I have been waiting a very long time to hold this hearing. For the past decade, I have been trying to investigate the actions of drug companies for all sorts of drugs, old and new, generic and brand name.
Cummings expressed his long-standing commitment to investigating drug companies' pricing practices.
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It is only recently in the last 50 years or so that many of these laws have changed.
I am extremely proud that our committee is holding the first hearing on D.C. Statehood in the House of Representatives in more than 25 years.
If we had a House and if we had a Senate that would pass legislation and we had a President that would sign it, this problem which is the subject of this hearing today could be fixed.
I really do think that we are in a moral situation. People are striving to live, trying to breathe the air of our country, trying to be better, trying to be healthy.
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