Gilbert Gutknecht

I rise to talk about prescription drugs as well, and I have to acknowledge that some of the points made by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are exactly right. It is unfortunate that we are brought here tonight to discuss a…

I rise again to talk about an issue that we are all painfully aware of and more and more of my colleagues are concerned about, and that we are going to have to deal with here in the next several days in the Congress, and that is the high…

in the era of the Internet, NAFTA and world trade, the FDA should not be allowed to stand between American consumers and lower drug prices.

I think if we are paying for most of the research, and something else most Americans do not know, and that is 44 percent of all of the money spent on basic research in the world is spent by Americans and American companies.

coming back to the cost of research, I think we in the United States ought to be willing to pay our fair share for research. When we look at these charts, clearly we should not be required to subsidize the starving Swiss.

I think we have to attack this problem on many fronts. The more we learn about it, the more we realize there are an awful lot of problems. One of them is all of the money that the pharmaceutical companies are spending on marketing. I…

I rise today to talk about outrageously high drug prices and what we pay for drugs in the United States compared to what the rest of the world is paying. There is a group down in Florida, and they have been doing this research for a number…

As we prepare to celebrate Memorial Day, I would ask that we pause and reflect on what some have called our greatest generation. Over 16 million Americans answered the call, and now we are losing over 1,000 World War II vets every day. We…

I rise today to give a special tribute to some very special athletes and to an incredibly important entrepreneur. To paraphrase one of my favorite Presidents: "Those who say that there are no more American heroes, well, they just don't…

as a co-chair of the Upper Mississippi River Task Force, I am proud that the House is considering the Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act today. This bill is good for farmers, and it is good for the environment. Every year…

I rise today to say happy anniversary to the Girl Scouts. Ninety years ago this week, Julliette Gordon Low convened the first Girl Scout meeting of 18 members. Ms. Low's simple but focused principle that all girls should be encouraged to…

tonight I rise to express my appreciation for President Ronald Wilson Reagan. Ronald Reagan will forever be remembered for having won the Cold War without firing a shot. He rebuilt our defenses and strengthened our economy, but most…

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I will be real brief here, but the point the gentleman is really making, and this is what we need to debate and discuss here in Congress and for too long we have been cowed, and I want to come back to that, from having an honest debate…

I want to thank all the gentlemen, and particularly our colleague, the gentleman from Colorado. I remember that story, but I did not live it the way the gentleman did. We followed it on the radio. I would just say that Rush is going to…

freedom is not free. We are born knowing that sooner or later one day we will be called upon to fulfill our part in America's destiny. On September 11, this generation received our challenge. Throughout our Nation's history, every…

clearly, listening to the debate now on this issue, it becomes clearer and clearer that the point of order is well taken. This is a debate about States' rights. We have heard that. That belongs in the judiciary, not the agriculture, bill…

Mark Twain said there are lies, there are damn lies, and then there are statistics. It has been interesting to listen to the debate. We have heard a lot of statistics, and I am going to share some of my own. I am one of the few Members…

I appreciate the frustration, particularly of the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) on issues that are important to him. What I am concerned about, it has been mentioned already, is the law of unintended consequences. This is a place…

I really do hope that my colleague will take the offer that has been made, that we can work on this as we go forward. It does not have to be part of this farm bill. I think there are a growing number of people here that really believe the…

Today we are going to have a debate about farm policy. Many of the people who are going to get involved in the debate have not been involved in the hearings and listening sessions we have had around the world in the last couple of years…

lying aboard a British warship in Baltimore Harbor, Francis Scott Key listened through the night as shells rained down on Fort McHenry. The small, undermanned garrison suddenly found itself under the attack of the greatest Navy in the…

Every generation faces its own challenge. We in our day met ours on Tuesday morning. Our ancestors looked squarely into the ugly face of Naziism and of communism. They knew that the future of all they held dear counted on them. They…