It was Tom Perez's major priority from day one to restore the traditions of the Civil Rights Division.
I am the only Member of this Committee that voted to pass the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Unnecessarily provocative language demeans the seriousness of the work we do in this Committee.
Instead of attacking Perez, we ought to get back to the work of strengthening civil rights and voting rights laws in thi...
His tenure as head of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has been successful by any measure.
Well thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank you for convening this very important hearing on the deadly outbreak of fungal men...
Today, the death toll stands at 53 and continues to grow. Hundreds are still sick and suffering. An unthinkable, public ...
We know now that 53 Americans did not need to die. It sickens me that this could have been prevented.
An unthinkable, public health disaster keeps on getting worse.
It is our job at this committee to also take a hard look at the agency under our jurisdiction, the FDA, and ask: did its...
However, I think the three of you and others at the front line of leading very important functions that our citizens exp...
Even in light of the fungal meningitis outbreak, with 53 deaths and over 700 confirmed cases, some of these compounding ...
They are instructed as to limitations on Food and Drug's authorities.
What authority do you have to supervise to see to it that stuff moving across the state lines that is supposed to be sup...
And good manufacturing practices are absolutely critical to seeing to it that the pharmaceuticals are safe, is that not ...
So you don't have authority to require them to register so you know who is in the business, right?
We don't have the full authorities we need in order to do the full inspections, and we don't know who they are.
In light of what has been talked about this morning, and some comments made, I think we need to go back in history a lit...
