01/26/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"We pay for the research, drug companies develop the drug, they make billions, and then they charge us the highest prices in the world for the product."
"The status quo is not working. We need fundamental changes in the way that the NIH addresses the crisis of prescription drugs."
"We need a NIH Director who is prepared to take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry and use every tool at his or her disposal to substantially lower the outrageous cost of prescription drugs."
"The health care system in our Country is broken and it is failing."