I just hope the FDA can be responsive and find a way to resolve these issues without actually having to pass legislation.

I think we can all agree that we need to find ways to encourage and facilitate development and approval of important new antibiotics.

The other one is that it should meet an unmet medical need.

I thank my friend. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe that Don Payne is not with us today. I'm looking over there where he would often sit, and I would come down on the floor and ask him to do a 1 minute or a Special Order. {time} 1410 He was…

I would like to speak about my dear friend and colleague, Donald Payne, who passed away this morning. I saw him on Saturday for the last time, and I can't think of anybody who in this House has been closer to me and someone who made it so…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I have a lot of Don Payne stories. I wanted to tell one which I think says a lot about the man. I listened to what Sheila Jackson Lee said before about how he was always humorous and telling jokes, but…

He always felt that we could have a better world, that Democrats and Republicans could work together.

Don cared so deeply about his hometown of Newark and the other towns that he represented.

I am dismayed that the White House only proposes $88 million, approximately one-third the amount which Congress appropriated for the program last year.

It is obvious the administration agrees that the cosmetics program is in need of resources because your budget includes fees for activities like registration and standard setting.

I think we are making a lot of progress and I certainly urge the President and the Secretary to continue taking the steps necessary under the ACA to improve our health care system.

I am pleased that the administration has come to its senses and included funding for the Children's Graduate Medical Education.