"I would like to know the answer to that. It is just interesting to me."
"I think it is one of the most important agencies in the world."
"I have great confidence in the job Dr. Hamburg will do as commissioner of the FDA."
"I urge my colleagues not to use partisan, political delay tactics to prevent this committee or the Senate from moving Dr. Hamburg's nomination as quickly as possible."
"The GAO report has indicated that the biggest problem is that you do not have enough funds."
"It is time for us to act."
"We are not winning this war on drugs at all, in my opinion, and we need a better system."
"I think we have far too many people who are drug addicted in jail. We have got to find a better system than what we have now."
"I have been a proponent of trying to narrow this difference between crack and powder cocaine for years."
"We need to come up with a better way of handling these kids that otherwise have not had much of a chance."
"I just am personally appreciative because I think we really do need to reform the patent laws, and we want to get it right, no question about it."