I oppose H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act. By requiring offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean, this bill threatens New Jersey's coastal environment, fishing, tourism and the associated jobs and economic activity…

We must continue to support comprehensive approaches that help move our health care system to a more value-based system.

We must ensure that any changes that we make to restructure Medicare do not come at the expense of beneficiaries' health or financial security.

Many of us would agree that there is a need to simplify the structure of Medicare benefits in ways that make it more understandable.

Seniors and individuals with disabilities rely on Medicare to access needed health services.

Medicare spending growth is down and is projected to continue to have slower growth than the overall economy for the next several years.

if we don't take the root problem that our payment system is causing us to have a growth in health care that does not equal value or outcomes, then we are not going to have a quick fix that increased flexibility.

Those dollars would be saved on the backs of the most vulnerable members of our communities.

Drug distribution security is critical to public health and safety, and I strongly support taking steps to ensure that the final pharmaceutical products patients receive are safe and effective. Although the bill before us today, H.R. 1919…

I want to thank my colleague. It's really with a great deal of sadness that we come to the well this evening to announce--or to comment, if you will--on Senator Lautenberg's passing. I really can't imagine the Congress without him. I…

Thank you. Dr. Woodcock, your testimony mentions the various court challenges that the compounding industry has brought over the years regarding FDA's authority over compounding pharmacies.

So this seems to me to be all that we as Members of Congress need to see to understand the dire need for clarifying the FDA's authorities here.