I ask permission to speak for 3 minutes as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Congressman John Robert Lewis

Mr. President, I rise proudly today to speak to a resolution that I have submitted in the Senate commending John Robert Lewis, Congressman, from the city of Atlanta, civil rights leader in the 1960s and 1950s, and my personal friend. In…

I ask unanimous consent to be recognized along with Senator Brown of Ohio for up to 15 minutes and to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Thank you.

I think that, as the article suggests, there should be all kinds of interferences in the marketplace, because it is not a free marketplace.

I would just remind the Senator that I did write that there are a lot of very good, positive provisions in the Affordable Care Act, but they do not attack the price issue.

Madam President. I am honored to join my fellow Senators as we remember our friend and colleague Senator Frank Lautenberg. A dedicated public servant, Frank proudly represented New Jersey almost continuously from 1982 until his death. Long…

But if you had to make your lists of steps we should take----

Thank you.

I agree that empowering people to make better decisions about their health care is the first step in really transforming our health care system.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We want to thank the members of the panel for being here, for your testimony and your scholarship.

We are out of time, so if you could itemize them quickly.

Price control for patented, lifesaving drugs, I think, is necessary, and it is an experiment that has been tried by every other country in the world.

I have a question that I am going to ask all of you, but I start with a line--I know it is not the best way to summarize testimony.

Do you believe this is a concern? Do you believe it remains an issue that needs to be addressed, something that the FCC can do on enforcement action?

I do understand the seriousness of this, and I understand the priority of--competition, localism, and diversity trumps everything.

Because ideas last longer than people do.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Alaska (Ms…