Republican in this room…

I agree with the fifth circuit's description of this deeply disturbing this of really-not-looking-at-it or the head-in-the-sand approach.