Now I am afraid that my Republican friends are going to spend this day making up false stories about how the Affordable Care Act and FDA regulation is stifling innovation--how our smartphones are going to be taxed and Apple's manufacturing…

I believe, and I think all of our witnesses today will agree with me, that if a technology developer is going to make health-based claims, then there must be a role for FDA to ensure it is safe and effective.

I think it is up to Congress to decide what FDA's role should be.

Congress has acted, and in fact, when we had the Medical Devices User Fee Act in the last Congress, we specifically rejected in that bill a moratorium on FDA's use of its authority over medical devices that happened to be implemented as…

This has been a very interesting hearing, very important issue, very informative.

However, with the proliferation of these technologies have come concerns about how their use may negatively impact patients.

So don't be scared. Look at the law, look at the reality, and don't listen to the political rhetoric which this week has been orchestrated very carefully by my Republican colleagues.

Last week, the Health Subcommittee investigated how the new health care law, ObamaCare, is impacting job growth and worker opportunities across the country. The results are not good. The recovery continues to be well below what we need to…

With more than 14 million Americans depending on the Medicare Advantage program today, what do you think the Obamacare cuts mean for the beneficiaries enrolled?

Absent reform--and this is a letter from the from Social Security Administration. When you retire, you get a letter.

The status quo spells doom for every American who relies on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care.

The only question is, how long will America and Americans tolerate staring at these problems without fixing them for future generations?