"We need to ensure that patients gain access to new treatment and cures at the earliest possible time."
"We should create policies that foster scientific advances, but we should do so in a way that does not jeopardize public health."
"The PCAST report's fourth recommendation is the creation of a new pathway that manufacturers could choose to use for initial approval of drugs shown to be safe and effective in a specific subgroup of ..."
"I think it is important to state that the intention of the limited population pathway is to still operate within the confines of safety and efficacy, and that is not altered."
"We need new therapies to be marketed but we have got to address high prices for these therapies."
"Over and over, Republican leaders have fabricated criticisms of the Affordable Care Act and none of them have been true."
"Republican leaders said that the ACA would create death panels; well, there are none in the law."
"The DC Circuit Court upheld the NRC's statutory mandate to review and issue a decision on the Yucca Mountain license application."
"One would think that the agency faced with the plain reading of the statutory mandate, a court order upholding that statute, and a constitutional duty to cooperate with Congress' oversight function wo..."
"The Commission was right to focus on completion of the safety and evaluation report as an important and achievable milestone."
"Earlier in my opening comments, I discussed the tragic impacts of widespread uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation."
"American citizens live near this radioactive waste every day, and they deserve nothing less than our best efforts."