"The proposals before us today will close loopholes that some drug companies are exploiting to game the system, unfairly raise drug prices, and take advantage of American families."
"These are all commonsense solutions that will remove unnecessary barriers to competition, and again I stress competition."
"I strongly believe that generics will lower prices and that generic competition is important."
"I want to spend some time talking about my bill, the Orange Book Transparency Act."
"I think we can all agree that, regardless of political affiliation, we should all want to ensure that children have access to healthcare."
"According to HHS's data, in 2018, the number of children enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP declined by nearly 600,000."
"There is no data showing that the number of children enrolled in private health insurance coverage increased by 600,000 over the same period."
"the number of uninsured children increased by 276,000."
"there are a significant number of children who are losing health coverage under Medicaid and CHIP."
"Congress created a highly successful HIDTA program over two decades ago to assist Federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies operating critical drug trafficking areas across the countr..."
"We also need to decrease demand in the U.S. through prevention efforts and treatment efforts."
"My bottom line is we are going to save lives by doing whatever we need to do."