"Democrats have expanded negotiating for the best price for prescription drugs and Medicare. Again, Republicans opposed that."
"And Big Pharma, as we have heard today and have heard in their former public statements, are suing to overturn that, which is quite shameful, honestly."
"I just do want to start just by pushing back against some of the Republican claims and some from my colleagues that these abortion bans that are completely extreme and out of step are outside the scop..."
"Now, we know that abortion bans have deprived women in 22 States of access to abortion and criminalized doctors seeking to provide the highest quality care to their patients."
"Now, today we're also, unfortunately, enabling extremists who claim that masks are child abuse and that vaccines don't work."
"As a committee, we should be coming together to protect public health and fighting to make medical care more accessible for all Americans, but instead, House Republicans are working to undermine the d..."
"Now, over 20 Republican-led State legislatures have criminalized health care for LGBTQ+ people, forcing families to travel hundreds of miles and even flee their communities to access lifesaving medica..."
"And I know this because I, myself, am part of the community."
"I want to thank you, Dr. Shane, for being part of the medical community that actually worked to save lives, not to try to cause disinformation that actually got people killed during the pandemic."
"It's really unfortunate that we continue to push vaccine hesitancy not just in this committee but across the country."
"We should be clear that there is no way to an orderly border without a conversation about legal pathways."
"Governor Greg Abbot... took horrific actions by illegally deploying actual floating buoys, which we saw with blades on them, to maim innocent people at the border."