I, too, remember the long lines in the 70s.

Studies have shown that absent this legislation, the average family's food bill will go up by $500...

I have always believed states should have the right to act in the best interests of their residents.

A number of people have an instinctive distrust of food that has been genetically modified, and are asking questions about its safety.

The number of people in this audience and in the hallway this morning demonstrates the strong interest in this topic.

FDA has not seen evidence of safety risks associated with genetically modified foods.

It is our job as policymakers, particularly as it relates to the public health, to establish a factually and scientifically sound foundation prior to taking any action that would impact consumers and our economy.

The science is not debatable here. There has been lots of research, lots of studies...

Accordingly, under Federal rules today, the Federal Government is paying the full cost of some prisoners' hospital care who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid.

the single biggest threat to our national security is our debt.

The single biggest threat to our national security is our debt.

Like many of my colleagues, I believe we need to extend funding for this program in some fashion.

We have seen this administration casually ignore the law when it comes to immigration, EPA regs, and ObamaCare. Now, we are going to see whether they ignore the law when it comes to forcing churches in California to pay for abortion. For…

I would like to congratulate our ranking member, Mr. Pallone, for moving up to ranking member of the full committee.

It is important that we think carefully about this important program.

Moving forward, Congress should be thoughtful and data-driven in our approach.

Jonathan Gruber, ``smart'' MIT professor, ObamaCare architect, who has had to apologize for repeatedly calling the American voters stupid, has received millions of taxpayer dollars from Federal and State governments. He now has an…

The world is currently experiencing the largest Ebola outbreak in history.

I just want to point out to the committee that there were calls back about a month or two ago of distributing the vaccine widely in West Africa without a control group, had we done that, the downturn in Liberia now would have been…

``Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. Call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever.'' That was ObamaCare architect Jonathan Gruber speaking last year at the University of Pennsylvania. The broken ObamaCare…

There are too many lives at stake to give up. We can and must preserve antibiotics--the future of modern medicine depends upon it.

My legislation--the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act -would save eight critical classes of antibiotics for human use while still allowing the treatment of sick animals.

GAIN didn't fully fix the problem and much more is needed if we are to incentivize the type of drug development needed.

I applaud you for organizing this hearing and commend all the leaders in this room for giving voice to the dire situation of antibiotic resistance.

Do you believe that we need to further incentivize new drug and diagnostic development if we are to appropriately address the issue of antibiotic resistance, and if so, what would you recommend?