Patty Murray

If this behavior, kissing and touching women and girls without their consent, happened in a school, would you consider it a sexual assault?

I take accusations of this type of behavior very seriously.

I appreciate private meetings.

What you're asking me to do is to treat Ms. DeVos differently than we treated President Obama's two Education Secretaries, and I'm not going to do that.

I'd like to call at least for a second hearing for this nominee.

I'm really disappointed that you have preemptively cutoff our members from asking questions. It really is unprecedented.

If you are confirmed, I want to know if you believe it's appropriate for you and your family to continue to use its wealth to pressure State, local, and Federal candidates to support your agenda.

I take that as not being willing to commit to not privatizing public schools or cutting money from education.

Do you believe that the mission of the Department of Education should be to strengthen public education for all of our students?

Again, I wasn't aware that there was a precedent.

I was not aware those were rules.

I hope that as we get through this, you will consider doing that.

I have a particular passion for early learning, and I want to hear where you stand on how the Federal Government can help ensure that every child is prepared for success in kindergarten.

I am going to want to know more about how you will enforce critical civil rights laws.

I am hopeful that you have learned more about it since then and are prepared to address it seriously.

I refuse to accept that, and I'm going to continue to hold the incoming administration to the highest ethical standards.

We owe it to the people we represent to make sure every nominee is not only qualified for the position...

How do companies distinguish between consumer complaints and adverse event reports, and do you believe that most companies report adverse events to the FDA?

I am glad that, in the absence of stricter Federal laws, the individual States like my home State of Washington have taken steps to restrict or reduce the use of certain ingredients.

I really commend their work to bring together so many stakeholders from the business and consumer community to develop the Personal Care Product Safety Act.

Congress has spent a great deal of time modernizing nearly every aspect of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

FDA has no authority to review or confirm the safety of the ingredients in fragrances used in cosmetics before they enter the market.

In spite of that explosive growth putting millions of products on the market, the FDA's authority has not changed.

I am really pleased that we are holding this hearing to talk about products that millions of consumers and families use each day.

The cosmetics portion of the law has barely been touched since it passed in 1938.