The best drug in the world won't save someone if they cannot afford to take it.

We pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

Shouldn't Medicare sit down and negotiate drug prices so we can lower the prices of medicine?

In order to address a public health crisis of this magnitude, we need to do far more to make sure medications are affordable for all Americans.

I believe we need a Commissioner who is going to stand up to the pharmaceutical industry and protect American consumers.

I would not support your nomination, because I believed you were not strong enough on the most important issue that the American people are concerned about with regard to prescription drugs.

We need, in my view, an FDA Commissioner who is going to be aggressive and understands that very simple principle.

At the end of the day, people are dying, people are not buying the food they need because they have to pay outrageous prices for medicine.

Do you think, Dr. Califf, that that type of expenditure has any impact on the fact that we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs?

I just do not accept that.

This is why, precisely, the American people are paying, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.

I believe that, in fact, this country needs to move towards a living wage.

Here's the story. I mean, you know, let's not be naive about it.

Now, in fact, what we have got to do -- and I think there is widespread agreement here -- is the United States cannot do it alone.

Climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.

Absolutely. In fact, climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.

These invasions, these toppling of governments...have unintended consequences.

The time is long overdue for us to take marijuana off the federal government's list of outlawed drugs.

We must address the global crisis of climate change and transform our energy system away from fossil fuels.

Climate change is real, it is caused by human activity, and it is already causing devastating harm here in the United States and to people all around the globe.

I thank the Senator. If you could extend that up to 20 minutes, that would be great.

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