Compounding center or necc. I want to accept and my deepest condolences to anyone who has lost a loved one in this tragedy. Thirtytwo people have died. Including three with in my congressional district, one of the persons who lived right up the street from me. Well over 400 people have been sickened for making this one of the worst Public Health disasters ever caused by a contaminated drug. Before this outbreak, with the fda had conducted three separate inductions of inspections with necc. But history is even more expensive with necc, involving at least 12 separate complaints involving necc or its pharmacists. Since necc opened in 1998, over the course of these inspections, regulators noted the same kinds of problems at issue in the current outbreak. Problems with serialization and in violation of its own license. Back in 2002, several adverse events were reported to fda involving patients who had received steroid injections made by the necc. Fda followed up and inspected it. Just six
Is that a good summary . That is an excellent summary, and i appreciate your trying to help me explain this, because it is an extraordinarily complex situation where, you know, the effort i dont think that it is overly complex. I think theres a difference in outlook here on whether you have certain authority. And i think its clear that the 1997 law in these court cases that compound were exempted and are not manufactured. So the congress has a responsibility now to act and clarify. Theres got to be additional oversight of the states. If theyre going to drop the ball and theyre not going to provide proper oversight, then its time for the feds to step in and give fda the tools it needs to prevent these tragedies from ever happening again. Thank you. I yield back. I dont know if im allowed to make a comment, but i think, you know, speaking the complexity of the issue and the changing involving industry overlaid on top of a fragmented and ambiguous Legal Framework, it is important to under
Traditions, how do you resolve the differences in what role does the difference between the traditions play in assessing the original meaning of the constitution . Well, like Justice Clarence thomas i take the view that the declaration of independence has relevance to the interpretation of the constitution. I know thats a controversial issue that many of my colleagues would exclude the declaration of this not having anything to do with the interpreting any of the bill of rights or whatever. And i take it from the description in the declaration, some of which i quoted that these are principles that have recognizable parentage. I derive from those passages the story based on the natural law heritage. But again as i mentioned in my remarks, theres natural law and natural rights. The overlap is probably 95 . Its more of a scientific approach that has been popular among many philosophers. I dont regard it will as confrontational. I dont think we planned it but these last three questions fro
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Relief going into the next holiday season. So hopefully well do something on the minimum wage. These are things i think we need to do coming back after the first of the year and i thank the gentleman for yielding me time and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. The gentleman from wisconsin. Mr. Ryan first, id like to yield myself 30 seconds just to respond to my friend from south carolina, mr. Cry burn. I want him to know mr. Clyburn. I want him to know that the time spent, that was not time wasted. That was productive time, because the findings from those groups were used in this agreement. The work that they did on all of those policies were work that we borrowed from to put this together. I want him to know that was productive use of his time which helped in turn produce this result. Mr. Clyburn thank you very much. Youre vy kind. Youre very kind. Mr. Ryan i yield three minutes to our distinguished whip, mr. Mccarthy. The speaker pro tempore t