Michael Burgess

There is a fundamental Constitutional issue with moving the power of the purse from Congress to a regulatory agency with no experience in disbursing fees.

Consumer safety is a top priority for this subcommittee, and at a time where difficult budget decisions are being made across the Government, it is critical that all agencies are held accountable for their prioritization decisions.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission was established in 1972 by Congress to protect consumers against unreasonable risks of injuries associated with consumer products.

Consumers deserve to know answers to these questions as quickly as possible.

It bothers me as a parent of two young children that there has to be this uncertainty about products that we interact with.

I am strongly opposed to this bill, which would suspend CPSC's statutory authority to complete a rulemaking affecting recreational off-highway vehicles, or ROVs, until after a study is completed at the National Academy of Science.

At this point I am prepared to yield back, but I do want to thank the chairman of the full committee for hearing our amendment this evening. I also want to thank him for what I know is a significant amount of work and challenge to get this…

At this time, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Thornberry), the chairman of the full committee.

I would just observe, at the end of calendar year 2007, the commentator George Will observed the United States Congress had two jobs: deliver the mail and defend the border. It had done neither. But what it had done was ban the…

Another issue, and I am very committed to protecting First Amendment rights of clinicians, to share and receive truthful medical information.

I am, of course, relieved that Chairman Pitts and Chairman Upton and Ranking Members Pallone and Green also have made a similar commitment to this issue.

This is not a tech problem, this is a bureaucracy problem, and we can fix it.

I just want to underscore that the interoperability of electronic health records is a top priority for me.

I really do feel like we are entering into a golden age of medicine.

A lot of bold goals in the 21st Century Cures, but at the end of the day, it is all about patients.

We need to have a fully national program, and it would be enormously helpful for treating our patients.

I have asked the question why we cannot have the availability of naloxone or Narcan as an over-the-counter purchase.

I believe the text could be amended narrowly to achieve better protections for recipients of demand letters.

The problem of abusive demand letters has set off a surge in State activity to address this issue.

Although the draft bill passed this subcommittee with bipartisan support, there are some who believe the text could be amended narrowly to achieve better protections for those who receive demand letters.

I do want to welcome all to our legislative hearing to consider the Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2015.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for…

The field of information security has evolved over time. So originally many of the problems that we saw in computer systems were because the coders weren't thinking about the security issues.

I think it is important that we look at size and scope when we discuss the Internet of Things.

I want to thank the witnesses again for making time to be with us here this morning.