So don't be scared. Look at the law, look at the reality, and don't listen to the political rhetoric which this week has been orchestrated very carefully by my Republican colleagues.

I think it is up to Congress to decide what FDA's role should be.

I believe, and I think all of our witnesses today will agree with me, that if a technology developer is going to make health-based claims, then there must be a role for FDA to ensure it is safe and effective.

Electronic Health Records hold great promise for the delivery of care given and quality of care received in this country.

However, with the proliferation of these technologies have come concerns about how their use may negatively impact patients.

I think it is important to note that you are following a policy supported somewhat by law that either Congress has set over the years through immigration policy.

I appreciate the work that your office does, the work that you all do in Washington, D.C.

You mentioned, Senator Casey, the flour program, where U.S. flour is reaching 50 bakeries that are feeding 210,000 people in the northern governates of Aleppo.

Why not take advantage, more advantage of facilities like this and particularly in Pike County who built a whole new facility just to house these individuals?

I think it is very important that the governments of the countries around that are in the first line of protection of the international community against the Syrian crisis, do receive all the solidarity they deserve.

I do have a problem with that.

Have you ever received any notification from up the chain that we do not want you picking up any more illegals in this country?

I understand that, but do you not think it would hurt morale?

Each one is a human tragedy, each person affected by the violence. I cannot even begin to imagine the horror that these families have lived through.

when so many of the stakeholders in that region see the United States as not adequately providing its direction and leadership, there is a problem there.

I do believe that humanitarian aid--effective humanitarian aid--in this moment, is not only a moral obligation to the people that is in need, it is also a factor to help these move into the right direction.

Are you talking about 1 million refuges per country by the end of 2013?

The hearing will come to order.