James Comer

I would like to reiterate a few points brought up at yesterday's hearing.

I want to conclude by talking about the election process that we are about to face. Recent news stories from across America highlight the fundamental problem with blue States implementing universal mail-in voting. Now, let me explain the…

I think that there is an opportunity to work together on this issue moving forward, and I certainly hope that we can do that.

I think moving forward, we need to pick some issues where there is bipartisan agreement, and this is an issue.

This is a critical issue for my constituents, indeed for all of our constituents, and I am committed to working with you to identify and implement reforms that will improve access and affordability to prescription drugs.

Under President Trump, a record number of generic drugs have been approved, saving Americans tens of billions of dollars.

Republicans have already passed--proposed a bill, H.R. 19, that does many of the things that many of your members reference during this hearing.

Under the current administration, drug prices have fallen over 13 percent from the expected trend.

I appreciate you calling this very important hearing today on the issue of drug prices.

This concern is also shared by the President.

I don't think I need to remind anyone in here that public opinion on the war in Afghanistan is very strong with an overwhelming majority of Americans now favoring a withdrawal and an end to this very long war.

The national need is to have a full and accurate Census.

I wish the hearing today supported the effort of the hardworking women and men at the Census Bureau.

Let me begin by saying unequivocally the 2020 Census is counting every resident in the United States, regardless of citizenship status.

Our suspicion all along was that it was politically motivated.

We all agree that the Postal Service needs to be reformed to better serve the American people.

Meaningful reform is going to take bipartisanship, something we have seen very little of in the last few days.

Mr. DeJoy, you may want to hire the Democrats' computer guy to help deliver the mail on time.

It's going to get harder and harder for good people like you to come from the private sector, to put your name on the line.

It's really discouraging to hear the rhetoric from the Democrats about this whole Postal issue.

I am opposed to the bill in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Comer moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 8015, to the Committee on Appropriations with…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky has 25 minutes. The gentlewoman from New York has 24 minutes.

That ship has sailed. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Armstrong) who is another valuable member.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 257, nays 150, not voting 24, as…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 182, nays 223, not voting 25, as…