William Tauzin: “In fact, we have been asked so many times, is this a free-speech issue. The United States Constitution gives you the…”

Mr. Speaker, welcome to Groundhog Day, courtesy of a misguided court decision, soon to be overthrown, I believe, were we not acting today, but one that jeopardizes one of the most consumer-friendly regulations ever to come out of…

Mr. Speaker, again let me read the language of the bill that the gentleman just referred to, that terrible piece of language. It says in effect that in administering the prescription drug benefit program established under this, the…

Mr. Speaker, let me again emphasize this is extraordinary. The court decision came out yesterday. The leadership of this House authorized this bill to the floor today. We are about to pass this bill, I believe the Senate is about to do the…

New subsection (k) permits the President to waive, in writing, only the consent portion of the conditions of authorization set forth in section 564(e) with respect to armed services personnel, and only to the extent that complying with the…