I think we can see clearly, that when people are represented by a union, they earn better wages and better benefits.

So, I want to start with, there has been a suggestion somehow, and I wasn't good in math, but there has been a suggestion that we are going from two to three, which just seems to me a really silly claim.

I commend the Subcommittee for holding this hearing on the proposed merger. I am also delighted that the Subcommittee is beginning this term of Congress with two consecutive antitrust hearings.

This is our responsibility. We take it seriously. The good news is, the President keeps saying all we're going to do is investigate. While we're doing these investigations, we passed the most comprehensive Ethics Reform Bill since…

The President not only overruled the intelligence and law enforcement communities, he lied about. He said he had nothing to do with it. We now know that's not true.

Over the past seven to 10 years or so merger filings have risen by about 57 percent and appropriations in inflation-adjusted terms have fallen by 12 percent.

I understand that the majority has the floor, and so I will be very brief. I have enormous regard for Senator Blunt and for those who have spoken already. I just want to say that, for the people who say we want to have a discussion about…

I want to take a moment to ask Mr. Garthwaite, in this broader discussion we are having about consolidation what role does the Federal Government have in spurring consolidation through excessive regulation of the health marketplace?

I want to begin by praising your leadership and thanking you for this important subcommittee...

I look forward to working with Chair Nadler and Senators Klobuchar and Grassley on legislation to confront and reverse this problem.

My belief is that if we do not fix this that the ever-increasing costs are going to lead to a different kind of solution, which is just price regulation by the government.

These problems show up in hospital markets as well.

I am very concerned about the rising tide of economic concentration throughout our economy and the really crippling effects on economic opportunity, innovation, and equality.

It is unacceptable that it took a full decade to address this abuse of our patent system.

These outrageous, unsustainable, and immoral costs are ruining lives.

your time of terrorizing this marketplace is over.

I want to commend this Subcommittee for reviewing the consolidation and anticompetitive practice across the healthcare marketplace...

This Committee has been and will continue to be active in stopping drug companies from reaping monopoly profits at the expense of the health of working American families.