Sheldon Whitehouse actually said...

"I do think to what you said very clearly before about not impugning the integrity of the FDA."

"I associate myself with the questions and concerns of FDA's role in the opioid epidemic."

"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..."