"I think that is a commitment on the part of the department, is that right?"
"I don't believe the way it is currently constructed the IPAB will recruit the kind of people that we want."
"We need people who are the best and the brightest in the healthcare sector who understand the economics as well as the clinical realities."
"I happen to believe that the technology advances like electronic health records and registries can create savings but also know that there could be a resistance to implementing such technologies."
"the Children's Hospital GME program was intended, as I recall it, to correct any unintentional disparity..."
"the Children's Hospital GME program helps to expand the primary care workforce, yes or no?"
"I commend you for the hearing today with regard to the FDA amendments that we are discussing with regard to PDUFA."
"Commonsense authorities, like mandatory recalls, subpoena power, ability to seize and destroy imported drugs and raw materials at the border, making delay or refusal for inspection a prohibited act, a..."
"These are authorities that would be given FDA under H.R. 1483, the drug safety bill I introduced with my colleagues Mr. Waxman, Mr. Pallone and Mrs. DeGette."
"I would hope that we would follow the example that we set last Congress when we worked together in a remarkably bipartisan fashion."
"Do you have the ability to fully control the safety of imported pharmaceuticals, yes or no?"
"Do you have the authority to control the safety of raw materials or imported pharmaceuticals?"