I do not see that this is prudent to the daily lives of American working families who are paying twice as much for groceries and gasoline than they were 2 years ago.

Why are we not investigating those issues? Why are we not investigating the 90 percent of the counterfeits that come into this country are made in China, 90 percent of the fentanyl that comes into this country is made in China.

The VA opposes Section 103, that was just mentioned, of the Veterans HEALTH Act.

Right. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Lawrence, you are a living, breathing miracle.

This bill is just another opportunity for far-right House Republicans to trample on the fundamental rights of 700,000 people, create fear, and pander to an extremist base.

Specifically, who? Who is going to be making less money and who is going to have less power because of this merger?

When I think about life at this level, typically motivations are sex, money, or power.

Yes. When--I used to help run a hospital and you try to keep your formulary tight from a cost management standpoint.

What is it like to watch your patients die because you don't have the right antibiotic?

I do not see that this is prudent to the daily lives of American working families who are paying twice as much for groceries and gasoline than they were 2 years ago.

A lot of this was done in the dark of the night, so to speak.

I am sure this question has been asked earlier. I have been in another committee.

I look forward to the day when we have honest discussions in this Committee and our investigation powers to investigate our own out-of-control Federal bureaucracy that actually impacts the American people.

Why are we not investigating the 90 percent of the counterfeits that come into this country are made in China, 90 percent of the fentanyl that comes into this country is made in China.

This is why we came to Congress, was to fix problems like this.

Probably $5,000 or $10,000 a day, literally----

Madam President, I was sitting home reading the newspaper, something I still do, and last month I read an article that captured my attention. National test scores of American students showed an alarming decline in the education of our…

That is great. And by the way, we have some agriculture initiatives with food supplements, feed supplements that would also decrease a lot of those bacteria as well.