"First of all, I would like to add my thanks, Dr. Shuren, for the approval of the artificial pancreas, on behalf of the Diabetes Caucus, but also on behalf of my family because, as you know, my daughter is a type 1 diabetic and will be one of the first users of this."
"I want to talk to you a little bit about some of what President Trump's Executive Orders are doing to the agency and what this will mean for the implementation of 21st Century Cures."
"So, how are we going to drop two if we are enacting one?"
"Over the course of the 113th and 114th Congresses, members of this subcommittee worked to uncover opportunities to strengthen and opportunities to streamline the process by which cures are discovered ..."
"But I think you would agree that the amount of fentanyl recovered has been growing exponentially, right?"
"I think we all agree the amount of fentanyl recovered by American law enforcement has risen from 640 samples tested to 13,000 samples tested in 2015."
"I also think we need to find a way to address the treatment side of this epidemic and this is, sadly, where I have significant differences with my majority colleagues."
"if we hope to treat these folks who are getting addicted to opioids, it is important that they have access to medical treatment"
"we are concerned if the Medicaid expansion is retracted, because in those States the Medicaid expansion has helped many people who have--who need to have addiction treatment"
"The opioid epidemic is unprecedented and it is escalating, and I think we all agree that we need a comprehensive strategy to confront it."
"I think this is another important step that this subcommittee had been taking to address the opioid epidemic, and for the record I want to continue this bipartisan work."