Bill Cassidy

The Federal permitting timeline of nearly 5 years for this urgent, already long studied project is unacceptable

Republicans just passed the largest tax reform package in 30-something years, and middle America will go home in February with bigger paychecks than they did--I say in February because it will not take that long for the IRS to update their…

All right, man. You're on the right track. In fact, this closes as we get that work straight in government. Now we got to be able to pay for it. And that's the challenge.

I also thank you, Dr. McCance-Katz, for an excellent testimony.

I would echo that and I thank the Administration for appointing you, because you seem as irritated about some things that I am irritated about, and they are good things to be irritated about.

We created the position that Dr. McCance-Katz is the first to hold to create the authority to untangle this mess.

Government has a role and Government has a role at its best to help those who are most vulnerable.

A U.S. Senator from the State of Louisiana

I think we could get bipartisan support, if it was somehow tied to increased use of renewables and a microgrid.

There has been bipartisan interest in how we can make the grids more resilient for those two places.

I would like to submit a letter for the record that I, along with Senator Barrasso and Chairman Murkowski, sent to Secretary Perry in support of the Department of Energy proposed rule.

Increasing LNG exports, even on a small scale, will positively impact the economies of the U.S. and those receiving the U.S. gas.

A bill under consideration today is one I introduced with Senator Rubio, the Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2017.

Sheldon Whitehouse and I in the 21st Century Cures Bill put forward something for Health IT.

I was working with Senator Schatz and some others as regards how to have a public health fund...

If you do not measure it, it does not improve.

Clearly, we should have a bipartisan interest in having outcomes data that shows who is doing a good job and who is not.

Block granting Medicaid is not part of this. It can be a disinformation campaign put out there to obscure the truth.

Frankly, it's Medicare fraud, I think.

I could not be more grateful for Customs and Border Protection in catching--in the Ressam case at Port Angeles.

We have to have fair treatment of the population as well.

It seems as if CBP or the agencies, or the Department is making a decision as to whether or not to enforce laws that Congress has passed.

There is a clear law written by Congress.

The Medicaid Best Price Law and elements of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute may inhibit the formation of value-based agreements.

If I may say, though, just to counter that a little bit, there's been more of an emphasis on raising prices on established drugs than on new innovative drugs.