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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

I suspect because the price is absolutely astronomical. And if you dared to be candid with this committee or the American people, you would have a revolt on your hands.

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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Is that not how we punish bad actors in a free market?

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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

In some 30 percent of American counties, people will have no choice over their Obamacare policy.

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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Why do we not give those same tax breaks to the employees themselves so they can afford to go out and make their own choices for the best services at the lowest price?

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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

The more we raise their tuitions, the more we have to help students try to afford those tuitions by doubling Pell Grants.

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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

I have got money in that bank. I am going to take it out.

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Tom McClintock
@tommcclintock· Republican · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Obviously, the people who voted for Obamacare want to discourage people from making more money.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

every other conservative party in the world acknowledges climate change, and supports action plans.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Just 8 years ago, the party platform acknowledged climate change and called for a transition to clean energy.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

the climate denial philosophy you are hearing today is completely isolated from the rest of the world.

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2016

Binding decisions of Federal courts, overwhelming consensus of the world's scientific community, and the view of the rest of the world, you are doing the right thing.

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Steve Lynch
@stevelynch· Democratic · MA· Sep 20, 2016

Maybe that's what we ought to do for Medicare and Medicaid and everybody else, let them negotiate their own drug prices directly with the pharmaceutical companies.

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Steve Lynch
@stevelynch· Democratic · MA· Sep 20, 2016

The numbers, the documents you gave us are totally deficient in terms of trying to figure out how much you're charging people.

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Earl Blumenauer
@earlblumenauer· Democratic · OR· Sep 20, 2016

I appreciate the thrust of the hearing to be able to get into some of the details, not only because how serious the deficit--or how immediate, I guess, the deficit we have to contend with really serves to, I think, constrict what Congress…

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Steve Lynch
@stevelynch· Democratic · MA· Sep 20, 2016

It's disgraceful what's going on here, but I think, in a way, like I say, you've done us a little bit of a favor here by just showing you what's wrong with this system.

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John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 1550, the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act, introduced by Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa. Program and project management are…

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John Rice Carter
@johnricecarter· Republican · GA· Sep 20, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 5963, the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act. This bill, sponsored by Mr. Curbelo, allows at-risk young adults to get back on track by offering them a vast range of…

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