Orrin Hatch

The FDA simply has to get serious about enforcing this law. We cannot allow the very few products of poor quality to cast a negative shadow over the rest of the industry, which is so law-abiding. Before I yield the floor, I want to…

I did a little research on this, and I found some information which may be of interest to my colleague, since he is the very capable chair of the Labor-HHS Subcommittee. It might interest my colleagues to learn that the FDA, the…

So, with all of these tools in FDA's arsenal, legitimate questions have been raised about why unsafe or mislabeled products are being sold. Indeed, many of us are asking, ``What is the problem? Why are these products still on the market?''

Indeed. That authority, contained within section 402(f)(1)(C) of the FFD&CA, allows the Secretary to act immediately, no questions asked, to remove a product from the market if he believes there is a safety problem. Similar emergency…

Another concern related to the accuracy of claims is that of the manufacturer's ability to substantiate the claims made. Health claims made with respect to a product's ability to treat, mitigate or cure disease must be pre-approved by the…

I think it came down to a jurisdictional argument. That is my opinion. We understand that around here, but we are trying to solve terrorism now. The Senator's point is a very good point. My main reason for interrupting him at this point is…

I commend the Senator. I think he is absolutely right. We had it in the Senate bill. It was a worthwhile provision that I think we need to include later, since we can't do it on this bill at this point. I will support him in every way…

It comes down to authorized or unauthorized access. If it is authorized, it is not covered under the computer trespasser provision.

I am saying that if you have permission, you are not covered by this provision as written. In other words, you would not be considered a hacker.

Under this provision, you do not have a right to hack into another private computer, whether you are a university student or anybody else. It only applies, the law we have written, to unauthorized access. It does not apply to authorized…

That is correct, but keep in mind, our current laws are antiquated laws based upon telephones, where now we are in the area of cyberterrorism, and we must upgrade the laws to take care of that.

Because those offenses are not currently covered in Title III, and we need to correct that defect or we cannot resolve these problems with regard to terrorism.

It adds terrorism to Title III. In addition, it upgrades wiretap laws to include computer terrorism, cyberterrorism, even right down to illegal hacking.

The wiretapping provision is a broad investigational authority. It is not limited just to terrorism, but, currently, terrorism is not included in that authority. It is one of the defects in our system. All we are trying to do is get it…

I am not sure we know the exact amount, but what justification is there for these heroic law enforcement people who are doing the people's business to have to pay for their own liability insurance in case they get sued by a voracious trial…

Sarah Hart is an outstanding choice to be Director of the National Institute of Justice. She is an accomplished litigator who understands criminal justice issues. As a prosecutor in Philadelphia for 7 years, she assembled an impressive…

I am going to try and back him every way I can, and I am sure other members of the Committee will as well.

They would be here personally, except, as you can see, we are having a very difficult time on the floor on this tax bill.

It is time to vote to reduce taxes. It is time to reduce the games. It is time to quit the partisanship. It is time to end this bill and get a vote up or down. If you can win, you win. If you can't win, you don't win. Let's vote on this…

We have had 8 years where we haven't had any strengthening of Social Security, while there was a Democrat President. There is no question we need to do that, but there is also no question that this is a tax bill and we are trying to reduce…

If the Senator will yield, Mr. President, as the Senator knows, we have been here for almost 2 weeks on this bill. This is a bill that has been modified. Some of the amendments of the other side have been agreed to. Some have been on the…

I agree, this is a difficult subject, but one we must tackle and I believe as policy-makers, Congress has an important role to play in making sure this balance is done properly. It is becoming increasingly more important as we see…

My distinguished colleague makes a good point, and one where we both agree on, and frankly, it is something on which there is bipartisan interest. The issue of privacy, both online and offline, is something that we have discussed together…

I understand we are going to go to Senator Schumer, and after the distinguished Senator from New York, the distinguished Senator from Connecticut.

Does the Senator want me to yield for a question? I just want to make a statement.