I just have to say, Mr. Chairman, if we want to talk about rigged systems, there is not a more rigged system than the way prescription drugs are priced.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I rise today to pay tribute to someone who has been fighting for working men and women his entire career. Just for a moment, let's think back to 1977. The top movie that year was ``Star Wars''--the original one--and the average movie…

Lack of oral health care is a significant public health problem in the United States.

Unfortunately, that has been a pattern for a number of years under both majorities, and so I am glad that our Committee moves quickly together, Mr. Chairman, to get things done.

I think we all agree that our farmers and ranchers can compete with anybody if it is a level playing field.

We need markets with a level playing field and strong trade enforcement.

My basic philosophy is that we want to export our products, not our jobs.

the price goes up, which is very concerning to me.

This legislation, along with the other Medicaid proposals in the President's budget would result in more than $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.

tens of thousands of children are entering into foster care due to the opioid epidemic.

Are you going to use the authority that the Commission, the President's Commission, asked you to use to negotiate the best prices for Americans and bring the price down?

I think the drug companies are taking advantage of the pain and suffering and loss of life in this situation?

Medicaid expansion is clearly going to be a major tool on the ground, and yet I am having trouble squaring the administration's commitment to expanding access to treatment with the President's budget proposal to drastically cut the program…

I think it is really outrageous what is happening and what people are having to spend and taxpayers are having to spend.

It is great that we were able to get the additional dollars for opioid and mental health services.

I look forward to working with you on this.

Not exactly how it should operate when it relates to health care and something as serious as this.

an average of 135 children each day were testing positive for opioid addiction or dependency in emergency departments.

The President's budget for fiscal year 2019 proposes to cut Medicaid and our Nation's health-care system by hundreds of billions of dollars.

How does slashing Medicaid and kicking people with opioid use disorders off their insurance fight the opioid epidemic?

today I rise to talk about an issue that is extremely important to my State of Michigan. In Michigan, we take great pride in the fact that we are never more than 6 miles from a body of water or more than 85 miles from one of our incredibly…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Michigan.

You indicated to me last year that you were, quote, 'committed to developing effective approaches to address the problem of currency manipulation.'

We need markets; we need markets for our products, but we also need a level playing field.