Heidi Alexander: “I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of my remarks to the Senate Committee on Health, Education…”

“I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a copy of my remarks to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Generic Drug User Fee Amendments: Accelerating Patient Access to Generic Drugs In December, the president signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bill to fix No Child Left Behind and proof that this committee can work together to tackle very difficult issues. But a law not properly implemented isn't worth the paper it's written on, which is why I'm going to be working with Senator Murray to set up a strong oversight process during 2016 to make sure the teachers, governors, chief state school officers, parents and students who counted on us to fix that law see that it's implemented properly. We're here today for a similar purpose: to conduct oversight of the 2012 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act--specifically the law's Generic Drug User Fee Amendments, which are fees negotiated between the FDA and generic drug makers to give the agency additional resources intended to speed the review of generic drugs.…”