By abandoning our Kurdish allies in Syria, President Trump has allowed ISIS fighters to escape prison, strengthen Russia, Iran and Syria, and damaged our reputation around the world. He has also betrayed an ally that fought valiantly…

I am pleased that the fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill for the Department of State and Foreign Operations was reported unanimously by the committee earlier today. There is a great deal in the bill that the American people can feel good…

today we remember and remind the world that nearly 1 year has passed since the premeditated murder of Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi Government. That horrific crime, carried out so brazenly as if it were just a routine job, exposed the true…

Thank you, Madam Chair for having this and I hope we will continue to have these hearings.

I have been honored to know and work with many of the leaders in our military. One of the absolute finest I have known is General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., the outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I have known General Dunford for…

I hope we will continue to have these hearings.

today the Senate is going to be voting on the motion to instruct conferees for the National Defense Authorization Act to backfill the military construction money the President stole from our troops to pay for his wall--a wall that he gave…

This resolution really raises a question to each one of us who is a Member of Congress; and that question is: Do we believe in the separate, independent authority of the legislative branch to conduct oversight? The contents of this…

This committee has to make a very simple decision: Will our Government be an advocate on behalf of consumers and taxpayers?

Do we need to have our Government play a role to protect consumers or maintain the status quo where we don't?

I am very interested in this cap that is contained within H.R. 3 with respect to the out-of-pocket costs that seniors would face

That's kind of un-American, isn't it? We just say you can't negotiate.

I mean, certainty--there is certainty right now whatever price you want to charge, we'll pay.

we are at this point, finally, because so many families out there are affected, and they've just had enough

each pharma lobbyist is holding back 250,000 Americans

Let's get into the details a little bit on this. Under current law, the Secretary of HHS is prohibited from interfering with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and prescription drug plan sponsors.

On the proposed bill, money that is saved, some of it will go back into scientific research at NIH.

It's going to crush everyone.