04/27/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"Senator Kennedy, as he did 30 years ago, is fighting to ensure that consumers are safe."
"The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will come to order for this hearing on protecting patients from defective medical devices."
"It was inevitable that something like this would happen."
"More than 30 years ago, Senator Kennedy championed the Medical Device Amendments, a bill that gave the Food and Drug Administration long-overdue authority to regulate medical devices."