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I have had the Promising Pathways Act out there, sponsored by many on this Committee, and it is just saying one thing, give some hope to these families that there is more than just what we have been doing for decades.
the user fee renewal process will not be successful if it ignores the end users of the medicines in the hearing process, or rubberstamps a proposal without patient input.
We all share the same goal of lowering the cost of prescription drugs, especially insulin. But H.R. 6833 doesn't get to the actual factors that drive the pricing. The bill before us today is just another attempt by Democrats in Washington…
On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 232, nays 193, not voting 6, as…
I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Bucshon moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6833 to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The…
Reserving the right to object. Mr. President, Senator Murphy indicates there should be no discussion, really, because this is such a slam dunk. I am coming up to talk about it. We do not do regular order. Our job is to be there for advice…
I have had a lot of interaction with builders back in Indiana and their main concern...
So, in summary then, I think it looks like he thinks the solution, long-term, is to change our economy into one driven by the Federal Government, that is going to be larger than even the European economies that at least balance their…
I want to cite a couple of statistics. On our revenue side, if you go back 50 years, we average 17 to 18 percent of our GDP.
I thank Chairman Scott for allowing me the time. I rise today in support of H.R. 2954, the Securing a Strong Retirement Act. I am grateful for the bipartisan collaboration to produce this legislation that makes commonsense improvements to…
For as many people, in my short time here, that come to the Federal Government, expect it to have its house in order.
How do you think we can do that, be there for all the people that do look to it, when you have got like the Medicare trust fund that completely goes bust here in 4.
in May of 2013, one of my constituents, Bob Evans from Lawrence County, was placed on the kidney transplant list. His particular kidney ailment was hereditary, meaning family members who might have been a match could not donate. So Bob was…
The biggest issue I hear--and I was one of them as an employer because my company had 15 employees for a long, long time before it was large enough to where we can afford the overhead of providing any type of retirement to our employees.
Senator Klobuchar and I have a bill called the Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act that would simply say with that tool, give it to businesses to train kids in those skill sets.
If you`re not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you`re not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too. I think that`s hypocritical. We`re better off having states manifest their points of view, rather than…
There`s no question the Constitution prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race. That`s not even up for debate. And I condemn racism in any form at all levels and by any states, entities or individuals.