I urge this Congress to put partisan and election politics aside, and let us work together to get rid of SGR once and for all.

The Sustainable Growth Rate we all know is broken and none of us support it, and it must, must go.

you cannot do this under these loan programs, whether they are Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, or wherever throughout the Federal Government; this cannot be done.

You were not in consultation with me. I am a taxpayer. You were not in consultation with we, the taxpayer.

I am concerned that many of the broadband loan and grant programs run by RUS duplicate programs within the Universal Service Fund.

Encouraging drug development to combat infections that arise from Gram-negative pathogens like Iraqibacter is an appropriate role for Congress and the FDA.

To put it in really simple terms, and I know I am beyond my time, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate it, I will yield back, but it is like closing the barn door after the horse is long gone, so I thank you very much for that response.

Antibiotic resistance is a threat to global public health as well as United States national security.

The need for new antibiotics is well established and beyond question.

Mr. Chairman, thank you. I am going to start out with Dr. Eisenstein.

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for giving me a minute of time.