Political Quotes

“This is an amendment with which I tried to construct a deal, facing what I consider to be an extremely serious situation. We now have a body of law in America relative to products which are sold for human consumption, and there are different laws and standards for different products. The ordinary American walking into a pharmacy or drugstore or health food store or nutrition store may not know that, depending on which product you take off the shelf, there is a different standard of care, a different legal requirement. I would like to spend a moment to discuss the differences. If you were to go into your local pharmacy and have a prescription filled--which many of us have--this is what you know. This prescription drug has been tested for three things before it was sold to you. First, that it is safe, that you can consume it without injuring yourself; second, that it is efficacious, meaning it will do what it is supposed to do; and, third, it has been packaged and manufactured in a fashion so when they say it is 200 milligrams, it is in fact 200 milligrams.”