Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Alabama for his able testimony in regard to this resolution. I rise today in support of this resolution because it will reverse an unlawful power grab and restore responsible worker health and…

It is critical therefore that the administration respect these agreements and ensure that the FDA has all of the resources that it needs to review these important treatments.

I was very clear yesterday. In fact, in ways I was a little bit more blunt than I wanted to be.

All we want is to make sure that Ms. Lerner can get her job done and not be stonewalled.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 12, line 8, insert after ``action.'' the following: ``OIRA shall maintain a log of each…

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the leadership of the chairman of the full committee on matters of transparency and accountability. I can tell you that there is no one who has a greater definitive desire to make sure that we hold our government…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands, and, as a gifted orator, and certainly a gifted attorney, I appreciate her compliments. And although not all might agree with her…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the two colleagues opposite for their gracious remarks and understand their reluctance to support it based on their concerns with the underlying bill. I, again, reaffirm my commitment to work in a bipartisan way to…

What I will not do is have a premeeting that went really well, and then have you...suggest that it's not okay.

If the administration truly wants FDA to protect public health and fulfill its mission, it should not implement a hiring freeze that could prevent the replacement of key personnel.

It is important that we continue to build on this progress by supporting the FDA's agreement with industry.

I am concerned that this executive order could in fact make it more difficult to implement these agreements and respond to the applications.

Mr. Chairman, as I mentioned earlier, the bill requires the commission to identify regulations--all regulations--which should be repealed. The commission focuses on rules and regulations that are out of date, no longer useful, and…

Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Smith).

Madam Chair, I claim the time in opposition, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Long). The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes.

In the 112th Congress 6 years ago, I filed what was then called the RAPID Act.

So if I'm an investor, and I want to be able to invest what capital I have to get a return, where am I going to put it?