The problem with the client is the industry is exhibiting vertical and horizontal manipulation of the pharmaceutical market.

This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our constitution.

You vilify entire industries simply because they are politically unsavory, in your opinion.

The practice of name-and-shame first, verify later, isn't consumer protection. It is McCarthyism.

Unfortunately, under your leadership, the CFPB is doing the exact opposite.

It is kind of like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart in 1964 when he was asked to describe his test for obscenity. He said, 'I know it when I see it.'

Joe Biden has issued more than $200 billion in new regulations in his first year in office.

What a noble concept, putting the power of regulation in the hands of Congress.

I trust the American people more, and I will default to that every day.

People, ladies and gentlemen, vote with their feet.

We support commonsense regulations. We always need to examine, and evaluate, and seek input on burdensome and costly regulations.

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

Today's hearing will shine a bright light on President Biden's whole-of-government regulatory blitz that began on his first day in office.

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