"PhRMA is opposed to any legislation that would require pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide basic transparency to the American people."
"My legislation, the Fair Drug Pricing Act, H.R. 2296, is a bipartisan, bicameral bill that will force the drug companies to be transparent."
"I welcome H.R. 2600 introduced by Representative Dean which takes the same approach for PFAS chemicals."
"I think it would be a very wise move to deal with a class of compounds that is persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic and mobile."
"It was John Dingell's wisdom that led to the adoption of the PCB subsection and it stands now as one of the only actions EPA was able to take under the original TSCA."
"We've even seen an increase in white working class men, whose longevity has taken a bit of a dive."
"So many of the people--probably, I am sure, most of the people--that are living near poverty and relying just on their Social Security are women."
"Even averages, I think, are really skewing toward the wealthiest Americans, because we have such a vast income inequality."
"I volunteer at a food bank, and at the end of the month who do you see lining up? It's the seniors."
"We hear all kinds of reasons to justify why these prices are skyrocketing, why people literally are dying because they can't afford their drugs."
"the cost of pharmaceuticals has reached a point that no one can really ignore it anymore"