Mike Collins

At this time, I think one of the interesting things is, as discussed, the criticism of this. I think it was just a reminder, Mr. Speaker, of what happened 7 years ago when our healthcare market, which could have been helped by many good…

I believe probably the reason they won't vote for it is they don't understand it, because preexisting conditions are covered. If you have coverage now, nothing in our bill, no matter what would come from the State or anyone else, would…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 425, noes 0, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 248] AYES--425 Abraham…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 237, noes 176, answered ``present'' 3, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 275 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 275 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I will have more time to discuss especially the IG report and what it may say here in just a moment. I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), another strong advocate in our protections of copyright and others…

I am pleased today to bring forward this rule on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1695, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate…

Thank goodness, hopefully, we will get this rule passed and we will get to this bill so the gentleman can be in support of it, that is as we move forward. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on adopting…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 209 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 209 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

Today I am pleased to bring forward this rule on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 372, the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate for the bill, equally…

I appreciate my colleague from the Rules Committee yielding me time. I can't be in any more agreement with my friend from Florida just now. We talked about this actually in the Rules Committee yesterday. If you look at the actual language…

When we understand this, I understand the discussions, and I understand the issues we have here, but not with this. Make your vote. But don't cloak it. Don't call it crazy people. Congressman Mast, that ain't what they are. They are…

I am pleased to bring forward this rule on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 720, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, and H.R. 985, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act. The rule provides for 1…

Sometimes it is often said that we discuss the issues that come to the floor, and there are real debates taking place across the street right now dealing with our discussions around health care. But I want to go back to actually the bills…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 180 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 180 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

It is good to be back. It is good to be back on the floor, as we have been now, for the last few weeks doing the people's business, and we will continue to move forward. I appreciate the last speaker discussing pharmaceutical prices. I…

Last night, in this Chamber, we heard President Trump call on the 115th Congress to repeal and replace ObamaCare with reforms that expand patient choice, increase their access to substantive health care, lower costs for our friends and…

Representative Scott brings out this issue with passion. That is exactly what we need as we go forward in this discussion. This is exactly what the PBMs don't want to have. They don't want to have transparency. They don't want to talk…

Before the gentleman goes, you told the story about getting a call from your own pharmacist. You and I were here together, I think, sometime 6 months ago. We were doing this and talking about this issue of mail order. We were talking about…

The gentleman couldn't have laid it out any better. That is exactly what we are talking about. If every Member of our body would go home and just go to their community pharmacy, they would hear this all over the country. This is not new. I…

I think the gentleman is hitting on something and, Mr. Speaker, I think this is really something we need to discuss. We are not discussing simply a business model that was designed in a vacuum, that was designed to help. Early on I stated…

I appreciate the gentleman being here. I know there are others from across the aisle that are joining us in this fight, and we are looking forward to continuing. Mr. Speaker, I am just going to highlight a few things as we go through, and…

As we get started now, we have a lot of speakers. This is something that has been on my heart for a while, and I know that it is something we have been getting more and more comments and questions about, especially when you are dealing…

As my friend from Florida just said, I think we can sum it up very easily right here on this discussion. And, no, I did not choose not to continue the other quotes in the ruling which were, again, pretty amazing. I will just say this. The…