Frank Pallone actually said...

"As Members of Congress, we typically speak about treating disease in sound bites."

"Cures and cutting-edge medicines are of no value if their high costs put them out of reach of the patients who need them."

"I think we have seen recently that is not a safe assumption to make."

"I share your concern about the seemingly ever increasing cost of drugs and its impact on both patients and on the health care system as a whole."