Mike Braun

We should be that leading edge and we should have a system that accommodates it.

That is why we need the formality of PPA.

However, millions of Americans with these diseases still lack any FDA approved treatments.

My simple answer is that ALS patients are willing to accept greater risk because we know what is behind door number two.

The time is not the right amount of time, and the children are being ignored in this and it shouldn't be that way.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My pleasure to introduce Dr. Peggy Plews-Ogan.

The Promising Pathway Act is a commonsense step to give the FDA the flexibility it needs to serve Americans with these most trying diseases.

Patients deserve a promising pathway at the FDA.

This is long overdue.

The fact that we haven't done that in 20-some years makes this very much an academic discussion.

That's a calamity that will far swamp anything that we've been talking about here.

I have no question that those policies would be much more costly than any reasonable benefits we'd get in any other area, including climate policy.

I think I can think of nothing more dangerous and disastrous for our near term and medium term energy outlook, and national security outlook than were we to effectively make peak supply real by banning investment in new oil and gas…

Businesses rallied when they're faced with regulation and costs, they find ways to meet those challenges.

The budget problems of our country could be solved... in a couple weeks of legislative time.

We've given up our energy independence. We've done so many things that tilt the whole analysis.

The fact that we haven't done that in 20-some years makes this very much an academic discussion.

That's a calamity that will far swamp anything that we've been talking about here.

We've been off the mark for 20 years.

I think if not, you're at least not going to be in a position where you have credibility to offer other things to do.

We borrow now 30 cents on every dollar we spend.

Since I've been here no one understands that in this institution.

I think I can think of nothing more dangerous and disastrous for our near term and medium term energy outlook, and national security outlook than were we to effectively make peak supply real by banning investment in new oil and gas…

I have no question that those policies would be much more costly than any reasonable benefits we'd get in any other area, including climate policy.

I have been working on this for most of the five-years I have been here in the Senate.