We appreciate your attention to the matter, and we hope that Congress continues to fund this essential grant program.

We have a serious gun violence problem in our country and I hope my colleagues will work together to pass common-sense reforms.

Trust but verify is probably a good notion to employ.

Illegals have been released into our country... Many of them do indeed have nefarious intent.

Let me say the quiet part out loud for America: Pay attention. This is how this town works.

There is no cause for alarm right now.

When you have the votes, you vote and that is why they decided to push ahead tonight with his return to the Capitol.

On this vote, the yeas are 215 (ph) and the nays are 213. The resolution is adopted.

Abraham Lincoln, when he opened up the Gettysburg Address, said: Few will little note, nor long remember what I say here today. As I rise as the Super Bowl is about to begin, I realize that most people are looking for a view of Taylor…

Now, value-based purchasing could obviously play a role here.

somebody is paying. Yes, insurance is making it more affordable. Medicaid is making it more affordable. Medicare is making it more affordable.

I have been concerned that we don't really know how we are going to price those.

somebody is paying. Yes, insurance is making it more affordable. Medicaid is making it more affordable. Medicare is making it more affordable.

Let's just be clear, everybody on this panel cares about the high cost of prescription drugs and wants to work on real solutions to address this.

clearly, patents are part of the free market system, is the way that you protect intellectual property, and you incent creativity.

Very concisely, how are we going to show restraint on the price of some of these new gene therapies?

I think I recall a couple of years ago there was a study that was shown, respected, and you probably know it better than I, that $2 million for gene therapy for ultra-rare diseases was a reasonable sort of--it would cover the cost.

I have been concerned that we don't really know how we are going to price those.