Our differences are great and our challenges are great because both our countries are great. We both have a great responsibility to solve problems well beyond our borders.

I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.

The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation on the path to economic recovery. It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act.

I am not pessimistic or optimistic but I am realist about trying to get support from colleagues to the bill.

Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.

It is a way for us to recognize the heroic actions not only for those who died, but for those who still work on protecting all of us.