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My primary constitutional responsibility, Mr. Novy, is to protect our families and there is no one who is more pro jobs, pro business, pro national security, pro protecting our families than I am.

The BOLD Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act would create an Alzheimer's public health infrastructure across the country.

I'm also very concerned about the problems of gaming the patent system through strategies such as patent thickets and evergreening.

Most patients are not going to assume that if they don't use their insurance, they'll get a better price.

I was very pleased this morning to hear you endorse the prohibition on gag clauses on pharmacists...

This system is opaque, and the incentives are frequently perverse in drug pricing.

To me the question that really is worth discussing is that we have a price risk and we have an infrastructure risk.

But what if I am right, for example, and we get into exports in a big way--the price of gas goes from $2.50 to $6.00, and we are in trouble in New England.

I am gravely concerned that we do not get into exports to the point where it significantly impacts domestic gas prices.

It is an honor for me to come to the meeting and join my colleague, Senator Collins in introducing Emory Rounds.

We are also grateful to Chairman Collins, who supports the elimination of the IMD exclusion.

It is clear there is a very serious problem with outlier prescribers.

The opioid epidemic is having a measurable negative impact on the life expectancy of Americans.

It claims the lives of almost 120 Americans a day and about one a day in my State of Maine.

I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today about the impact this terrible crisis is having on older Americans.

If we start raising taxes, if we start layering more and more regulations like we have been the last 10 years, we are going to be growing at half what we are growing at now.

Thank you. And let me just remind you that it rains far less often in Maine than it does in Washington State.

One of the main metrics for gauging our progress in developing a health care workforce to care for older adults is a certification in geriatrics.