"So, Dr. Gottlieb, we really want to get going on this early in the new year. So the quicker we can get that technical assistance, the better."
"If you need additional legislative authority, please let us know so that we can work together in a bipartisan way to expand this."
"Well, I can't really agree with you more that we need to look at this."
"If we don't operate these programs with precision, with pretty much zero room for error, theoretically, we could have risk to both public health and national security."
"In particular, you found that the program may not be sufficiently independent from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture."
"Chairman, I think that subpoenas may be really considered in this point."
"we have been talking today about 21st Century Cures and the billion dollars that Fred Upton and I were pleased to put into that bill for State funding to develop opioid prevention programs."
"I would hope that we would work as a committee to extend that funding out past 2018 because it expires in 2018."
"if anybody has any concern this is impacting all American families, my daughter, who is a Type 1 diabetic, just got a letter from Medtronic last week saying her new insulin pump was not going to arriv..."
"This 2017 hurricane season has been one of the most damaging on record."
"The scope of potential health risks that are caused by this ongoing crisis, it is still coming into focus, but it is clearly considerable."