"Minnesota, in my State, has led medical innovation for more than 60 years and boasts more than 400 medical device companies."
"The longer it takes to get a new device to market, the less certainty investors have and the more capital businesses need."
"Changes to this process are always welcome. Safety should be the number-one focus."
"Already, FDA's inconsistent approval process has dampened investment."
"The markets of tomorrow are not just going to be domestic, they're going to be all over the world."
"It is long overdue. And I appreciate your interest in both competitiveness and innovation."
"I don't think our country's had much of an innovation or growth strategy for the last decade-plus."
"Too often, our regulatory system has become an impediment to innovation."
"America is one of the few major industrial countries in the world that doesn't even have a competitiveness strategy."
"One of the areas that we've had the most precipitous decline in the last decade is the slowing of early-stage capital formation."
"I think the greatest job and wealth creator in the next 25 years, worldwide, will be the energy sector."
"the President has identified a few areas that he has called for an 'all-hands-on-deck' approach to catalyze breakthroughs."