06/25/2013
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"And the fact is that--but what we are--what--this whole issue that I just brought up, this undercuts so much of whatever the government's basic research is doing, and all the other things that have be..."
"We have a basic flaw in our tax system, and in our basic corporate structure that we have set up that will discourage R&D in the private sector by companies."
"This is a catastrophe for people whose lives will now not be helped by the R&D that Allergan, and other companies like it, are conducting."
"patent rights have been considered vitally important to American progress from day one."