Bill Cassidy actually said...

"Lives depend upon it."

"Yes, I would rather they set price on a drug that exists than have people like my mother-in-law and others who have died of cancer because there is no treatment that exists for them."

"There are people in this room who would not be alive today were it not for capitalism interfacing with the pharmaceutical and medical device industry that allows you to be alive today."

"Basically, at that point, we waived the white flag and we said to depend upon a Federal Government basic science researcher, and that is not what she or he is interested in, to commercialize or transl..."