To reinforce what the gentleman from Wisconsin said. This is from The Washington Post: ``The Health 202: Democrats Are Putting a Political Pothole in the Way of Bipartisan Drug Pricing Bills.'' That is all you need to know. It didn't have to be this way. These bills came out of the committee individually. The Democratic leadership put them together knowing full well they could put a poison pill into a drug reform bill and delay consumers' ability to get more affordable drugs sooner, because this legislation could move through the Senate and down to the President much more quickly if it didn't have these provisions. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
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May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Meanwhile, marijuana products are not covered by the bill. Go figure. I urge my colleagues to vote against this legislation. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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