John Dingell

The American public deserves a solution.

We are needing and demanding the FDA to govern a global industry.

Sometime the playing field gets slanted against United States manufacturers because of our inability to inspect foreign manufacturers and suppliers of different kinds, isn't that so?

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the record will include an analysis of H.R. 1483, the Drug Safety Enforcement Act of 2011, of which I am a sponsor.

I am asking my colleagues to join me in working on this vital issue and to demonstrate to the American people that Congress does indeed work for them.

I want to thank you for your leadership in this area for many years.

It is alarming the drugs that have been around for so long would suddenly be the most difficult to keep hospitals, pharmacies, and doctors' offices supplied with.

This hearing is going to reinforce how imperative it is to provide FDA with appropriate authorities and resources to secure our medicines.

Now, one obstacle for ensuring comparable inspections of domestic and foreign facilities is a lack of complete and accurate information that FDA has on generic drug manufacturing establishments.

I am sponsor of H.R. 1483, which I hope this committee will give some strong consideration to.

It would be nice if you had more assistance in this, however, from FDA, would it not?

Time is short. If we don't work together in good faith on this issue, we will not be finding a solution.

Two different Christian traditions united to protect a sacred gift from God, a gift before and after birth.

We expressed our concern for sensible measures to reduce emissions of hazardous air pollutants in order to protect human health and the environment.

Nowhere in America should a man have to choose to feed his family or to feed them poison.

I thank you for that. I would also like to see sufficient attention given to that...

I appreciate your willingness and patience to answer questions.

If these matters are handled improperly by the regulatory agencies, the practical result will be that the rates for electricity sold to your company will go up.

Would you submit for the record how that would be done, please?

Our children pay the greatest cost to mercury pollution, but such costs also accrue to society.

Having said that, I look forward to the results of the hearing today.

I want to commend you for having this hearing. I want to note that it is being conducted in a bipartisan fashion.

So your labors and your leadership, Mr. Chairman, are much appreciated.

I commend you for this hearing. It is very much needed, and significant reform of food and drug laws is very much needed.

It is badly in need of change, is it not?