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“I think we will. Mr. Speaker, I think the gentleman's approach, which is one that is global, that is pro-environment, pro-people, and one that is going to bring about positive change with common sense, I think that is what the American people want. They do not want to see anymore rhetoric, they want results. I think by following the Tauzin plan, we will achieve that. I think just as important as achieving the protection of our environment, as the gentleman has outlined, whether it be Superfund or endangered species, clean water, clean air, we also need to have FDA reform. I have been working with you and others on your Committee on Commerce, and I know the gentleman from Texas, Gene Green, was the task force chairman that the gentleman from Virginia, Tom Bliley, has appointed, and I am very excited about the progress we are going to make in that area not only on the drugs and medical devices, but also in the food area, to make sure that we speed up the approval of drugs and medical devices so life-extending drugs and life-saving drugs will be approved more quickly, because we do not want that technology or the work force or the jobs to be going overseas. We can keep it here, whether we reorganize FDA, that they need more people, or they need to be out of their morass of overregulation. We need to save lives. That is what the name of the game is. With FDA reform and environmental protection, we might find people living much longer and much better.”