Ted Cruz actually said...

"We are here today to discuss cures--cures to life threatening diseases, cures to diseases that devastate the lives of millions."

"If you look at six of the diseases that impose the highest costs, both in terms of human sufferings and lives lost and in terms of dollars and cents that are spent with treatment..."

"Also, underscoring the human cost. There has been multiple references to the AIDS epidemic and the pressures that came to develop treatments to deal with it."

"The path to achieving medical breakthroughs in cures is long and capital intensive."