Kweisi Mfume

In the 1970s, following 2 back to back Republican administrations, Ronald Reagan and his successor, inflation hit 12.6 percent.

Joe Biden did not create this inflation.

It is a sin, it is an abomination, and it is an affront to everything that we hold moral and right in this country.

The PBMs, they are having a field day out there, getting rich over and over and over again.

We all are ticked off at this notion of ongoing price gouging, the lack of transparency, and the fact that no one seems to regulate the PBMs.

I do not like the fail first policy and practice, which is absolutely ridiculous.

I do not like getting angry like this, but when you hear something that is hurting people in this way, it cries out for solutions.

This is a damn shame that Americans have to be ripped off in this manner and for it to continue over and over and over again.

We all are ticked off of at this notion of ongoing price gouging, the lack of transparency.

Drugs do not work if people cannot afford them, and there are so many people that cannot afford them.

Last week, Congressman Connolly of this Committee, Congressman Fitzpatrick, and myself co-led a resolution designating the week to honor our Nation's public servants.

I think it is extremely important that we have a chance to talk and to follow up on a number of things that concern Members of this Committee with respect to the United States Postal Service.

I want to thank Chair Sessions for jointly convening this.

Crime should never be an opportunity to demonize and vilify a whole population of American citizens.

Congress has the power to modify the boundaries of the Federal District.

The statehood petition, which Congresswoman Norton has introduced, makes all the sense in the world.

If you want to be tough on crime, then you have got to be tough on gun violence.

If teachers are important, we ought to act like it, and we ought to stop all of this castigating.

The Chinese Communist Party's growing influence is absolutely contrary to America's interests and to America's values.

I keep talking about them because I think they are everywhere and, you know, the fraud that we have seen in the PPP program and EIDL, which this Committee, the full Committee has been overseeing, is alarming.

The government is talking about cutting back on SNAP benefits for very needy and poor families.

This is a very damning report.

Well, gentlemen, one thing we are sure of, and that is that the road to hell is still paved with good intentions.

Fraudsters must be identified, prosecuted, and sent to jail. This is theft, grand theft with a great deal of premeditation.

I would strongly support, Madam Chair, any future hearings on this.