Liz Saville Roberts: “I thank Chairman Kennedy, Ranking Member Enzi and all of my colleagues for accepting my amendment to improve the drug…”

“I thank Chairman Kennedy, Ranking Member Enzi and all of my colleagues for accepting my amendment to improve the drug advertisement provisions included in S. 1082, the Food and Drug Administration Revitalization Act. My amendment replaces the drug advertisement provisions in the underlying bill with what I believe is a more commonsense approach to dealing with prescription drug advertisements. During the markup of this bill in the HELP Committee a few weeks ago, the chairman and Ranking Member Enzi committed to working with me to address my concerns on this issue. This amendment represents the result of our efforts to achieve an outcome that is acceptable to all of us. I also want to thank Senators Harkin, Burr, and Coburn for their leadership on this issue and for cosponsoring my amendment. Chairman Kennedy and Ranking Member Enzi, I want to say that I truly appreciate the hard work you both have done in putting together this bill. I know you and your staff have put in many long months of work to get us to this point. I specifically want to thank David Bowen of Chairman Kennedy's staff and Amy Muhlberg of Senator Enzi's staff for working so closely with me and my office on finding a resolution on the drug advertising issue. David and Amy, I appreciate your commitment and professionalism in helping us to achieve this compromise.”