I thank the ranking member, the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) and the chairman of the committee, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Williams), as well as the cosponsor of this bill, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bean) for their…

My thanks to Chairman Williams and to the ranking member, Ms. Velazquez of New York for their leadership. She and I were having a conversation reminding ourselves that 84 percent of all of the loosening of the guardrails that created the…

Why in the hell are we playing this game? And why don't we be honest? If it were so important, it could wait.

Ladies and gentlemen, this clock is showing what is happening to our country while we debate over and over and over again not any wrongdoing by President Biden but trying to link what his son may or may not have done to him.

I would like for you to talk some more about this whole aspect of the athlete being a human being.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this. I am glad we are dealing with it.

PBM profits have increased rapidly even as lifesaving medications continue to be unaffordable and inaccessible for many people across this country.

As I said during that last hearing, people are hurting while companies are profiting.

I want to correct that aspect of the record. While that may be your opinion, it is not one that I share.

someone once said, if you live long enough, you will see everything twice.

The Administration understands, as I said before, that addiction is a disease.

It is my plan and intention to vote for and to fully fund ONDCP.

You know what the Tucson sector did last week? Over 9,000 apprehensions, many pounds of fentanyl coming in.

This is a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration's approach to drug policy because it is evidence-based.

I want to thank you and Ranking Member Raskin for calling us together for this hearing.

This is an affront to a democratic process, and I am sure it is an affront to men and women all over the country.

We stand alone among our peers by not guaranteeing healthcare coverage as a right.

We could be, quite frankly, using our time to better talk about crime in America that is affecting everybody.

Yet, despite these high costs, both independent providers and patients have come to us and have complained over and over and over again about their situation.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Good morning. Thank you for calling this hearing and for your leadership on this issue.

I would welcome also a hearing on the former President's history of tax evasion and how long it took to see his tax returns covering 10 years.

When the President just a couple of days ago tried to delay his Federal documents trial... that seems to me like special treatment, if I have ever heard of it before.

We are regulating practices into the ground.

I do not like these attacks on the Department of Justice, the FBI, the IRS, as if they are somehow anti-U.S. agencies.

I want to congratulate my colleagues from across the aisle for gathering us here today, almost distracting us from the biggest investigation that is going on right now in our country and in our Nation's history.