Jim McGovern

And if it wasn't for the great people of Hong Kong standing up so powerfully at great loss to their liberty...

And I have tried for five years to get my bill passed, our bill. It's a collective bill, House and Senate, bipartisan.

It's time for Americans to stand with Hong Kong.

The U.S. must send a strong signal that this special status will be canceled if Hong Kong loses its autonomy.

It is time for U.S. policy to respond to Beijing's long-term ambitions in Hong Kong and pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.

We need to quickly pass the PROTECT Act that we introduced last week.

The millions of Hong Kong protesters have also done the world a great service.

We believe your cause is noble and just.

The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to today's hearing on Hong Kong's Summer of Discontent and U.S. Policy Responses.

Opening Statement of Hon. James P. McGovern, a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

We are not trying to stop companies from recovering the investments they have made.

This issue isn't just a few well-known bad actors.

I've introduced the FLAT Prices Act with this data and these real-world impacts in mind.

The first bill I introduced after I was first elected was the Hospital Price Reporting and Disclosure Act in 2006.

I joined on as a co-sponsor of the Drug Price Transparency for Medicare Patients Act, which would give the Administration the authority it needs for this rule.

I applaud this subcommittee for its recent action to advance a number of bills related to drug pricing.

This bill will help ensure that every cancer patient and alopecia patient who loses their hair can afford a wig.

Currently, children and adults who are diagnosed with serious digestive disorders must pay out-of-pocket for medically necessary food.

I strongly encourage you to consider hosting hearings and markups on H.R. 2501 and H.R. 3332.

Patients often manage their complex nutritional needs with prescribed specialized formulas and, without them, risk brain damage, repeated hospitalizations, and in some cases, even death.

Americans struggle every day to navigate treatments for life-threatening health conditions and all too often this battle comes with cost barriers.

Each year, more than 7,000 infants are diagnosed with an inherited metabolic disorder.

No one should have to choose between evacuating and losing access to lifesaving services and staying and possibly losing their life to a natural disaster.

In a similar vein, it is my hope that the committee will consider H.R. 3215, the Disaster Relief Medicaid Act.

This bill is bipartisan, bicameral. I am the lead Democrat. It now has 234 co-sponsors in the House.