If we can do what has never been done, Chris, and that is take on the greed of the pharmaceutical industry, they have never lost.

Pharma has a pretty good arrangement. They have got a guaranteed market. They have got pricing power that is legislative and authorized by the Government.

The biggest threat to access to healthcare is the cost of healthcare.

The debate now with the Republican Party, it’s not all the health care or education or climate. It’s whether or not we remain a democracy.

The pharmaceutical industry is dead set against governmental action through negotiation. And why wouldn't they be? They have record profits.

I disagree with Mr. Griffith on the constitutionality of this. But I do agree with many of the proposals that our Republican colleagues have in their bill.

What is the right thing to do policy-wise makes very good politics. And that is to continue Biden`s effort to be bold. to go big.

We negotiated with pharma to buy, at a reasonable price, the vaccine and refunded them.

We have never seen this before. And many of his followers and many of his supporters in Congress maintain that lie as well.

Pharma is not opposed to governmental action, and it is governmental action that provides them with patent protection and the exclusive right to use the product.

If anybody here thinks the corporate America gives one damn about the average American worker, you`re mistaken.

We should levy an annual tax on net wealth from 1 percent to as high as 8 percent.

as we finally, finally begin to turn the corner on the coronavirus pandemic, we have the hard work of rebuilding our economy. One of the core engines of the American economy is intellectual property. From the smallest startup to the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. DUCKWORTH). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Before coming to Congress, I served as a Pennsylvania State Representative. The legislation I was most proud to be a part of was the bipartisan Act 89 infrastructure bill that helped fix some of Pennsylvania's crumbling roads and bridges…

If very small rural carriers ask me, 'Peter,' you know, 'how is this going to affect our bottom line?,' you are telling me I can say that you will be OK?

I really feel strongly we have got to have an overall assessment of what we need, what went right, what went wrong, in case we have something like this again.

I never thought I would see anything as horrific as we saw in January.