Mike Collins

I appreciate the opportunity to be here this evening. It is a good time to be back here on the floor tonight, especially after coming back from a week, I am always very pleased to go see home, be a part of folks who get outside this…

I appreciate my friend from Georgia and his passionate defense of what we are doing here tonight. Earlier this month many of my colleagues and I sent a letter to CMS in support of proposed guidance to ensure part D plan cosponsors…

It is important, I think, to come over here and discuss H.R. 1428, the Judicial Redress Act. Echoing a lot that has been said already, this is a great starting point for, really, a broader conversation about privacy rights and a…

I thank all of my colleagues for coming here tonight. I am going to go back to where we started: Live your ``why.'' Live your ``why.'' That is all we are asking. Our independent pharmacists and our community pharmacists are just simply…

When things change and when they say that we can't give input because we are scared, that is just a problem. We are coming up on our time of closing. Any last comments, Mr. Loebsack?

You may have heard this. I agree with you in that there are some great PBMs out there that do work. We are not just saying PBMs in general. The other thing that bothers me is--and I have heard this from my pharmacist, and you, I know, have…

It is. If you are following and tracking, we can talk bills, and we can talk regulations, and those are great things; but the bottom line is what is best in the health care arena from the whole perspective. You did a great job…

Politics and drug stores and people. This is about politics. This is about people. It is those people. It is people. It is policy. What kinds of things have you heard, Mr. Loebsack?

Mr. Loebsack, you hit it right. There are so many times we get to talking policy and big picture up here. The bottom line is what we do up here--and when I was in the State legislature, you could see it because you were a little bit…

I thank my colleague. I do appreciate that. And that is the issue here: education. People can look in on this. They can hear what we are talking about. They can see this education part of it. This is found in every district. It is almost…

Thank you, Mr. Blum. I think what you have recognized are the struggles that are going on right now. And what I have found--I was speaking with a Member tonight from one of our Midwestern districts. It was on the floor as we were voting…

Well, Mr. Scott, I don't disagree with you. I thank you for being here. You have been a great champion to this cause as well. I think the interesting thing here--I want to repeat--basically, what we are going back to is some simple fixes…

It is baffling. That is why H.R. 244 simply says you have 7 days to update the list, number one. Number two, it says that patients will not be forced by PBMs to use a PBM-owned pharmacy, an obvious conflict of interest. And according to…

Where are the jobs? The question resonates throughout our Nation. It is the driving force behind every solution the Republican majority has offered to this body and every solution this administration has rejected. I am pleased to bring…

I offer an amendment to the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Add at the end the following: Sec. 4. The requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to…

Shortly, I will be offering an amendment to the rule. The amendment will waive the two-thirds requirement to consider a rule on the same day as reported from the Rules Committee on the legislative days of September 24 and September 25…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, let me be clear, just to clear up a couple of things here. One, let me be clear that nothing in this rule or the amendment waives the normal Rules Committee hearing process. It simply…

That is why I was asking the gentleman from Colorado if he is prepared to close. I have no other speakers.

Well, I am trying to get an answer to a question. That means you do not have any more speakers on this. Are you ready to close?

I would inquire of my friend: Do you have any more speakers? Or are you prepared to close?

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 420 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 420 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold), another fighter for his district and those who are affected by regulation.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 380 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 380 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the good gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam), a member of the Ways and Means Committee.

I have to agree with my friend from Georgia. I agree with him on his statement that this administration's recovery has been amazing. It has been amazingly bad. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the majority…