Rosa DeLauro

We cannot allow people's personal theology or beliefs to direct where our scientific discovery and those dollars go.

That is one of the reasons why we have put in the $100,000,000 because we found--and this turned up.

I want to urge again the CDC to continue its vital laboratory research and investigatory efforts.

I have consistently opposed tobacco industry efforts to weaken FDA's enforcement of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

The dramatic use of these products among youth, which is an epidemic, is alarming.

I am going to do everything I can, sir, to put you out of business.

There is a serious, serious backlog, and that there are children on this wait list, thousands of kids flagged to receive services waiting weeks or months before they receive the kinds of services.

The cost of their treatment often is prohibitive to the recovery or the cure or the treatment of an individual.

I do want us to get to a point where there is the recognition of the amount of taxpayer dollar research is being done that then is picked up by the pharmaceutical industry.

Well, I hope so, but we are going to proceed to make sure it does.

I believe that we ought to regulate dietary supplements. Some of the claims are truly outrageous.

We have left a gaping loophole, which says that it is the--we can use antibiotics for prevention, and that has opened up unbelievable because of the way we are dealing today with a herd of 5,000 swine.

We need to take a hard look most recently at the rule that was approved by the USDA in dealing with lessening the inspection force in our--on swine slaughter and also with line of speed.

$150 a night, that is real money. I believe that.

You can be sure that we will address that issue and that there will be legislation as quickly as possible.

This is just government child abuse. It is child abuse.

The fact that we are here again today is a clear example of how damaging and cruel the Trump administration's actions have been on the mental health of vulnerable children.

You can't tell me that thousands and thousands of children are better off in a facility... than being with their own parent.

I just feel very, very strongly that children belong with their parents.

Children belong with their parents.

We need to stop the pain and the suffering. Caring for the most vulnerable is the most sensitive of our duties.

I believe it is twisted and it is shameful.

We can come together to do this, but it starts with a vision.

What are we doing about the services that we provide for post-release, you know, for these kids or for their families?

That was at the base of that policy.