Orrin Hatch: “Does the Senator remember Floyd Abrams, leading first amendment expert in this country, in my opinion and I think in the…”

“Does the Senator remember Floyd Abrams, leading first amendment expert in this country, in my opinion and I think in the opinion of most people, from the left to the right, in his statement: Any legislation of Congress which would purport to do by law what the proposed settlement would do by agreement, in terms restricting constitutionally protected commercial speech, is, in my estimation, destined to be held unconstitutional? It is unlikely that at the end of the day the FDA's proposed regulations could survive first amendment scrutiny. Does the Senator remember that?”