With them. Very often the volunteer will accompany the staff person, commissioner, but its a staff persons responsibility. Because monday tend to be a slower day, why its closed on monday . Yes, and the thinking is if we can balance that scheduling during the week and the month, we can off balance that. Generally the monday are the slower days, but again i have also had many requests to open on sundays as well. But just cant do that at this particular time. Due to the [inaudible] . Excuse me . Because you need volunteer to open . Right, but we need have to have a staff person responsible. Because its part of our Organizational Program site. And responsibilities in terms of all kinds of things from information, referral to liabilities and things of that nature. And we want to be sure that folks that come to for contact are properly referred to. If Staff Services are not there during the weekend, we try to get best efforts and get their names and phone numbers for follow up. Thank you. T
Does the f. D. A. Encounter adverse events with o. T. C. Medicines . Dr. Woodcock i would say fairly frequently. To rise to a serious level, maybe once every several years. Mr. Butterfield frequently or infrequently . Dr. Woodcock fairly frequently. Given what they are and the exposure of the population to them but once perhaps every two years were facing an issue that we would like to get out rapidly to the public to notify them and our hands are really tied and we have to use this guidance process. Mr. Butterfield all right. Two other examples you highlighted in your written testimony related to pediatric issues with certain medicines. Would you say that a dispr portionate number of safety concerns with o. T. C. Medicines are related to pediatrics . Dr. Woodcock i would say in the last decade that is true, a decade or so, and the reason is starting in the late 1990s i think everyone became aware that you should study children and not just treat them as tiny adults and just scale down
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Good morning and welcome, everyone, especially the nominees and their families. Today well hear from two panels. Well hear from justice ead of colorado, nominated to be Circuit Court judge on the 10th Circuit Court. Did i get the pronunciation wrong . On the second panel well hear from four nominees to District Court, senator coons, do you ave any opening remarks today . Senator coons thank you to serve alongside you in the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearing. Id like to almost each of the nominees and families and friends of the United States senate and congratulate you on the nominations and look forward to posing questions to you. The positions to which youve been nominated are important and the federal jude is federal judiciary is bedrock of our democracy. They resolve disputes between real people and determine whether him the freedoms are protected and given the weightiness of their responsibilities and lifetime tenure that comes from a judicial appointment, these are cr
Good morning and welcome everyone, especially the nominees and the families to todays nominations caring for today with her from two panels. On the first and we went from judge eid of colorado, Supreme Court, nominated to the Circuit Court judge on the tenth Circuit Court. Dedicate the pronunciation wrong . [laughing] on the second panel we will hear from for nominees to District Court. Senator coons, do you have any opening remarks today . Thank you, senator tillis for the opportunity to serve alongside as the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearings. Id like to welcome each of the nominees, their families and friends to the senate and congratulate you on your nominations and i look forward to opposing questions to you. The positions to which you been nominated are important in the federal judiciary is aldo is a bedrock of our constitutional democracy. Judges do the hard work of resolving disputes between real people, cases the term whether criminal trials and sentences are fair