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John Sarbanes

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John Peter Spyros Sarbanes is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Sarbanes has focused on issues such as campaign finance reform, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for transparency in government and has worked to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.

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May 20, 2019

I don't see that happening here with the Trump administration's proposal.

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May 20, 2019

I am for transparency with teeth, just for the record.

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May 20, 2019

I don't think it's a good idea to move these OPM functions into those three agencies as has been proposed.

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May 15, 2019

I think it has found its way into litigation as to whether Gilead knew back when it was developing TDF that the TAF opportunity might be a safer one.

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May 15, 2019

Well, that is going to be subject to debate and whatever, but you are going to get a period of exclusivity.

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May 15, 2019

Basically Gilead is going to reap the benefit of two periods of exclusivity rather than one, correct?

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May 15, 2019

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am tempted to just say amen and stop talking...

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May 15, 2019

I appreciate that. And it is obviously going to play itself out.

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May 14, 2019

But I don't think it passes the smell test.

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May 8, 2019

the Solar Energy Technologies Office... has done terrific work.

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May 8, 2019

I think if you maintain that investment, you will keep us on the cutting edge.

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May 8, 2019

the budget is obviously reflecting something.

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May 8, 2019

I want to thank the panel for being here, and I want to also thank those who came and spoke at the roundtable earlier for sharing your stories.

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May 8, 2019

I think is a good goal. Certainly, those providers need to be informed on the most up-to-date education information.

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May 8, 2019

the public has a perception, which I think is fairly grounded in reality, that industries like the PBM industry, the pharmaceutical industry, there are many more but, just for today's proceedings, have undue influence on how policy gets…

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Apr 30, 2019

eventually, I think--and we will talk about this another time--we will need a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of every citizen to vote.

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Apr 30, 2019

the way that you steal elections in America, everyone knows, is you run elections in America, and you run them in a way that closes out substantial parts of the electorate.

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Apr 29, 2019

I think there are six or seven other States that are exploring the same sort of approach.

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Apr 29, 2019

I think we need to put every option on the table.

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Apr 29, 2019

There is increasingly I think a sense in this Congress on both side of the aisle that we have to take some pretty dramatic steps to control the costs.

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Apr 9, 2019

I think a system has been built that allows for gaming to go on and you have all got your talking points.

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Apr 9, 2019

I just wanted to echo your comments and say that we have a lot of very strong proposals here in terms of energy efficiency.

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Apr 9, 2019

I am not buying it. I think a system has been built that allows for gaming to go on and you have all got your talking points.

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Apr 9, 2019

I want to thank Congressman Rush in particular for the Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Employment Act.

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Apr 8, 2019

The Federal Government should be making decisions about climate change based on facts and not based on the influence of campaign donors.

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