Joe Barton: “A combination of barriers, including, of course, the high cost of drug development and the small profit margins have…”

It's obvious that, to me, anyway, this program is being abused.

It is always good to have hearings like this to try to, through bipartisan basis, get facts on the table.

I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan for her kind words. I appreciate the nice gift I got yesterday from her and her husband, his new book, ``The Dean.'' I look forward to reading it over Christmas. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the…

I was very heartened by the opening comments of Mr. Rush and Mr. Pallone.