Ed Markey

How can we use market mechanisms to reallocate some of that spectrum to mobile broadband in a win-win way?

What we are trying to do is to make new spectrum available for the wireless revolution while at the same time ensuring that broadcasters are protected...

I think it is important for this committee to play a role in ensuring it is built into this new technology.

These 21st century eyes in the sky shouldn't become spies in the skies preying on the private lives of Americans all across our country, 30,000 drones without insurance that the information gathered is not compromised.

What is clear from the FAA's response is that they have little interest in establishing privacy protections, public transparency into its current and future licensing process. The FAA is wrong. The FAA is dead wrong on this issue in terms…

But we must also ensure that as drones take flight in domestic airspace, they don't take off without privacy protections for those along their flight path.

We are about to enter a brave new world where tens of thousands of domestic drones consume an increasing share of spectrum and crowd into already congested bands.

And, Doctor, that is why I listed the individual component parts of my legislation, just so it could be clear that you would welcome that authority.

That clear statement that exempts pharmacies from FDA jurisdiction... creates a problem right up front from a legal perspective.

So Massachusetts is, in the very near future, going to have the strongest compounding pharmacy regulation in the country.

I think it is critical, given today's hearing, given what we have heard from the witnesses, the pain that it has caused, the regulatory black hole that obviously has to be closed, that we pass legislation that gives you these authorities.

I have introduced legislation to give the FDA authority to define which compounding pharmacies should be required to register as manufacturers. Would you support that?

Because if you are a compounding manufacturer in Texas and selling in interstate commerce, it ought to be Federal law covering it.

Do you support giving the FDA those same powers so that they can be the national cop on the beat to protect against one State becoming the place where a rogue compounder then terrorizes and harms the rest of the country?

This tragedy was enabled by a regulatory black hole that allowed a drug manufacturer, NECC, to masquerade as a pharmacy.

I want to commend you and Governor Patrick for the decisive manner in which you have responded to this tragedy.

I have introduced legislation that requires compounding pharmacies to submit reports of adverse reactions or safety problems to the FDA.

I have introduced legislation to give FDA authority to conduct the same inspections and request the same documents as it can from manufacturers. Do you support that?

My deepest condolences go to all victims and their families.

If I may inquire from the Chairman, is the majority saying that there is only one speaker remaining on their side? The Acting CHAIR. Yes.

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has the right to close. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized for 5 minutes.

If I may inquire, I do not think that that objection was, in fact, made in a timely fashion, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan was on his feet seeking recognition in a timely manner. A recorded vote is requested…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Markey The Acting CHAIR. It…

May I inquire of the Chair how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 2 minutes remaining.