Now, I have a feeling, Dr. Hamburg, you are being picked on because you are part of the Obama administration.
What we need to do is to work together to solve a problem and make sure it will never happen again.
Now, they are saying, we want more government involvement, and I think they are right.
It sounds like Massachusetts has a lot to be apologetic about.
We need to say the FDA has the authority to do this, to do this, to do that.
We are going to be held responsible, as Members of Congress, to make sure the law is clear.
Let me be very critical of the State. The State of Massachusetts dropped the ball.
If we expect you to do more, we better be sure that the statutory law gives you enough authority to do your job.
I want to commend Chairman Upton for his statements and his questions because I think this committee needs to respond on a bipartisan basis.
The primary blame, in my mind, is the company.
Now, you are being criticized, Dr. Hamburg, as the head of the FDA, for the problems that were primarily the responsibility of the State of ...