Frank Pallone

Yet despite this rare consensus, Republicans on this committee have decided to unveil a series of partisan bills that don't address the real problems.

Recently, you announced the agency's intention to modify the allowable percentage of compounded drug product distributed into a state to effectively eliminate the 30-percent threshold.

I wanted to ask you about this issue of distribution versus dispensing.

The new law was meant to clarify drug compounding laws.

Passage of the Compounding Quality Act was about patient safety.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing on the Compounding Quality Act, which passed with broad support from stakeholders and bipartisan, bicameral support in Congress in 2013.

Since passage of the law, there have been more than 140 recalls associated with compounded drugs.

Compounded drug products are not reviewed by FDA prior to coming to the market for safety and effectiveness.

Passage of the Compounding Quality act was about patient safety.

I want to thank my colleagues Congressman Griffith and Congresswoman DeGette because we worked together on a bipartisan basis to solve this problem.

I understand that the elimination of our environmental laws will not make a meaningful difference in connecting the millions of Americans that don't have access to broadband.

Over the past year, Republicans have eliminated our privacy rights online and destroyed net neutrality, and now they want to eviscerate our environmental and historic preservation laws.

The bill would prioritize sending money to underserved areas and then funding underserved areas, anchor institutions, and building our next generation of 911 systems.

Democrats on this committee have been working on ways to make sure everyone...has access to better and more affordable broadband services.

I think we all agree that better broadband can help provide more opportunities for more people.

At a time when our nation's infrastructure is either crumbling or in desperate need of modernization, it's time we make real and significant investments for the future.

One year ago, President Trump promised us a trillion dollar infrastructure package that would bring Democrats and Republicans together.

These bills are simply window dressing. They unnecessarily pit urban versus rural, industry versus local government, and broadband access versus our environment.

It would address lead in school drinking water, fund medical facilities in Indian country, reduce carbon emissions, and improve our resilience to the impacts of climate change.

The LIFT America Act authorizes $40 billion for the deployment of secure and resilient broadband.

At a time when our Nation's infrastructure is either crumbling or in desperate need of modernization, it is time we make real and significant investments for the future.

One year ago, President Trump promised us $1 trillion infrastructure package that would bring Democrats and Republicans together.

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