Michael Bennet

We must ensure that the FDCA reflects today's reality.

A strong drug supply and distribution chain that protects U.S. consumers should not be a partisan issue.

We should consider as an issue of national security the path pharmaceuticals take before and once they enter our country.

We have got to figure out, as we're doing this, how to create a competitive biosciences industry here in the United States.

If there was ever a case that screamed out for a bipartisan approach to get us into, as Ms. Autor was just talking about, the 21st Century, it is this case.

The greatest challenge to quality most likely... it would be simply devastating to the families that receive care.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I want to thank you and Senator Burr for your bipartisan commitment to ensuring that our children have access to safe and high-quality childcare.

Health reform also gives State insurance regulators unprecedented new resources to fight for consumers.

In passing the Affordable Care Act, we enacted reforms to tame this runaway premium growth.

The exchange will bring transparency and competition to markets which in many areas of the country have become stagnant.

If insurers have to compete on price, rates will come down.

It's basic economics that one of the surest ways to bring down prices is through open and tough competition.

I think it's high time for us to take a look at that.

I think that's well said, and I think everything that you said is true.

The mission statement of the FDA is pretty clear that it's both about the public safety, public health, and also about driving innovation in our medical device industry.

I think it is so important for us to be having this conversation because Washington is averting its eyes and pretending this issue does not exist.

H-2A is expensive and broken. H-2B is about to become expensive and broken. What we need is a reasonable solution to a serious problem.

The setup now is impossible. It has been broken for decades. It is an untenable situation.

We are going out of business this year because of labor shortages.

Support legislation developed by Senator Bennet (CO) and already included in the House Defense Authorization Act (FY 2012 NDAA) as Section 594.

Members of Congress and committees interested in applying best practices in Veterans transition support should support legislation developed by Senator Bennet.

I appreciate your holding this hearing, and, Senator Lugar, your leadership on this issue has made a huge difference.

This is a record for us. I think we had three panelists two weeks ago and two panelists this week.

Higher interest rates, uncertainty, fiscal contraction--all those... It would lead to higher unemployment.

What does it mean to me when I go to buy a car or to get a bank loan or to buy my house or to go to the grocery store?