It's my hope that as we move forward we'll gravitate towards a common set of principles of risk assessment and risk decision-making. This is in the interest of globalization. It's in the interest of avoiding non-tariff trade barriers. I think we're still some distance from that yet. An international perspective is always good to keep in mind when you're crafting this piece of legislation.
On November 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.