I do not think we should vote on a bill that would touch every single human being in this country when one party is locked out of the debate--not able to read the bill and not able to discuss it and help make suggestions and changes. I…

Our job is to make sure that we do not permit the next failure to happen because it helps short-term bank profits.

So after the financial crisis, Congress determined that banks with more than $50 billion in assets... posed a greater risk to the economy than community banks and credit unions.

I really hope this goes forward, and goes forward as soon as possible.

It is insane to pretend to have a bipartisan hearing on lowering drug prices when right now, today, 13 Republicans are writing a secret bill to kick 23 million people off health insurance and their prescription drug benefits, and we cannot…

I know the ACA's coverage of prescription drugs is not perfect, but if the secret Republican plan is anything close to the House bill, then millions of Americans will lose their access to prescriptions.

The Republican plan will also gut Medicaid, which means millions more will not get access to their medicine.

Do you continue to support those increases?

I was pleased to see a $5.2 billion increase in your budget request for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation.

I was disappointed to see that within that amount, Science & Technology funding is actually being cut relative to last year.

This is just enormously frustrating. We are in here to talk about the importance of access to prescription drugs and the need to bring down the costs, at the same time that 13 people are negotiating in secret to take away prescription drug…

There are a lot of ways that we could lower drug prices. We could negotiate with Medicare, let Medicare negotiate.