Don Nickles: “Again, I am reading to my colleague. I have a statement from the past FDA Administrator as well that says they can't…”

“Again, I am reading to my colleague. I have a statement from the past FDA Administrator as well that says they can't guarantee the safety of these drugs. They do not have the regulators. The Senator's amendment did not have the pedigree requirement for drugs that would be imported into the country. That is a possible amendment that I am considering offering. If the Cochran amendment doesn't pass, we are going to be on this bill for a while because I am going to offer an amendment--I will tell my colleague, and maybe you will accept it--I am going to offer amendment that says all the drugs covered by this act shall be manufactured in the United States or Canada, because that has been implied but it is not factual under the bill.”