Michael Burgess actually said...

"Thank you for having this hearing, and especially thanks to the chairman and ranking member of the full committee for pursuing the 21st Century Cures Agenda."

"This is an accompanying bipartisan effort to listen to you, the scientists, to listen to doctors, listen to researchers, listen to patients, and, yes, we will listen to government agencies to find out..."

"Not only is it not being considered, but I will just tell you, not a month goes by that someone is not in my office with a tale of woe----"

"I am just tired of hitting my head against that wall, and it is time for us to break through or break out of that modality and move into the 21st century."