"I really commend you. I know a lot of the members of the committee join me in welcoming and commending that work."
"Thank you, Senator Kohl, and thank you for again having a very, very informative and useful hearing."
"And don't we have an obligation to enable taxpayers and seniors to have lower drug prices by using the Federal Government's bargaining power to lower those drug prices?"
"And there's no other way to view it than as a kind of loophole, giveaway, sweetheart deal that raises the cost of drugs at a time when the cost of drugs is already spiraling upward; correct?"
"Wouldn't you recommend that the confines of the statute, as you have adroitly put it, be changed so that the public interest could be better served to lower drug prices?"
"the Federal Government, it seems to me, has an obligation to taxpayers and seniors to take advantage of competition where it exists, or enhance it where it should be more robust in order to achieve th..."
"I am indeed, and thank you for your leadership on that legislation, Mr. Chairman."
"no matter how good these rules, they have to be enforced vigorously and fairly."
"And so I think my question is: How do we prepare the courts, the law enforcement professionals, and others who are involved in this system for dealing with those individuals who may be within their ju..."
"I am very much involved in trying to work on behalf of veterans and particularly those whom you know firsthand have been injured in these last 10 years of war."
"Thank you all for being here and for giving us the very substantial, varied insights that you bring to this subject."
"Well, I think changing the culture is critical, but you do need--as Dr. Phil said, you need a forum."