"I strongly disagree with this direction."
"You expect us as Members of Congress to basically listen to one side or the other's experts."
"We have to work together to find a way to stop this top-heavy, top-down, centralized punitive activity that is going on at the Food and Drug Administration."
"There is an enormous amount of human suffering and the potential for curing disease that is essentially being left on the shelf in the pipeline going to other countries."
"I find that offensive to the Constitution of the United States."
"These are not people who are bringing devices to the market that want to harm someone."
"I find it ironic that this majority who for so long has been champions of State government, State and local control are supporting a bill that would impose a Federal one-size-fits-all solution."
"It will not lower premiums. It will not even stabilize them. Instead, this proposal will penalize innocent victims of medical neglect--negligence."
"According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, nearly 20 percent of the physicians who practice primary care say they will leave Pennsylvania in 5 years or less."
"The current medical liability system does not work for anyone especially patients who need access to quality healthcare."
"This is simply not sustainable for my home state, or any other."