I believe that we can address the concerns and needs of the regulated community, address concerns raised by pharmacists about costs and provide the FDA with authority it says it needs to implement a system effectively to protect the public…

I think that would be really welcome.

Nor do we have a system that is able to track the product as it moves through the system, and a robust national system would be far preferable to a patchwork of State laws.

It is not only important for all the reasons Senator Mikulski said and the urgency of getting this done, I think it sets a model for what the rest of Congress should be doing.

Mr. Chairman, as our national recession near its fourth year, unemployment stays above 8 percent and gas prices continue to skyrocket, our brave men and women continue to serve in harm's way overseas, this Nation is in trouble, and I…

I think consumers are surprised when they learn that we do not now have a system that routinely checks to see if the drugs they are about to get are counterfeit.

I am very proud to have the chance to work with both of you on this, and with my democratic and republican colleagues on a series of important bills here.

I think it's time they got by without more help from taxpayers who are already having a tough enough time paying the bills and filling up their gas tank.

Patrick J. Wilkerson has dedicated his career to protecting his fellow citizens.

We're going to do all of this by harnessing our most inexhaustible resource: American ingenuity and American imagination.

It's like hitting the American people twice.

That's not the future that I want for America.

As long as I'm President, America is going to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy.

I want us to control our own destiny.

These two men have proven themselves to be top-flight attorneys, and I am confident that they will ensure justice is served as United States Attorneys.

We want U.S. oil companies to be doing well.

I am honored to nominate him today to continue his selfless work on behalf of the people of Oklahoma as U.S. Marshal.

Our nation will be well-served by these men and women, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.