This is not only a detriment to healthcare reform, but it undermines the primary healthcare reform goal of controlling the growth curve.

This legislation would supplant the findings of the FDA with those of juries in State courts.

which would limit access to innovative medical devices and technologies that can dramatically improve quality of life for aging and ailing veterans.

In a time of record debt and deficits, how can you justify the wasteful spending in this bill?

What you may not know is that you volunteered to answer questions that Senators may submit.

I'm hearing some concern that if we do a government-run health plan, we'll wind up with something like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank everybody that testified.

Thank you. I know that's just one small idea, one big idea from a number of them, and I appreciate the time that you've taken on the Hill to help educate us all on possibilities for really bending that cost curve because that's one of the…

Instead of providing mandatory spending on a vast array of public health programs, we should provide the CDC with a Director's fund.

This will affect every single American. This will affect every business, every provider and every consumer.

You know, you can't have a bipartisan bill that's written by one side and that's what it is.

I firmly believe an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Congress has a unique opportunity to improve our health care system, but this bill misses the mark.