"What good is a prescription if a patient cannot afford to pay for their medicine?"
"When market forces weaken or fail, then we need to step in with Federal common-sense legislation."
"Patients need our help to force down the price of their medical care, especially when it comes to the cost of drugs."
"We have taken steps recently, by passing into law a requirement that companies pay the proper rebate under the Medicaid program."
"We must also ensure that in these efforts we are actually pursuing policies that will provide a benefit for patients."
"We are living in a time of innovation that is producing cures for conditions we didn't even have a name for 30 years ago."
"I think we have to be really judicious when we go down that path because we don't want to create more bureaucracy."
"Drugs are nationally-traded commodities. There should be a single set of rules that prevail across all 50 States."
"I am into disclosure. I am into public right to know. I think the more out there, the better."
"Mercury poisoning poses a serious risk to all children and to all adults, especially pregnant women and infants."
"Power plants reduced mercury emissions by about 86 percent and reduced emissions of total hazardous air pollutants by 96 percent since 2010."
"The decision to keep the existing emission standards in place for power plants makes sense, especially given that the industry has already complied with the MATS rule."