Henry Waxman

Latex condoms, when used consistently and correctly, are highly effective in preventing the transmission of HIV.

Now, yesterday we had a hearing where the FDA didn't do its job on policing the vaccine manufacturer, that then ended up not being able to produce half the vaccine supply for flu in this country. So FDA is really not doing its job…

FDA is really not doing its job adequately.

I think it's the Food and Drug Administration's responsibility. They're supposed to assure the public that when a drug is permitted to be marketed it has been carefully scrutinized to be safe and effective.

If we're going to have a fast approval process, we have to have even a stronger follow up. But FDA is failing its job in a number of areas. They're not doing the follow up. They're not doing the oversight. They're not enforcing the rules.

The public wants drugs approved and out as fast as possible, and the FDA is under a lot of pressure to get drugs approved and marketed quickly. But the other side of that is there are problems with drugs that they don't find out about in…

Whatever the amendment provides. It does not make too much difference. It is the same report with the same substance outlining the political interference with science by the Bush administration.

I want to repeat, my good friend from Long Beach and Orange, California, is absolutely incorrect. The hospitals do not have to ask this question of emergency care patients. We do not know what the emergency is when they come in, if it is a…

I support the bill. I also believe that GAO would be an appropriate place to experiment with these reforms before we consider them for other agencies.

They, not Pentagon auditors, were the first to blow the whistle on the high price the U.S. was paying for Kuwaiti gas.

I have some misgivings about this amendment, but the real point that I want to make is that we should have had an opportunity to debate radical, sweeping civil service changes for the DOD. It was wrong not to have that chance to offer an…

That may well work, but again we have another example of trying to say no more than a certain amount. And it may be adequate, but let us be generous to our colleagues and let us be generous to the first responders.

Reclaiming my time, well, they might have raised concerns and offered amendments, but the committee that has jurisdiction over the Postal Service did not have a chance to examine it nor did the Committee on Ways and Means, as far as I…

This amendment does not prohibit outplacements of Federal workers to the private sector, but it does ensure that any such outplacements accomplish a training objective and a cost-effective way to improve the training of Federal employees…

I was very distressed to hear about the passing of our former colleague, Bob Eckhardt. I am probably one of the few Members today serving that served at the same time with him. He was a member of the Committee on Commerce. I must say he…

I must say how impressed I am by the gentleman's knowledge of the technical aspects of the fuel system, and I think the gentleman is absolutely right. If we were told that ethanol would help us achieve the clean air standards and is just…

As one of America's staunchest allies and the only democracy in the Middle East, Israel continues to set a shining example of free and fair elections, the peaceful transition of power, and vibrant political discourse. I congratulate Prime…

I thought that this issue had been resolved. I thought the House had determined that the veterans and America's taxpayers deserved their day in court. The Federal lawsuit would be decided by a judge and a jury in a court based on the…

I agree and believe the law could be strengthened in this manner. I want to commit to working together on an expedited basis to develop legislative language that would achieve these goals. I believe we do not need to delay the EPA…

I will insert for the Record a statement from the Food and Drug Administration where they say very clearly they do not read the gentleman's amendment as he does. Their lawyers have said this will prevent them from dealing with any drug…

Our objection to this legislation has nothing to do with the politics of the full committee, the subcommittee, or the Democratic versus Republican parties. Our concern is that a bill went out of subcommittee with our understanding that…

The country is going to pay for it. The elderly is going to pay for it. It is a cost of the Medicare program. When we look at the Federal Government expenditures, what we spend in Medicare is one of our very largest expenditures. It is not…

One of the short sides of this in the way that we approach these problems is we look at the cost of hospital care under Medicare, which is extraordinarily high, and we do not connect it to the fact that we have caused those costs to be…

The concern is that once we have that precedent, we will have a never-ending series of small changes that people will try to make in our laws--whether it is the drinking water law or some other statutory environmental legislation. So for…

No, it would not. Obviously, for emergency exemptions to be effective they must be issued in a timely manner. Nothing in my amendment would undermine that goal. I am aware that there is disagreement among stakeholders on what EPA's…