Bob Casey

What we often try to do here by way of legislation but also by way of something much more substantial in the case of Every Student Succeeds--it was a great effort by this committee to take No Child Left Behind and reform it, shake it up…

The earlier you intervene, the way more payoff that there is.

The earlier we do early intervention, the better.

I guess if I were making a list, I would say number five would be education in schools.

I want to thank the chairman and ranking member for calling the hearing, and I also want to commend you, Senator Stabenow, for your work on this legislation over time.

This should not take more than weeks----

Explain to this Committee why that would take that long. Why would it take all of those events and interventions, and, frankly, outrages before she would get a response to that fundamental question?

I do question how Valeant can justify, financially and morally, increasing the price of Syprine since it is an old drug, out of patent, and had been reasonably priced until they began manufacturing it.

You need business ethics and a code of conduct and a very specific policy on pricing.

Look, my point here is I have got your testimony. It is five pages long. It is single-spaced. There is a lot of information in here, and I am glad we have it, but you made reference in your oral testimony here earlier in reference to one…

You do not dispute that the copay increased by----

Thank you, Madam Chair.

One of the challenges with the kind of egregious behavior here is encapsulating it in a manner that is understandable.

The issue that no one has raised here today is that the other side of the aisle and the administration insist on a couple trillion dollars of new taxes in order to do reform.

I could not agree more. Let us do that.

This is outrageous, and we cannot let politics stop us from dealing with it.

This is about workers. I will tell you, in my home State of Ohio today, we are losing workers and losing investment because of the fact that our tax code is not competitive.

I do hope that you will instead work with Senator Brown's staff and my staff to come up with an acceptable solution.

Well, it is a burden. Again, Mr. Chairman, thank you for your indulgence.

This has caused a huge problem.

I want to be sure the money is well spent.

I am very concerned particularly about, Mr. George, your report, as the Inspector General for Tax Administration, indicating that the IRS has not established an IRS-wide approach to authenticating someone's identity.

I hope as you begin to implement recommendations, that you keep us updated.

I want to focus on two areas. One is cyber-criminals and the Security Summit.

The accountability provisions of ESSA are so important.