Kevin Hern

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and I yield back.

I would also like to thank the gentlelady from Minnesota, Ms. Craig.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

Thank you for being an original cosponsor on this important legislation.

this type of proposal would not just bust the budget and compound our existing mandatory spending crisis, but it would also diminish the dignity of work

the Budget Committee is supposed to be the Committee of fiscal discipline

we must continue to build upon pro-growth successes, such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

the title of today's hearing is 'Solutions to Rising Economic Inequality,' but I am concerned this hearing is focused on the wrong premise

a family of four with $73,000 of income received a $2,000 tax cut, a 58 percent reduction in federal taxes

Regulations cause problems. Certainly, when you have extraneous regulations like you all are experiencing, it is very difficult.

I want to yield the balance of my time to Dr. Joyce, please.

What we know is regulations cause problems.

This is one of the number one issues, if not the number one issue in America today to figure this out.

Like my colleague said, no matter where you go, you do not have to be a doctor, you can be a patient.

For us, as a government, to want to actually move some people out of here to get them closer to the issues, there is probably not a better example than the BLM.

I applaud you and the Administration for wanting to do this. It should have been done a long time ago.

It concerns me. I have heard kind of mixed comments from my colleagues across the aisle today, some commending the move, in a sense, and just asking to be sure and work together with Congress, and others being critical and making it a…

The Phair Pricing Act seeks to reduce prescription drug costs for seniors by bring all negotiated price concessions to the point of sale--ensuring savings are passed on to patients and that our community pharmacists are not taken advantage…

We can lower cost and we can provide Americans with more options, transparency, and the best care on the planet.

I wanted to make sure that the Commerce Committee knew that we appreciated this on all sides of the aisle.

I want to thank the Energy and Commerce Committee for passing H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.

If the majority is dead set on imposing onerous restrictions on reliable sources of energy, the least it can do is try to blunt the negative impacts to the American people.

It is urgent that we shine some light on the pressing and increasingly frustrating issues of robocalls.

It lowers energy costs for families. So, families that are lower income families, it helps them.

Illegal robocalls put Americans at risk of scams and fraud. It is time that we stop this abuse and do something about robocalls.