I hope you will show respect to the Members of this Committee and the people we represent by addressing these concerns directly in your oral testimony and answers during today's hearing.

The reality is that this administration is going to be making more hungry children go without breakfast or lunch to pay for its nearly $2 trillion tax cut that overwhelmingly benefited corporations and the wealthy.

So at least we are on the same page there. So you think it is okay to put in place rules that would put 4 million people off of SNAP?

At a time when 1 in 7 children are already food insecure, we should be doing more to prevent, so much more to prevent children--childhood hunger.

Governments don't negotiate, they dictate.

The radical approach taken by H.R. 3 includes troubling and unprecedented government interference in private, market negotiations.

H.R. 3 will negatively impact investment in research and development of future treatments.

Instead of holding a hearing on this socialist agenda drug-pricing scheme that will hurt the development of money-saving treatments...

That is why we must take bold action by passing the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, an ambitious plan to lower drug prices and increase transparency in five keyways.

I believe it is important that we use savings to improve crucial health programs for American people.

Here is what people are saying. I heard some of it today. It is socialism.

Do something to help with the cost. It is not a selfish thing to want to be well. To want to contribute. All people deserve a chance to be contributing members of society.