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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

Trump does not pick cabinet officials based on their merits. He picks cabinet officials based on their -- whether they're willing to be his flunky and Barr is a flunky.

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David Roe
@davidroe· Republican · VT· Apr 29, 2019

Those are her words and I couldn't agree more than any effort to fulfill the promise of Brown has to include a commitment to parent empowerment.

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Howard Dean
@howarddean· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

He did hit the 10,000 lie mark today which is pretty extraordinary after two and a half years in the office.

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David Roe
@davidroe· Republican · VT· Apr 29, 2019

It is clear we have a lot of work to do at every level of educational governance to ensure the promise of Brown is fulfilled for every child.

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David Roe
@davidroe· Republican · VT· Apr 29, 2019

I may be the only person sitting up here that graduated from high school in the segregated school system in the rural South.

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David Roe
@davidroe· Republican · VT· Apr 29, 2019

I don't see how you can ask a parent in a failing school to keep their--that is the only chance that child has.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

If we just have these costs go out of control, continue to go out of control, that cuts off access.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

I would just urge us to try to look for some way where we address this patient choice issue, because I know a lot of my colleagues have that concern. I have that concern.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

I'm amazed. I'm coming home, and they're there delivering the mail. They've been at it for 10 or 12 hours.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses, or our witness, on whether the current structure of how Part B drugs are reimbursed--can and should be modified to foster competition and to lower prices.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

One consistent concern I hear about from my constituents in Oregon, and I have done 20 town halls so far this year, is the high cost of prescription drugs.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

we are the only Government that I am aware of that really doesn't play an active role in trying to provide some pricing protection to benefit our taxpayers and consumers.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

There is some argument that is always made by the pharma companies that if there is some pushback on their pricing power, that somehow means they are not going to innovate. I find that to be bogus because they are spending more on…

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

You made the case that if there are going to be some other--you're making the case for privatization.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

We have worked in a bipartisan manner on lowering drug costs over the last several years.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 29, 2019

the fact is that there is going to be a lot of resistance if there is an apprehension that a patient can't get the medication he or she needs.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 28, 2019

We need a president who brings people together as Americans, not tries to divide them up.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 28, 2019

I think what we need to do with all of the candidates, have an issue-oriented campaign, not personal attacks, but talk about what we have done in our political lives, what we want to do as president, and how we're going to transform our…

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