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.

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.

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

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

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.

The new law was meant to clarify drug compounding laws.

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

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.

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.

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

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