Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"The other concern is that there are drugs--and opioids are an obvious example of this--where the issue of them being taken--safe when taken as directed doesn't really address the public health problem..."

"I worry that having the prescription drug industry fund through PDUFA and the medical device industry fund through MDUFA and nobody having a vested interest in the combined products could lead to a lo..."

"the value of U.S. taxpayer expenditures at the National Institutes of Health for medical research is very great and should not be cut."

"for the Senate to act in a responsible way based on the appropriations that were passed last year and move through April without the drama of a government shutdown would be an important thing for us t..."