Bart Stupak: “does the Federal Food and Drug Administration and NIH not fall underneath the Health and Human Services, HHS…”

The Stupak amendment was approved with the support of 64 Democrats, including House Appropriations Committee Chair David Obey.

Yes, it did. We were shocked he would bring it up in the first meeting, and then second meeting we had with them.

I agree with him, we need to have a short-term and long-term strategy. And as the former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, my friend Mr. Barton knows that this is my third bill we have had on price gouging. And the reason why…

I am very pleased and heartened by all of the outpouring of Members who have come down here for the last few hours, and it has also given me an opportunity to say a few things about my friend, Jack Murtha. Jack would be embarrassed about…