"I am particularly interested in the development and approval of drugs for rare diseases."
"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..."
"Of course, Chairman Waxman, or Ranking Member Waxman, deserves a lot of credit for starting the user fee agreements, which we reauthorized in the last Congress."
"the MD Care Act, Mr. Chairman, that is a good Bill and one that I hope we can have a legislative hearing and a markup on before we get too deep in the political season"
"To me, diseases like muscular dystrophy are why the expedited approval pathways are so important."
"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."
"What is wrong with seeking this information? Nothing."
"The American public deserves better. They deserve better than an administration that promised them $2,500 in savings on their health care premiums."
"I would appreciate your response to those questions that the Secretary was unwilling to answer."