Claire McCaskill

You know, Americans are pretty upset about jobs going overseas.

I just think you cannot get so downtrodden that you do not see the progress, and I think it is important that all of you pat yourselves on the back because both the witnesses, who represent a variety of different perspectives when it comes…

We must continue to provide resources and support to help those with Alzheimer's disease and those who care for them, but if we do not also invest more in medical research this disease will bankrupt not only our governments but our…

I am a little desperate to figure out how we can migrate this program more places because it makes such sense.

I believe our exceptionalism does not come with our potential; it comes with our seizing our potential and acting on it.

I have introduced bipartisan legislation modeled after NAPA that would require the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy to recognize and support our more than 40 million family caregivers.

Government investment in medical research has long made America a beacon to the world for medical advancement.

In Missouri, we have not even expanded Medicaid, this becomes an even more difficult problem because there is this gap.

We will not stop this investigation until we find the right prescription of public policy to end this practice.

Well, that is what we are really talking about here. We are talking about unbridled, immoral greed, is what we are talking about.

It is the government's business to go after monopolies, especially those that are harming the public.

It does not make any sense.

This is why they are mad. This nonsense is why people are furious, and they are mad at us because we are letting you do it.

You know what would really be refreshing? If you guys would just own this.

I cannot trust these books.

I do not believe you can be a successful company by simply maximizing price.

Orphan prices is a term in this area where you know you can really jack up the price because there is not competition.

I think it is important to point out that Martin Shkreli bought the Wu-Tang recording in December for $2 million, just to give context to what is really going on here.

We are not done. We are not done, so better grab while the grabbing is good because something is going to happen.

Did Martin Shkreli have that kind of background in pharmaceuticals?

This is your specialty now. You know about the numbers.

Senator McCaskill. Well, your management report says you had already spent $8.5 million on R&D before September, so what was that money?

It appears to me that the books are being presented in a way to give the impression that this is about R&D.

Did he have any--how about Michael Pearson at Valeant? Did he have that kind of background?

Retrophin is a company that spends significant amounts of money on R&D in particular.