Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Brownley), the ranking member of our Health Subcommittee.

Mr. President, before I begin my remarks on Judge Gorsuch, I just want to take a minute to talk about the chemical attack in Syria. Words cannot describe these vicious attacks against civilians. We have all seen the horrific footage of the…

I do not think you are taking it as seriously as you would an Ebola-level crisis.

I think you would talk about Naloxone.

This goes to the prices of drugs, which everyone in Minnesota talks about when I go around the State.

Turkey, a NATO ally, is aiding and abetting a terrorist organization.

I think we got rated one year the best State to do business in by CNBC, in part because of that.

Mr. President, I come to the floor to join my colleagues in speaking on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. As you know, Senators have a solemn obligation to advise and consent on a…

While the rural economy is doing well in many parts of Minnesota, I am still seeing challenges.

I am a strong supporter of the EITC and the Child Tax Credit.

Export-Import Bank, something also important in rural America and in the Midwest, especially for some of our smaller businesses that can't access export financing in other ways.

I am really concerned about not just the proposals out there, but also the rhetoric that I think is going to be a real hit to the rural economy.

I worry that we may be making it too hard for agricultural workers to come in, whether as guest workers or--

I also believe we have other needs in this country, especially in rural areas and agriculture.

If, in fact, the votes are stolen or there is an international opinion that the conditions for the referendum were not free and fair, this is going to fuel divisions in Turkey.

Any journalist in Turkey who reports on corruption linking the family to ISIS activities is assured of losing their job and going to jail.

I want to thank Chairman Barr for calling this important hearing this morning.

Can you commit that your organization and the companies that you represent will commit to doing everything they can to have transparency, to create transparency, so we can do whatever is possible to lower the cost to patients?