Barbara Mikulski: “Thank you very much. I wish to say to my colleagues, we have worked very long and hard to move FDA reform ahead, to make…”

“Thank you very much. I wish to say to my colleagues, we have worked very long and hard to move FDA reform ahead, to make sure that products, whether they be pharmaceuticals, biologics, or cosmetics, are available in a safe way to the American people. There are policy differences, but they should be decided on the basis of debates and votes. We should not hold up reform on the basis of process. Let us vote for cloture. Let us move the bill forward. Let us resolve our differences in the usual and customary way. I ask my colleagues to join with me to vote for cloture, and then move forward in an adequate, robust and well-amplified debate on the issues. I thank the Senator from Indiana.”