I am concerned that the only tool in the IPAB toolbox will be cutting payments to providers.

Ten thousand seniors become eligible for Medicare every day.

Continuously cutting reimbursement to Medicare providers will prevent access to care for Medicare beneficiaries.

I do not believe that IPAB is the right answer.

Today's hearing on the Independent Payment Advisory Board comes at a crucial time.

We cannot simply zero out this important program, as the administration has requested, and hope that other Federal programs not specifically dedicated to pediatric health care will pick up the slack.

This is not a partisan issue; it is about children's health and lives. I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

The American people expect and have a right to expect that the Federal Government is doing everything possible to ensure that drugs on the market are safe and effective.

Americans are the most innovative people on Earth.

If PDUFA is not reauthorized, this study estimates that 130,000 to 260,000 jobs would be lost.

The current PDUFA authorization expires September 30, 2012, and it is my intention to have the reauthorization legislation signed into law by June 30 of next year.

Patients, including those with life-threatening diseases, are willing to tolerate additional risk in order to try these new drugs.

Some may wonder why the nearly $1 trillion in government stimulus spending failed to hold down unemployment or reinvigorate our economy. Phillip Greenspun, owner and operator of a helicopter company in Boston, understands why government…

I think it is also calling upon us to increase the NIH research budget so that we can find a cure.

We have got to address it now.

Dual eligibles, those individuals who are eligible for both the Medicare and Medicaid programs, are one of our sickest, poorest, most costly and most vulnerable populations.

By the time all the baby boomers have it, 15 billion, the bill for Alzheimer's will equal the defense budget.

A few days ago from this very Chamber, we heard the Israeli Prime Minister make clear that Israel seeks a permanent peace settlement with recognition of a Palestinian state. He reiterated that Israel seeks peace with its neighbors…

It appears that Chairman Jaczko has let politics trump science here.

So someone's testimony appears to be false here.

Do you consider his press release an adequate response to your report?

When compliance costs go up, that cuts into a business' bottom line, and that means jobs are likely to be lost.

Will the MLR rule hinder Plans' ability to stop fraud before it happens and if Plans are forced to pay more fraudulent payments, will premiums increase?

It is essential that everyone have coverage.

The fact that so many Americans have had to be exempted from the law's protections under waivers, or risk losing their current coverage, should be alarming to every Member of Congress.