mr. bennet: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado is recognized. mr. bennet: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. officer without objection. mr. bennet: i went back to the office and saw that my senior senator was sitting here at this latest hour and i wanted to come down heards and keep him company. i'm glad to be here with you tonight, proud to be from the west tonight. the two great senators from wyoming remembering malcolm wallop's service in this body, and it was wonderful to hear their remembrances of him, and i'm glad we were here to share that, being from the west. like the presiding officer, i spent most of august in our beautiful state, the most beautiful state in the united states, if i do say so myself, in town hall meet, mostly in red parts of the state, but in red and blue parts of the state. they don't actually think of themselves that way, but that's how washington would talk about it. and in the town halls i always start the same way. i say, ask any question that you have, bring any criticism that you have, tell them that i was an ur

mr. chairman. >> thank you franken. senator bennet. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and again -- excuse me, i really want to thank you for holding this hearing. this is an issue that i've been working on ever since i got here. and now i know why. the testimony i think has been excellent today and i'm familiar with the work that everybody here has done. and i find remarkable the degree of consensus around a lot of the issues that we face and i think that reflects how big the gap is between a statute that was written in 1938 and the world as we're living in it today, the changes that are accelerating because of the shrinking global economy that we face, and this lack of -- an update -- or our lack of a regulatory regime that reflects reality is bad for our consumers and it's bad for our business, and i think that's why we need to be urgent in fixing it. and it's been remarkable to read some of the polling data around. there's some in the mandatory recall suggestion -- first of all the f all. 90% of the american people support it and they believe that when the

mr. chairman. >> senator bennet. >> i really want to thank you for holding this hearing. this is an issue i have been working on ever since i got here and now i know why. the testimony has been excellent today. i am familiar with the work everybody here has done. i find remarkable degree of consensus around a lot of the issues we face and that reflects how big the gap is between the statute that was written in 1938 and world we're living in today. changes that are accelerated because of the shrinking global economy we face and this lack of an update for our lack of regulatory regime that reflects reality is bad for our consumers and it is bad for business. that is why we need to be urgent in fixing it and it has been remarkable to read some of the polling data around this, the mandatory recall suggestion for example. everybody thinks the fda already has that. 94% of the american people support it. they believe that when they walk into their grocery store or their pharmacy that the drug is produced in the united states. that is not true. they believe somebody has looked at