Brett Guthrie

I think that the people who will have the most difficult time with it would be that it doesn’t go far enough.

When so many Americans who are truly in need rely on Medicaid for life-saving services, Washington can’t afford to undermine the program further by subsidizing capable adults who choose not to work.

We have an expansion population that gets 90% federal money, and you have traditional [Medicaid], so a disabled child in Kentucky gets 72 cents when they go to the doctor. And we know that’s just unsustainable.

Balancing the federal budget must not come at the expense of those who depend on these benefits for their health and economic security.

The Federal Register lists this class of equipment, and the simple payback period in years is 93.9 for all purchasers. I have it right here. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce), who is the vice…

I have a letter here from the National Automatic Merchandising Association--vending machines, as most of us would know it--that it would be affecting their vending members. Most are small businesses. Ninety-plus percent of their operators…

We know that if this emergency declaration expires, that illicit fentanyl will no longer be scheduled and individuals will no longer be subject to arrest and prosecution. I don't believe we need to study this. That is why we have the…

Derivatives of illicit fentanyl have to be scheduled for traffickers to be prosecuted. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen), my good friend and member of the committee.

I appreciate the comments. Mr. Speaker, I just will say that, if someone is trafficking in illicit fentanyl, they belong in jail. I understand the argument that people who are addicted need help and support, but if someone is trafficking…

We are going to work on the SUPPORT Act, but the vote before us today that people are going to put their names to, a yes or no: Do we want to make illegal derivatives of fentanyl produced and conceived in China sent to Mexico and across…

I just want to note that the bill before us today schedules illicit fentanyl. We had testimony to say this will save lives. That is the vote before us today. Hopefully my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will vote for it. We can talk…

I appreciate my good friend's leadership when he said everybody of every ability. He is here and he has served everybody in the 118th Congress. He is going to be missed and his leadership is going to be missed and we appreciate him very…

I want to emphasize this bill does not ban TikTok. It simply would require the Chinese Communist Party-affiliated ByteDance to sell TikTok and divest their interest. I was asked: Does this affect TikTok? No. It is any foreign adversary or…

This is an important bill. We have our two good friends from California working together across the aisle in a bipartisan way in the Energy and Commerce Committee. This is an important bill to move forward. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I urge…

I urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers and am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

You are subsidizing one side of it, not the other, and quite honestly, putting in roadblocks for what is the most important thing--is generating power.

My concern is that corporate America is just investing for the subsidies right now.

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. D'Esposito). The gentleman from Kentucky has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 8 minutes remaining.

This was a bipartisan bill. It got bipartisan votes in committee. It is the DEA's number one priority. If you are selling fentanyl to our kids, you deserve to be incarcerated. We don't apologize for that. Madam Chair, I yield 2 minutes to…

There is also bipartisan legislation from Representative Carter that would finally ban spread pricing in Medicaid.

I want to thank Representative Eshoo for working with me on the MVP Act.

I strongly support the bipartisan PBM Accountability Act to provide key information to employers about the drug costs.

While transparency is necessary for a functioning market, there must also be competition to lower prices and increase quality.

Transparency can reveal the true value of each step in the healthcare supply chain and empower patients and employers to get the best deal on high-quality care.