Well, let me ask that one in particular. The commitment not to encourage or condone excessive or rapid consumption of energy drinks.

Hopefully it will improve and enhance the process, which, at the end of the day, gives people the trust and credibility in the system.

I apologize that I have to leave to preside over the Senate. I am going to turn the questioning to Senator Markey for his final round and once again thank all the members of the panel for your cooperation and your information and testimony.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to join in thanking the Chairman for this hearing and for his legislative proposal.

But the marketing is to 6- and 10- and 11-year-olds.

Let me ask Mr. Sacks and Ms. Weiner, would you be willing to make the same commitments that Red Bull has made, most especially the commitment not to encourage or condone excessive or rapid consumption of energy drinks?

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I want to thank my colleague, Chris Murphy. Senator Murphy has been a long-time champion on this issue. My colleagues may wonder why two Senators from Connecticut, both of our Senators, are here on the floor and part of this working group…

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We support recommendations by Congressman Markey and Senators Durbin and Blumenthal that energy drink manufactures immediately take steps to provide additional information and warnings on product labels.

But again, looking to say that these drinks, from the view of the American Academy of Pediatrics, should never be consumed by children, and not just children, but by children and adolescents, which is what the AAP represents.

the FISA represents a brilliant compromise reached by the legislative branch in a constitutionally uncertain area.

I think it is important that there be some form of adversarial process, especially when these issues raise questions of constitutional interpretation or statutory interpretation that are new.

Energy drink products should not promote energy drinks for mixing with alcohol, nor should they market energy drinks to counter the effects of alcohol consumption.

Let me ask you, Ms. Taylor.

Unfortunately, I have got to--I am probably the only Senator at this point who has not voted, and I have to apologetically excuse myself to do so.

We are pleased that the FDA is looking into the safety of caffeine, as did health authorities, for example, in Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.

launched an investigation into the practices of fourteen commonly sold energy drink brands

My time has expired on this round of questioning.

the applications that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court reviews, they are fact based.

If tobacco companies put a cigarette in the mouth or hand of one of those children, their denials of marketing to children would be laughed out of this building.

We are getting the same run-around from these energy drink companies.

I think moving in this direction would not only be good for the credibility of the Court, but good for the ultimate justice of the outcome and protecting rights and liberties.