"I authored that initiative with a then new Republican colleague, Roy Blunt, and we are now both in the Senate."
"We know, fundamentally, this is so important for our farmers and food safety and the food economy."
"Well, just for the record, all those ads are written off, and we pay for them as taxpayers."
"Is it appropriate to give pharmaceutical companies a $25-billion tax cut in the health-care reform bill when there is nothing to bring down the cost of prescription drugs in that bill?"
"But should someone who learns they have Hepatitis C have to pay $80,000 to get the drug they need to be cured?"
"President Trump repeatedly stated he wanted to drastically bring down prescription drug prices through Medicare negotiation, saying pharmaceutical companies were getting away with murder."
"this is a highly disputed study that you have been talking about that compares two different kinds of systems, does not include the tax credits that have substantially brought down out-of-pocket costs..."
"I do know that is what it does."
"If you have cystic fibrosis and need the latest drug to improve lung function, should you have to pay $300,000?"
"Should a family have to pay $700 for EpiPens for their child?"
"Well, I can assure you, after meeting with the head of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, they are going to file two rates when they file their rates: one if the administration keeps their commit..."