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Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
SANDERS, BERNARD "Given this reality, which has been widely discussed by scientists and doctors for decades, the question then arises, what has the FDA done to address these epidemics, which have impacted the health of millions of Americans and cost us hundreds of billions every year? The answer is, not much. So, Mr. Chairman, under the bill that we are now considering, the FDA would be required to put a warning label on sugary drinks that says, food and drug administration warning, drinking beverages with added sugar can contribute to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tooth decay. Similar warning labels we put on..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1682, to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for certain...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 25, 2026 · Transcript
CRUZ, TED "To address this issue, the bill before us directs the Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, to report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl on social media. The Stop the Scroll Act, introduced with Senator Fetterman, would require a warning label regarding mental health harms associated with social media. The bill has been scoped to avoid First Amendment challenges and to help remind young"
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Kratom Regulation: Federal Status and State Approaches
Posts · Nov 28, 2023
Kratom, or Mitragyna speciosa, is a tree related to the coffee plant and is native to parts of Southeast Asia. Peoples indigenous to the tree’s range have traditionally consumed the leaves of the...
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Preemption in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Posts · May 2, 2025
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate the sale and use of pesticides in the United States. FIFRA generally...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1682, to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for certain...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Apr 14, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Given this reality, which has been widely discussed by scientists and doctors for decades, the question then arises, what has the FDA done to address these epidemics, which have impacted the health of millions of Americans and cost us hundreds of billions every year? The answer is, not much. So, Mr. Chairman, under the bill that we are now considering, the FDA would be required to put a warning label on sugary drinks that says, food and drug administration warning, drinking beverages with added..."
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"What we do here is two things. We require a warning label on sugary drinks that says, quote, food and drug administration warning. Drinking beverages with added sugar can contribute to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and tooth decay not recommended for children, end of"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"This amendment, unfortunately, is a poison pill intended to further delay warning labels on ultra processed food. We've been talking about labels year after year after year. We understand what exists now is inadequate. The time is now to do it. For more than 30 years, the food and beverage industry has been required to put nutritional labeling on their products. These labels are totally inadequate. I think most of us know that putting warning labels on ultra processed foods will not lead to..."
Testimony MARSHALL, ROGER
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"And I'm not expecting you to commit to this today, but at least to I've consider what type of warning label we should put on social media and at what age. We have tobacco warnings that it could be hazardous to your health, that alcohol could be hazardous to your health. In my humble opinion, social media, for all of us, but especially young minds, can be hazardous to your health. So I'm asking you if you would just consider putting some type of a Surgeon General's"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"a piece that I introduced called the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act. This legislation will require the FDA to put strong warning labels on ultra-processed foods that are high in sugar, salt, and saturated fats. Importantly, it would also ban junk food ads targeted to children, similar to what Congress did to the tobacco industry nearly 30 years ago. Mr. Chairman, in America today, we have an obesity epidemic and a diabetes"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"This includes dairy, vegetables, fruits, whole grains and proteins. This legislation does not require warning labels on dairy products like natural cheese or milk. We're willing to continue working with offices to improve this definition, but that is the simple reality of what's in this bill. I do understand where Senator Paul is coming from, but I disagree with"
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"I do understand where Senator Paul is coming from, but I disagree with him. Obviously, our goal is to encourage folks in our country to eat better, and that is why we're having these warning labels, because I suspect that many parents may not know just how much sugar there is in the various products their kids eat. The problem, I think, with Senator Paul's amendment is, you know, you've got a low-income kid, he's with his friends, and suddenly we're saying to that kid, because you're poor and..."
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"As drafted, the legislation could require many dairy products, including milk, cheese, and yogurt, to carry an FDA warning label unless the FDA chooses to exempt them through its regulatory authority. This places tremendous weight on agency discretion rather than providing a clear direction"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"We're protecting children from sex-rejecting procedures that expose them to irreversible harm. We're eliminating outdated and misleading warning labels on hormone therapies used to treat women during menopause. We're strengthening oversight of organ"
Testimony SPEAKER_20
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"We have, as you know, an epidemic in obesity in this country. We spend zillions of dollars dealing with diabetes caused by obesity. I believe that we should follow countries like Chile, Mexico, and put strong warning labels on products that will show parents about the nature of the food their kids are eating. So my question to you is, how long will it take before your agency puts strong warning labels on unhealthy food and"
Testimony CRUZ, TED
Business meeting to consider S.1682, to direct the Consumer Product Sa...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Mar 25, 2026
"To address this issue, the bill before us directs the Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services, to report on the ability of minors to access fentanyl on social media. The Stop the Scroll Act, introduced with Senator Fetterman, would require a warning label regarding mental health harms associated with social media. The bill has been scoped to avoid First Amendment challenges and to help remind young"
Testimony ERIC EDWARDS
Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in ou...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 19, 2025
"Candidly, information about quality sourcing and supply chain fragility is important. It's critical, but it's little more than a warning label if purchasers are neither financially supported nor contractually required to act on those labels. To change outcomes, federal entities should adopt procurement policies that value supply chain reliability,"
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FDA Regulation of Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drugs: Overview and Issues for Congress
Reports · Dec 10, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), regulates the safety and effectiveness of nonprescription (over-the-counter, or OTC) drugs sold in the...
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "We're protecting children from sex-rejecting procedures that expose them to irreversible harm. We're eliminating outdated and misleading warning labels on hormone therapies used to treat women during menopause. We're strengthening oversight of organ"
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FDA Regulation of Tobacco Products
Reports · Jul 9, 2021
Cigarette use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, claiming an estimated 480,000 lives or more each year. Although cigarette use in the United States continues to...
Hearing Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural Act of 2026".
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BOOKER, CORY A. "It states our federal pesticide law, known as FIFRA, does not block people's legal right to bring failure to warn claims in state court. And second, it explicitly authorizes pesticide companies to add warnings about cancer and other serious health risks to their pesticide labels. It restores the fundamental right of cancer victims to have their day in"
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Federal Regulation of Tobacco: Legal Framework and Issues for the 116th Congress
Resources · Sep 30, 2019
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA), P.L. 111-31, establishes the central federal regulatory regime for the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of tobacco products. The...
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FDA and Drug Prices: Facilitating Access to Generic Drugs
Resources · Jan 17, 2019
A variety of proposals to address high drug prices have been introduced in legislation and by the Trump Administration in its blueprint to lower drug prices. According to a Food and Drug...
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Off-Label Use of Prescription Drugs
Reports · Feb 23, 2021
When the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves a drug for sale in the United States, the approval includes a section entitled “Indications for Use.” This section lists the one or more diseases,...
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service,...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript
MARSHALL, ROGER "And I'm not expecting you to commit to this today, but at least to I've consider what type of warning label we should put on social media and at what age. We have tobacco warnings that it could be hazardous to your health, that alcohol could be hazardous to your health. In my humble opinion, social media, for all of us, but especially young minds, can be hazardous to your health. So I'm asking you if you would just consider putting some type of a Surgeon General's"
Hearing Hearings to examine made in America, focusing on restoring trust in our medicines.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 19, 2025 · Transcript
ERIC EDWARDS "Candidly, information about quality sourcing and supply chain fragility is important. It's critical, but it's little more than a warning label if purchasers are neither financially supported nor contractually required to act on those labels. To change outcomes, federal entities should adopt procurement policies that value supply chain reliability,"
Hearing Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership and control in America's drug supply chain.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
DR. RUSH DOSHI "to solving this problem and creating predictable, stable demand, which brings on more supply. Thank you, Senator. I think the warning point was COVID. We should have understood that the after COVID and that we still encounter now were a sign that something was wrong in the supply chain. What was wrong wasn't simply concentration on China, although that's a big part of it for KSM. What was also wrong was that we didn't actually know what was upstream. We didn't know our upstream dependencies. So we might have a label, we may have a drug that has the right label on it. We may say it's TAA..."
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How FDA Approves Drugs and Regulates Their Safety and Effectiveness
Reports · May 8, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a regulatory agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, regulates the safety and effectiveness of drugs sold in the United States. FDA divides...
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Agricultural Biotechnology: Overview, Regulation, and Selected Policy Issues
Reports · Mar 29, 2021
Agricultural biotechnology refers to a range of tools—including genetic engineering and some conventional breeding techniques—to genetically modify living plants, animals, microbes, and other...
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Consumption of Prescription Opioids for Pain: A Comparison of Opioid Use in the United States and Other Countries
Reports · Jun 2, 2021
Beginning in the late 1990s, the consumption of medical opioids used to treat pain increased in many countries worldwide. Since that time, the United States has outpaced every other country in per...
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Federal Preemption: A Legal Primer
Reports · May 18, 2023
The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause provides that federal law is “the supreme Law of the Land” notwithstanding any state law to the contrary. This language is the foundation for the doctrine of...
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Congressional Court Watcher: Recent Appellate Decisions of Interest to Lawmakers (February 5–February 11, 2024)
Posts · Feb 13, 2024
The federal courts issue hundreds of decisions every week in cases involving diverse legal disputes. This Sidebar series selects decisions from the past week that may be of particular interest to...
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Pesticide Law: A Summary of the Statutes
Reports · Nov 14, 2012
This report summarizes the major statutory authorities governing pesticide regulation: the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and Section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and...
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Farm Bill Primer: Horticulture Title
InFocus · May 12, 2026
Congress has included a horticulture title in the farm bill since the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-234). The horticulture title of a farm bill generally contains...
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Supreme Court October Term 2018: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
Reports · Aug 23, 2019
The Supreme Court term that began on October 1, 2018, was a term of transition, with the Court issuing a number of rulings that, at times, suggested but did not fully adopt broader transformations in...
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"It states our federal pesticide law, known as FIFRA, does not block people's legal right to bring failure to warn claims in state court. And second, it explicitly authorizes pesticide companies to add warnings about cancer and other serious health risks to their pesticide labels. It restores the fundamental right of cancer victims to have their day in"
Testimony BOOKER, CORY A.
Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, "Agricultural ...
senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee · Aug 6, 2026
"In June, the Supreme Court gave Bayer their liability shield. Holding the EPA approval of a label gives giant pestified manufacturers permanent immunity from lawsuits about their failure to warn people about the known health risks of their products. The single ruling wiped out tens of thousands of active court cases brought by American citizens with cancer and other diseases who were seeking justice in the"
Testimony DR. RUSH DOSHI
Hearings to examine behind the label, focusing on foreign ownership an...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"to solving this problem and creating predictable, stable demand, which brings on more supply. Thank you, Senator. I think the warning point was COVID. We should have understood that the after COVID and that we still encounter now were a sign that something was wrong in the supply chain. What was wrong wasn't simply concentration on China, although that's a big part of it for KSM. What was also wrong was that we didn't actually know what was upstream. We didn't know our upstream dependencies. So..."