Michael Burgess actually said...

"Improving access to life-saving treatments for consumers is a bipartisan priority."

"Sovaldi being a breakthrough cure for hepatitis C and we are grateful. It is a gift that we are able to cure a disease."

"It is my hope our discussion today is substantive and largely focused on the patients who are prescribed these medications because, at the end of the day, they are who matter most in this conversation..."

"I recognize that every participant here this morning does aspire to the common goal of saving lives and alleviating human suffering."