Pat Roberts

Americans expect that healthcare providers and researchers are taking the necessary precautions to protect their data.

I'm very proud to represent a State that is a leader in biomedical innovation.

Industry steals your employees but they need you.

I share Senator Murray's concern with regard to the fact that with the FDA, as the agency has grown with large new requirements to publish regulations for food, tobacco, other things, we have seen additional delays in getting guidances and…

I have long fought to eliminate barriers to trade, and I believe that we should continue to work toward new market access opportunities for agriculture products.

International trade of American agriculture products is critical, absolutely critical to the Nation and to the Nation's economy and critical to our Kansas farmers and ranchers.

If you want to know what is in it, you have to pass it first.

I agree with the Academy.

We have had a coup, and there is going to be----

To me, this regards sound science and practices approved by the world's premier food safety mechanism.

If we do not get an agreement, the responsibility will fall on this committee.

I know that you have tried every way possible to address this, and speaking on behalf of my distinguished chairman--pardon me, chairperson--emeritus of the committee, Senator Stabenow, we stand ready to fix that with regards to a statutory…

I certainly hope the EPA and this administration listens to the vast majority of stakeholders.

Too often, I hear from my constituents that they feel ruled and not governed.

my main concern here, regardless of the exact number of new folks with coverage, is whether these individuals actually have access to care.

The President told them this law would reduce premiums for the typical family by $2,500.

I might point out that if you have crashing waves, you are going to have base erosion.

let us do what we can do first and get it done.

I am pleased you are here representing a company with significant operations in Kansas, where we take pride in the growth and development of our life-science and our bio-tech sectors.

I strongly recommend that, and I thank you for your leadership.

I particularly want to thank our chairman, Senator Alexander, for holding this hearing at such an important time.

I just wanted to thank all of our witnesses today for being here and for all the work you're doing to help keep people safe from vaccine-preventable diseases.

The problem is that our immunization rates are down. For the 2013 year to the 2014 school year, the percentage of youngsters that have received the necessary vaccinations is now below 90. That's not good.

The President's budget proposes to hike taxes by $2.1 trillion, seemingly not content with the $1.7 trillion in new taxes he and his allies in Congress have imposed over the past 6 years.

The proposed budget never balances. Deficits continue, which means that the debt as a share of the economy would remain at levels not seen in our Nation's history.