John Dingell actually said...

"User fees in that regard both with regard to food and with regard to pharmaceuticals would ease your financial stresses and strains, would it not?"

"I hope that we will be able to use this hearing as a mechanism to move forward towards safety of our people from bad pharmaceuticals as we have done with regard to bad food safety, and I would hope my..."

"For too long, Americans have suffered from unsafe pharmaceuticals coming into this country from foreign manufacturers and counterfeit drug operations."

"I find it haunting as her lawyer hesitatingly admitted that her case might never have brought to court had a $250,000 noneconomic damages cap been in place."