Mark DeSaulnier

It has been my privilege in the three decades or more that I have been in elected office, starting with city council to become friends and part of the disability community.

This Committee should move forward with House Democrats' legislation to extend drug price negotiations beyond Medicare.

Cost is only important if you get value in exchange for the cost.

This balance between the private sector and creating employer/employee good relationship... healthcare benefits are really important.

We already have a universal health care system in this country, it is just really bad.

The Democrat plan is to make private health care unaffordable, and ultimately non-existent.

When ERISA was enacted in 1974, Congress made its intent clear. The law's primary purpose is to 'protect the interest of participants in employee benefit plans, and their beneficiaries.'

It is unfortunate there are--there is work we can do with ERISA, clearly, but being as partisan as you just introduced this...

That was the most extreme in the ten years I have been here in Congress.

This is a mixed market economy, a capitalist economy, and it requires rules and guidance.

I am concerned by the proposals to take us backward.

Vice President Harris has explicitly endorsed Medicare for All, a plan which calls for the elimination of private health insurance.

The denial would eventually be reversed, but the decision came almost a month after Kyree's death.

That does not make me antisemitic. That makes me a believer in democracy...

I condemn antisemitism, and all forms of hate, whether it be in the classroom, in the workplace, or anywhere else.

you could have spent money on compliance, or you could have spent money on lobbyists and lawyers.

So, all of those things, I just wanted to clear up, and thank you, Mr. LaMalfa, and the chairman, for letting me talk.

No one should be threatened, harassed, or attacked because of who they are, who they worship or what they stand for.

Just briefly, there are elected officials on CARB. There always has been. It is required by the California Clean Air Act.

Richard Nixon signed the U.S. Clean Air Act, and Ronald Reagan, Governor Ronald Reagan signed the California Clean Air Act.

I found it frustrating as a long-time supporter of Israel's right to exist...

We must reaffirm our commitment to strengthening workers protections, and advancing legislation such as the PRO Act.

I condemn antisemitism and all forms of hate--whether it be in the classroom, in the workplace, or anywhere else.

Corporate interests and the wealthiest in America, and income and equality is at its most intense in the history of this country.