It's important to really divide this into two parts.

As the Chairman said, the FDA Commissioner has a critical role to play in supporting health and well-being in our country.

Access to substance abuse and mental health services and treatment in rural States like Kansas continues to be a problem.

We must keep in mind the role of government and the mandates imposed by the government, mandates at any level of government, should be based on science.

we will continue our oversight responsibilities in a partnership effort with you.

I believe that GMOs are safe. I believe we should have them available to the globe.

I fear when potential franchisees hear of this standard, they will choose not to invest into business in their community or in what could turn out to be a family-run business.

Today we have some colleagues who want to continue to advocate for a return to a very narrow standard that has perpetuated some of those problems for the working families.

You do this because you have confidence in them to use your trademark, your business model, and the reputation of the franchise you have strongly built.

I don't care if it's energy, education, small business, farming and ranching, or whatever, the regulatory overkill is just unbelievable.

The uncertainty this new standard brings is open-ended.

With those folks being our job creators, we need to act as partners with businesses and not against them to ensure high employment and economic growth across our State and the Nation.