I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To amend title 5, United States Code, to deny retirement benefits…

A one-time check-off that has the effect of an all-time surrender of privacy does not seem like the best course for consumers.

I am hearing from many privacy advocates who have expressed concern about the privacy implications of the House-passed proposal.

I worry that sometimes what is simpler for corporate purposes is not better for consumers.

We cannot let our democracy be undermined by those who seek to suppress votes.

I am proud to follow the distinguished Senator from the State of Washington who has spoken so powerfully on this issue, which is especially appropriate at this time because we do mark the 2-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's…

I ask unanimous consent for 2 additional minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

In closing, people speak through their legislature. The judiciary struck down a measure through which the people spoke to place those limits on the ability of corporations to shape results, and the judiciary now should be overturned…

It isn't as if there's a short supply, there's a manufacturing problem, the FDA comes in, offers friendly advice, the problem is fixed, no problem again. These are chronic, repeated shortages.

There has been no real investigation. That's the very simple answer to a doctor, talking to you as a former attorney general.

We ought to have zero tolerance for this kind of profiteering and price gouging, and we ought to do whatever is necessary to assure supplies, adequate supplies of these drugs.

I would like to have an opportunity for my staff to contact you and verify those numbers.

Is that as a matter of regulation?

So there really is a need for some kind of fact-finding here on a broader basis than just an individual finding of a particular drug being in shortage.

This market is simply not working. It cannot be allowed to continue in the dysfunctional fashion that it is right now.

Don't you think that there is a need for an investigation here by the FTC or the Department of Justice in light of these absolutely astonishing and appalling markups as part of the gray market?

The shortages are creating a public health menace, and the anti-consumer practices clearly promote a gray market.

I think that much more drastic and far-reaching and aggressive measures are necessary than have been proposed.

I would welcome that cooperation as we move forward.

Well, I would take that as a yes, unless you disagree.

I just want to suggest, and you should feel free to disagree, that at the very minimum there ought to be a ban on any secondary sales.

Thank you both for your work and for your testimony today.

I have worked with the Chairman--and I thank Senator Leahy for his support--to try to target and criminalize the human trafficking of persons working for contractors abroad.

I am very concerned about cyber attacks on this country, which General Petraeus has said will be our next 9/11.

I am delighted to hear that you would consider supporting that kind of measure.