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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

I hope going forward we can agree to start from there.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

President Obama inherited the weakest economy since the Great Depression.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

We had very different views on how to solve that problem, but at least we started from the same place.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

And as you know, this issue of the skyrocketing prices of prescription drugs has been one of my top priorities for several years.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

There must be some playbook that you all use. And they say: 'Oh, we've got an assistance program. We're going to help some people.' And the next thing you know they then use that to justify not bringing the prices down.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

I think I might be a little bit more trustful if I hadn't heard some of this before, if I hadn't read some of it before from people like Shkreli, who called us imbeciles.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

I had a mother who has three children, and all of them use EpiPen. She has to have one set at home, and she has one at the school. And she stood there in tears, because she's only making maybe $50,000 a year or less, and she's trying to…

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

I think the American people have a right to know how much you and your fellow executives are making off of the exorbitant prices you're charging for this drug.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

I agree with many of the comments my colleagues have made about how interesting this hearing has been, and while I joked a little bit about not restoring trust through this hearing, I think I did not really mean that there are not ideas…

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

We Democrats are pushing for investment in infrastructure and investment in education, research and development.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

His plan as Speaker...would reduce the amount of non-discretionary spending in this country to its lowest level.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

We debate all the time in this committee essentially what the priorities of government should be.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

To restore the trust of the American people, we must restore what the government does.

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John Yarmuth
@johnyarmuth· Democratic · KY· Sep 20, 2016

We know the investments in housing, health care, and education help American families build better futures while spurring economic growth for our Nation.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

Will you agree today to produce all the documents the committee has requested so we can confirm what's going on here?

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 20, 2016

You are refusing to say how much profit your company makes. You are repeating industry talking points with no substance whatsoever.

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Bruce Westerman
@brucewesterman· Republican · AR· Sep 20, 2016

I believe there was a program that was tried in Tennessee that failed back in the 1990s.

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Debbie Dingell
@debbiedingell· Democratic · MI· Sep 20, 2016

Do you believe this constitutes sound wolf management?

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