"We have a nasty situation on our hands. Let's get down to addressing the problem that is before us."
"We don't have the full authorities we need in order to do the full inspections, and we don't know who they are."
"They are instructed as to limitations on Food and Drug's authorities."
"So you don't have authority to require them to register so you know who is in the business, right?"
"And good manufacturing practices are absolutely critical to seeing to it that the pharmaceuticals are safe, is that not so?"
"At what point does it cease to be compounding and become manufacturing?"
"You have got these people in Massachusetts that are creating thousands of prescriptions that are being distributed all over the country, clearly to me, that are bad actors."
"What authority do you have to supervise to see to it that stuff moving across the state lines that is supposed to be supervised by the states, which can't do it, is, in fact, not something that is goi..."
"My old friend Hubert Humphrey once said the moral test of a government is how the government treats those who are in the dawn in life, in the twilight of life and in the shadows of life."
"I think that a charge on supplemental coverage could result in Medicare beneficiaries not seeking out the services and care they need or delaying treatment or care until it is too late."
"Mr. Chairman, I thank you for your courtesy. This is a very useful hearing. It reminds me, however, of a Greek tragedy."
"the situation stinks and quite honestly, the legislation is not good."