John Dingell

Now, would it still be subject to review if the Olson bill were to be adopted?

Today there is a question whether DOE can actually order a generator to violate a law administered by EPA or another agency.

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for your courtesy and I thank my colleague.

Now, Mr. Secretary, we lose twice at this. Once our software people lose and very significant and then our manufacturers pay higher prices than do the people that use or buy or acquire in other ways knockoff software.

It seems like a good investment to me.

I am delighted that we are having this hearing and I am happy to work together with my colleagues in a bipartisan consensus effort to achieve a good piece of legislation on food and appliance and other performance by the FDA.

I commend you for this meeting of the committee and for your fine cooperation in framing this legislation and working with the minority.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And again, I want to thank you for this hearing but I also want to thank my colleague, Mr. Murphy, for working with me on the important system and issue of priority in inspections.

I sense that a part of that, although not all, is the inability of Food and Drug to have the money, the personnel and the necessary cooperative agreements.

FDA's authorities are not sufficient to protect our drug supply chain.

I happen to think so.

We have very limited ability to regulate the supply chain of components.

Current law has unintentionally created an unlevel playing field which hurts our domestic manufacturers.

But it could, could it not?

So what you are telling me is, you have a penetration of nine out of thousands?

Of course, if they can shut down your banking industry, they can shut down your electrical utility industry, your handling of your net, they could shut down the natural gas pipeline system in this country, refineries, auto companies, God…

I believe that it is true that in 2011, 360,000 small employers took advantage of the small business tax credit, providing insurance for better than 2 million employees.

I think if we all are willing to work together, we are going to see this program be a good one of which we will all be proud.

I want to thank you for your fine participation in this, Mr. Chairman, and you, Mr. Larsen, thank you for your kindness.

I think it has been a very useful and very helpful hearing, Mr. Chairman, and I commend you for it.

You have, first of all, Mr. Larsen, given us a very good statement today.

Now, the function of insurance is to spread the risk.

Now, isn't it a fact that the ACA has in fact reduced the deficit?

Those with insurance now are supporting those who do not have insurance, and they are winding up paying much of the bill for those who do not have insurance.

Is it true that over 2 million additional young adults are now insured because ACA allows them to stay on their parents' plans until they are 26?