Scott Klug: “to my colleagues on the Health Subcommittee on Commerce, this is a nice way to end the day after fairly contentious…”

“to my colleagues on the Health Subcommittee on Commerce, this is a nice way to end the day after fairly contentious hearings on trying to figure out a way to reform the Food and Drug Administration, so that we can get pharmaceutical products and medical devices to the market faster, but at the same time not compromising public safety. This is a fitting end for the day, because we end occasionally, as this subcommittee can, and I hope will more often in the future, in a strong spirit of bipartisan cooperation to move forward a very important piece of legislation. This is an interesting kind of coming together of the minds, not only from both sides of the aisle, but, frankly, an interesting collaboration from people who represent very different parts of the country. I represent Madison, WI, which, like most other smaller cities in the United States, also has AIDS problems. But in the past we feel that we have been shortchanged because so many of the resources were plowed into New York and San Francisco, which obviously just based on current numbers had a much more serious problem. But in the future communities like Madison and Milwaukee will be just as dramatically impacted.”