"Our focus has to be on justice and accountability."
"It is upsetting to know in your business model that Americans subsidize people in other countries."
"The No. 1 increase in bankruptcies for American citizens are because of medical bills."
"we have obviously as everyone else has been stressed with trying to meet the needs of families and parents that are not getting the services they need."
"the revenue savings from for instance, selling a lot of those institutions that were higher cost that didn't serve the community well morally, ethically, or just from a cost standpoint, never went bac..."
"the protection advocacy system was created in the mid-70s because of horrible, horrible exposes in institutional settings."
"we've never fully funded or met our obligations to this segment of the population."
"the challenges of COVID and all the suffering maybe there's an opportunity here, particularly for this population."
"I don't see this as a government takeover."
"In fact, the cancer drug that keeps me alive, which I take for my chronic lymphocytic leukemia that is chronic, but is treatable--thank goodness--costs $500 a day."
"We are here today to discuss the cost of prescription medication and how lowering drug prices would support workers and strengthen the American economy."