I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. This is a 5-minute…

I seek time in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

Republicans and Democrats worked together on provisions to bring generic drugs to market faster and to stop abusive practices. We did that on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and we brought this House multiple bills to achieve that goal…

Back to the issue of the gentlewoman's amendment, the chair of the Subcommittee on Health, her amendment, the short summary here says: Require short-term, limited-duration insurance plans to prominently carry a disclosure the plan provides…

So let's talk about the navigator program. They enroll less than 1 percent today, less than 1 percent. Wall Street Journal reported an investigation that one grantee took in $200,000 to enroll a grand total of 1 person; and they found the…

I seek time in opposition to the amendment, but I am not necessarily opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 234, noes 183, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll No. 214] AYES--234 Adams…

My friend from Oregon is right on the drug pieces, and like other Democrats I know, there are a lot of people who think that we should keep these bills separately and they would zoom on through here, but not package them up the way they…

I claim the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am outraged to find out that these navigators are not reaching out to people in rural areas. What we have learned today on the House floor is that apparently this program doesn't reach people in rural areas. That is why the gentlewoman…

I seek the time in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

I appreciate the gentleman's commitment, especially on mental health and substance abuse. He has done a lot of work in this area. I know, Mr. Chairman, when we in the last Congress worked together in a bipartisan way, we passed 60…

I guess this is the second time we have had to edit amendments on the House floor, if I understand what is happening. There were a lot of amendments offered in the Rules Committee. We were promised by the Democrats at the beginning of this…

I seek time in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Aguilar). The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

It is amazing to me that 17 navigators, according to CMS, during the grant year 2016 to 2017, 17 of these navigators that my friends on the other side of the aisle are such big fans of enrolled fewer than 100 people at an average cost of…

As I said in the last amendment debate, it is astonishing to me that apparently these navigators aren't serving people in rural areas, and now I find out that they are apparently not serving our veteran population effectively as well. I am…

I thank the gentleman for his service to the country and all of our veterans, men and women, who wear our uniform and deserve our undying appreciation and thanks. But it is astonishing, once again, it is appalling that these navigators…

I reserve the right to object. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized on his reservation.

I withdraw my reservation. The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn. Without objection, the reading of the modification is dispensed with. There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the original request of the…

I thank the gentlewoman for her amendment. I find it a bit interesting, though, that under the navigator program, on the one hand, my friends on the other side of the aisle say, Look, you can't talk about--in fact, you can't tell anybody…

It should come as no surprise that I seek time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

I seek time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5 minutes.

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…

Reserving the right to object. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized on his reservation.

I know it has been a long day here on the floor, and we are covering a lot of ground. We have got a few more amendments to go. Again, I think as we go through these amendments, and the gentlewoman is spot on, we have got to make sure…