So that is, again, something else Congress should look at is do we really want to be just sending that money to the States without the scientific control of where those funds go, right?

And some of those patient advocacy groups may in fact tell their people not to take drugs, is that correct?

we will read the testimony, and we will make sure we know what is going on.

I think we can all agree that HIPAA provides many important protections for people's medical privacy.

Misinterpretations of HIPAA and other private laws were also identified by the GAO and by President Obama's Gun Violence Task Force as an obstacle to reporting individuals who should be barred from gun ownership.

I am not going to blindly defend HIPAA, but I think we should be very, very careful when we contemplate changes to that statute.

I think we should also have our federal agencies work with the colleges because a lot of these problems seem to come with the colleges trying to balance the important privacy protections for their students.

this is really an important topic, the HIPAA issues, particularly as they relate to gun violence

It is a hard balance because on the one hand it is like Ms. McGraw was talking about, you want these young people to not feel the stigma so that they will get medical treatment.

I had--I was actually at the eye doctor, and the assistant came in, and she said she had a 19-year-old son diagnosed with bipolar, and he had become violent.

I think what we need to do is we need to--providers need to understand what their abilities are under HIPAA.

I know how difficult it is to have a child with a severe illness.

I would ask unanimous consent to place a letter dated April 25, 2013, about the position of these organizations regarding HIPAA.

Are you giving them extra effort to help them get their exchanges up and going?

These are all big changes and the time to implement them is coming up very, very fast.

There is no reason to think it won't work. It worked great in Massachusetts under Mitt Romney.

Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, tens of millions of Americans who would otherwise be uninsured will receive health insurance for the first time.

These people shouldn't be at risk, this poster over here with the black stuff floating, that is unacceptable.

The real issue here, Commissioner Hamburg, is what authority does the FDA have that they didn't exercise for whatever reason in the last 10 years, and what new authority does Congress want to give them?

I share everybody else's deep concern that the agency really fumbled around for about 10 years.

I think that this investigation has the potential to become part of the great bipartisan oversight history of this committee.

We need inspectional authority and full access to records in order to determine if a compounding pharmacy, in fact, is making products of concern.

In the last 2 years, I have sent over 20 letters asking for hearings on the impacts of climate change.

I just want to clarify exactly what the Agency is planning to do, Ms. Foreman.

I have asked you to hold hearings on the abuse of tax and regulatory loopholes by the tobacco industry.