Frank Pallone actually said...

"I look forward to working with my colleagues in a bipartisan way to ensure that promising new medicines get to patients in a timely manner, and they are safe and effective."

"I would encourage them to do what they can to support that."

"the purpose of the breakthrough therapy designation was to, as you say, Mr. Pallone, too, advance and give the flexibility for FDA to respond to the current state of science"

"We all agree that the Federal Government and Congress can play a role to help accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of promising new treatments to patients."