The Republican budget also cuts Medicaid by a stunning amount--$1.7 trillion over the next decade.

We must recognize that HHS and the agencies contained in the department have a vital, lifesaving mission.

I fear the sweeping language of the bill provides that any action necessary to comply with the order that results in an environmental violation shall not be subject--not subject to party's liability.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. The cynicism of the debate today is why Congress is held in such low repute. We hear Republicans saying that a public health fund is a slush fund. This is a fund set up to keep us healthy, prevent…

Today is Yom Hashoah U'Gvurah. It is a day to remember the Holocaust heroes and martyrs--those who fought and those who resisted; those who survived and those who perished. In Israel, the day is marked with the piercing wail of sirens that…

This legislation does not include any legal standard to establish a minimum level of safety, and to the extent new safety requirements are established, nearly all of them can be waived at a State's discretion. This legislation appears to…

I think that this bill is flawed beyond just the drafting.

We should not eliminate liability from harm caused by MMT, but that is what this bill does.

This legislation would remove all liability for harm caused by these fuels and fuel additives.

the LPAD offers an approach that I think should be given serious consideration because it has a potential to get important new antibiotics into market more quickly than usually possible.

I think whenever we talk about adding new exclusivity, we need to ensure that it is truly necessary.

We must worry not only about patients receiving medications that could be dangerous to them because their safety has not been established in broader populations.

I believe that Congress ought to define the problem that you are trying to address.

You don't want to set up an incentive program, in my opinion, that drives developers toward the broadest market.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I don't think we just want any antibiotics. We don't need two versions of the same antibiotics we already have.

I think this legislation should be narrowly targeted and only apply to antibiotics approved for serious or life-threatening diseases.

I am pleased with the progress that we have made on this user fee package thus far.

No one is served by adding controversial proposals to the bill. That would only serve to slow the process.

if you feel you need stronger or clearer legislation in that area, let us know because we are concerned about whatever, even a handful of devices that may be harmful.

I appreciate the FTC has used its report to once again bring attention to offline data collection.

Under Republican leadership this body has become the most anti-environmental Congress in history.

These bills are a package of half-baked ideas and giveaways to the oil industry.

Democrats want to work with House Republicans to develop bipartisan Federal communications policies to help our economy and the American public and to make sure the FCC is doing its job. But we can't do this when the only proposals that…

The real answer to gas prices is to reduce our dependence on oil, which means transitioning to alternatives.