Frank Pallone: “Have the Republicans forgotten that they are in the majority? The bill that was supposed to come up was posted and…”

“Have the Republicans forgotten that they are in the majority? The bill that was supposed to come up was posted and negotiated by the Republican Speaker. He posted it. He negotiated it. You know that the bill that you are bringing up instead tonight will not pass. We will leave here tonight. This bill will not pass, and so you are the ones who are creating the shutdown. You have the power to decide what bills come to the floor. You are putting a bill on this floor that you know will not pass and will lead to a Republican shutdown. It is on you because you have the majority. Mr. Speaker, I mention this other bill that was supposed to come up and that you refused to bring up. This bill was negotiated because we realized in the Energy and Commerce Committee that people were suffering. They were suffering from high drug prices because of pharmaceutical benefit plans, PBPs, and so we put in a bill on a bipartisan basis, a way of trying to bring prices down with PBP reform. We knew that consumers were being screwed all over the place with shady things on websites when they buy things, junk fees, and all kinds of deceptive practices.…”