We have all heard the stories about Americans who cannot afford their medications, who are rationing their life-saving therapies, or choosing not to fill their prescriptions because they instead need to put food on the table.

Today we are continuing this committee's important work in providing Americans relief when it comes to the skyrocketing price of prescription drugs.

We cannot afford to wait any longer to fix this broken system.

I thank the chairman of our Subcommittee on Communications and Technology for all the work that he has done on this net neutrality legislation. We are here today to debate and vote on a bill that will keep the internet free and open. That…

The pharmaceutical companies had $323 billion in profits last year.

What we are going to do, we are going to get together in a bipartisan way.

It is unconscionable that these essential drugs have seen dramatic price increases. Why isn't Novo Nordisk reducing its list price?

I agree, but you guys have got to convince us that it is working.

When you say nobody is paying list price, there are people paying list price.

This important investment will create good-paying jobs, save consumers money, and help us combat climate change by reducing carbon pollution.

People are having to make sacrifices to be able to pay for their insulin and some are even forced to go without it, sometimes with tragic consequences.

What would be the problem if the Government lists the price and just brings it down and says that is what you have to charge?