I guess part of the challenge here---there are a couple, I guess, if we had to outline them.

We were delighted when Senator Casey approached us about holding a hearing on the topic, 'Senior Scams: What Are They and How Can People Avoid Them.'

The monetary loss to elder fraud and abuse is roughly $2.9 billion each year, and it is growing.

I just wish you had not been a victim, as well, but I think your testimony will help others maybe do the right thing.

Well, that is a good lesson for all of us.

I guess a big part of it is just to keep encouraging reporting, right?

You have got one full-time detective that does nothing but this.

In terms--you mentioned the word education, which is such a big part of this battle.

The more we can educate folks across the lifespan in terms of how to utilize technology for the good as opposed to for the bad, the better served we will be.

It is understandable that people would feel embarrassed, but we want to keep encouraging them to try to set that aside and report so they can track these people down.

We owe them a debt of gratitude that can be repaid in a lot of ways, but one of the best ways to make sure that we are repaying that debt is to do everything we can to protect them from these kinds of crimes.

Well, you should not have that uncertainty, especially in light of what you have already been through.

Could the company not have gained a, quote, 'foothold,' without raising the price almost, by one estimate, 5,000 percent?

the incarnation of evil.

The question I have is, what factors went into the conclusion that Daraprim was undervalued?

Pharmaceutical companies typically justify drug price increases... by expenditures such as research and development of the drug itself or a substitute...

You also stated the Daraprim acquisition gave you an important foothold in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.

I was deeply saddened to learn about their situation.

Nothing replaces or nothing can substitute for your own personal witness, and we appreciate you doing this.

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