William Tauzin

Mr. Speaker, welcome to Groundhog Day, courtesy of a misguided court decision, soon to be overthrown, I believe, were we not acting today, but one that jeopardizes one of the most consumer-friendly regulations ever to come out of…

In fact, we have been asked so many times, is this a free-speech issue. The United States Constitution gives you the right to speak; it does not give you the right to be heard. None of us have an obligation to listen if we do not want to…

Current law allows importation. Current law contains 10 provisions to protect the safety of drug supplies in this country, 10 provisions protecting the safety of those drugs that are imported into this country. This bill that the Members…

The Secretary should perform these reviews as expeditiously as possible once the R&D or procurement has started so as to prevent any exports of countermeasures or countermeasure R&D that could harm our U.S. national security.

New subsection (k) permits the President to waive, in writing, only the consent portion of the conditions of authorization set forth in section 564(e) with respect to armed services personnel, and only to the extent that complying with the…

The gentleman is correct. Like you, I too want to ensure that unapproved products are available in times of emergency. And while we allow the FDA to make products available during such time of emergency, absent such emergency, current law…

The authority allows the Secretary to take control of these facilities only during, and as necessary to respond to, public health emergencies affecting national security. Under the Bioterrorism Response Act passed last year, a public…

I think it is as important to our country as perhaps the Manhattan Project was. I remember when Speaker O'Neill used to remind this House that partisanship ended at the water's edge. He meant to tell us that when it came to protecting our…

Mr. Speaker, let me point out to my friend from California, the Committee on Energy and Commerce had a chance to look at the Senate-passed bill. My colleagues on the other side offered it in the markup of the Committee on Energy and…

Let me reiterate again, the motion to instruct, to all Members of the House who are paying attention to this debate, basically says to the Senate and House conferees: accept the Senate language, take the Senate bill, take the Democratic…

I can tell my colleagues there were no only dirty looks on this side when it comes to Medicare. We support Medicare, believe in it. My mother depends upon it. As I have often said on this House floor, she is a three-time cancer survivor…

Let me join in expressing the sorrow of the folks in Louisiana for your loss in South Carolina. We will pray for his soul. Mr. Speaker, the Democratic substitute in this debate can be summed up rather easily. According to CBO, it will…

I want to illustrate one of the real inadequacies of the Democratic substitute. In the main bill we reformed something called average wholesale price. I hope everyone knows what that is. I am going to illustrate it for you tonight. Under…

Mr. Speaker, the Mediscam bill that the gentleman just described is patterned after H.R. 1495, authored by the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark), the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), the gentleman from California (Mr. Waxman)…

I particularly also want to congratulate and thank my friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the ranking member of the subcommittee, and my dear friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), the dean of our House and…

the intent of the language is to study the question of the illegal diversion of drugs for improper purposes, that is, for resale and that sort of thing. We describe the purposes within that amendment. So the gentleman is accurate in his…

Mr. Chairman, this un-Kind amendment is typical of the reaction we get from the other side when we try to produce a comprehensive, balanced energy bill for America. We are asked to include efficiency titles and conservation titles and…

it has come to our attention that the gentleman has very serious concerns that residents of the State of Virginia may not benefit from certain provisions in the electricity title of H.R. 6, and it is for that reason we have this colloquy…

It is not my intention to recommend the reinsertion of this language, no. I will say again, though, it is my intention to continue this debate with you on every 5-year plan, leasing plan, every discussion we have at Interior about how and…

I want to speak about another national wildlife reserve. It is not in the cold north of ANWR. It is not in the frozen tundra along an Arctic coast, which is already producing just a short distance away, in Prudhoe Bay, an amazing amount of…

Mr. Chairman, let me first applaud the intent of my friend, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dingell), in terms of trying to benefit consumers and prevent market manipulation. But if that is the intent, then I am afraid his amendment goes…

The last time America built a major refinery was in my district over a quarter of a century ago. Over a quarter of a century ago was the last time we licensed and built a major refinery in America. That is pretty sad. The result has been…

my concern is that without this amendment, the reason why I think we ought to adopt it, is that there are laws on the books that provide for where royalty and bonus income goes, and without a provision that gives the appropriators a chance…

It has been argued that the bill is silent on CAFE. Not so. The bill calls for a study to actually replace CAFE, just as NHTSA is recommending that we study CAFE from top to bottom. Do we know why? Because it has awful, perverse effects…

I want to advise the gentlewoman that we support her amendment. In fact, as she well knows, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations chaired by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) has done some extraordinary work and…