"I want to go a little bit more in depth into some of the issues that we face trying to work on interoperability between our governmental agencies and privately owned endeavors."
"Unfortunately, some of the advances in these technologies... seem to have been so slow over at the FDA."
"For the generation of kids like our two kids, Ms. Sagan's and mine, the short-term cure is medical devices."
"On the one hand, people are relying on devices, and on the other hand, we want to make sure that improvements and advances in those devices and new devices are approved with speed."
"The reviewers found the following problems with these industry-funded studies. First, the existence of 'so many flaws in design and execution that the authors' conclusions are rendered essentially mea..."
"I also fear that too often the device industry and also people like me who are eager to see cures and treatments for diseases kind of minimize those tradeoffs between safety and speed."
"determining total lead content was preferable to risk assessment."
"I frankly am pleased to hear you today embrace the President's Executive order that sets forth principles of regulation protecting public health, welfare, safety and the environment while at the same ..."
"If there are problems with the way the regulations are being promulgated, we need to talk about that, but eliminating these important consumer product safety provisions is simply not an option."
"But that doesn't mean you are not doing regulatory reform, correct?"
"Would you be willing to submit a copy of those statutes to this committee so that we could then look at those statutes within the purview of this committee and think about ways to fix them so that we ..."