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We actually can't do everything that VA needs to do because we need the hospitals--we work with affiliate hospitals--they don't have the infrastructure and they don't have the ability to pay for these.

North Korea's export of ballistic missiles and associated materials to several countries, including Iran . . .

North Korea has also expanded the size and sophistication of its ballistic missile forces--from close-range ballistic missiles to intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)--and continues to conduct test launches.

What really needs to be focused on are what are the fundamental systemic conditions that give rise to this?

You're exactly right, Senator Lankford, that's what I said.

Have not seen a change in the behavior of the Quds Force.

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, this bill will be going through the legislative process. It is important that we improve the Operation Choke Point provisions. I have enjoyed working with the gentleman from Missouri, and I hope that he…

There might be some advantage to having language identical to the Senate, if the bill was identical to a Senate bill. In this case, this title is being added to five other titles. In the committee, we dealt with it as six separate bills…

Is there any conceivable justification for a company that had nothing to do with the R&D, taking over a company, and then overnight raising the price so that it is, let's be fair, out of reach for patients and even some hospitals?

Now, isn't it interesting that for 60 years somehow, a company had been able to manufacture this drug for $13.50 per tablet, but when you purchased it, the tablet overnight went to $750 per tablet.

Unfortunately, this Congress is the same. We create select committees and drive all kinds of important people to testify over issues that they think are important.

Mr. Creagh, there are many people in the Michigan State government that could have stopped this tragedy from occurring.

It's unfortunate and a travesty that we have crises like these occurring around the country every day, whether it's toxic drinking water, toxic land, subhuman tenements, crumbling schools.

Is the water now safe to drink?

These people are not going to remove themselves from Flint. They can't sell their homes now.

Neither the Federal Government nor your State--the Federal Government should have been pressing this, should have been giving money for this.

So watch out everybody. When you are told that there is no lead in your water, they could be pre-flushing because nobody is looking to see whether pre-flushing is going on.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I thank you for promptly convening this hearing.