05/31/2012
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"Today's hearing will examine ways to improve the integrity of our drug supply chain. The entry of falsified and substandard drugs into our drug supply chain poses a grave public health threat."
"I agree that we need to allow enough time for the technology to evolve and for the system to be put in place."
"Eliminating the paper pedigree until we have something else in place would be creating greater loopholes for insertion of counterfeit drugs and substandard drugs into the distribution chain."
"So when Republicans voted against the Affordable Care Act, they were voting to let the insurance companies do this rescission."