Brian Fitzpatrick: “I was actually going to rise in opposition to the amendment, although now it is being withdrawn I see an opportunity…”

“I was actually going to rise in opposition to the amendment, although now it is being withdrawn I see an opportunity here for, perhaps, us to work together on the medical device safety issue. I was going to object and vote against the amendment because it is my concern that the amendment would actually loosen medical device safety regulations and permit safe but ineffective devices to get to the market. I know that this sort of came late in the process. I would have objected because I had seven amendments before the committee to strengthen medical device regulations. But since the amendment is being withdrawn, I would see an opportunity for us perhaps to work together, take a step back and look at all the FDA regulations on medical device safety.”