Political Quotes

“Today, we consider in the House under suspension H.R. 3580, a bill that I originally introduced with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, but has become so much more. Thanks to a cooperative and bi-partisan approach, this bill has now become a vehicle for an array of reforms that are perhaps the most sweeping for medical device reviews since the medical device amendments of 1976. First, let me thank Chairman Tauzin, Chairman Bilirakis, and ranking members Dingell and Brown, as well as Mr. Waxman and each of your staffs. This has been an outstanding example of teamwork and bipartisanship. In particular, I want to recognize the following staff for their outstanding work on this bill: Brent Delmonte; Patrick Morrisey; David Nelson; Anne Wilson; Karen Nelson; John Ford; Ann Witt; Steven Tilton; Jenny Hansen; Ellie DeHoney; and Alan Eisenberg. Also I want to thank the legislative counsel, Pete Goodloe. Mr. Speaker, last year many of us became much better versed in some of the extraordinary new technologies developed by medical device companies as we learned about the pacemaker and defibrillator that Vice President Cheney had implanted.”