Gus Bilirakis

Ultimately, this administration's one-size-fits-all approach will leave consumers in my district holding the bag.

It requires a very, very detailed audit where a third party--in our case, a company called PRIVO--is granted full access not only to our website, but our internal workings, our internal platform.

All Americans, no matter their age, deserve privacy protections, just as you said, sir. It is clear that privacy protections should not end when you turn 13.

Congress needs to do--to once again respond to the new wave of online marketing tactics that fuel Big Tech's ad-based revenue stream and enact a comprehensive... Federal data privacy law.

That is why we need the comprehensive bill, because one goes with the other.

Good. Let's get this done.

We are going to make a good bill even better

I want to thank Chair Rodgers and the ranking member, Ranking Member Pallone, for all of the progress we have made so far and the continued commitment to get this done--we will get it done--as well as Ranking Member Schakowsky, who has…

We have now examined in depth how a Federal data privacy and security law can make us more competitive with China.

Again, good afternoon and welcome to the 36th hearing the U.S. Congress has held on privacy and data security over the last 5 years.

That is why I led bipartisan legislation in this space to provide this pathway into law, since it is clear CMS has little interest in advancing innovation for patients.

Will you commit to work with members of this committee to ensure this process is efficient and effective and ensuring these facilities meet the necessary requirements to bill as hospitals?

I have been an advocate of ensuring that policies within the Medicare physician fee schedule... work best for patients access.

But we shouldn't have to rely on an Executive order, folks, in my opinion, to streamline permitting, especially for projects that promote public safety.

Will you commit to ensuring procedural due process with this policy and with all other enforcement actions your agency takes? Yes or no, please.

In closing, I implore you to please get back to what you can do best, which is to support and protect consumers.

Perhaps the nowhere more--it's nowhere more evident that there's a drain on the consumer protection mission...

This is not what success looks like when you are tasked with protecting consumers from harms.

It is time that you focus on the authority that Congress has provided you.

I am coleading a bipartisan bill with several of my colleagues... that looks to address this issue.

How is it possible for CMS to prejudge an entire class of drugs as not being reasonable and necessary for seniors after the FDA approves these very drugs to treat a safe and effective--for Medicare patients with Alzheimer's, the primary…

Is there confusion at HHS about the deadly impact of illicit fentanyl when it comes to drug overdose deaths?

I always say that fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction.

I think we made a great deal of progress today.

I do want to say that the testimony is excellent, and I had an opportunity to read it as well.