06/11/2014
https://www.congress.gov...
"Could the company not have gained a, quote, 'foothold,' without raising the price almost, by one estimate, 5,000 percent?"
"Pharmaceutical companies typically justify drug price increases... by expenditures such as research and development of the drug itself or a substitute..."
"Sometimes it is you spend a buck on high-quality early learning and you get back multiples of that, sometimes into the teens."
"Research demonstrates that direct investments in children can help close gaps in these important outcomes and can have lasting positive effects."