Byron Dorgan: “I certainly don't intend to stall this bill. This legislation is going to pass. I indicated yesterday I wanted to see…”

“I certainly don't intend to stall this bill. This legislation is going to pass. I indicated yesterday I wanted to see what was in the managers' package. Several of the proposed amendments, even at that point when I saw the package, were still under some reform or some change. Having reviewed it now, I can tell my colleagues I have no difficulty with the baby turtle provision, the pet baby turtle provision. I considered that at great length last night. I stayed awake considering it. But I decided to support the baby turtle provision and the tanning bed provision, for that matter, along with ginseng. I understand these are things that are being adjusted in the managers' package. I have looked through it. I don't have a problem with the specifics of the managers' package. My issue today was to come to talk about the counterfeit-resistant technologies that will be available to fight the issue of counterfeit drugs. The reason I felt it important to do that, most of the discussion to defeat the Dorgan-Snowe amendment and to impose the Cochran amendment was because of the discussion on the floor, what if we get counterfeit drugs under this proposal.”