It does not seem to have a lot to do with this.

Do you believe they do this to cash in on drug rebates at the expense of patients?

If you have three companies making up the vast majority, that is not really competitive at all of an industry.

Do PBMs often exclude lower-cost generics in favor of high-cost branded drugs, effectively eliminating the benefit of the short patent on drugs?

You also expressed concerns that PBMs, which are often vertically integrated with their own pharmacies, are using their pricing power to harm independent pharmacies.

More competition in the market is better for every consumer. Less overreach from government, more competition in the private marketplace is better for everybody.

We want consumers to have choices, competition, and lower prescription drug prices.

By exempting the program from the normal process, politicians and bureaucrats can set prices that impact our healthcare in secret.

The Biden Administration should answer these questions, and this Committee should ask them.

I would love to see efficiency at the VA. I hope you make good on that promise.

The VA must take a more aggressive role in change management for the good of the 171 Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMCs) within it and the 9 million veterans enrolled in the system.

This is not an argument. We have 9 million veterans enrolled in this system, and I am trying to have a constructive conversation about how we move forward.

All of the experts, all of them--CBO, the CMS actuary, and private academics--agree that the IRA will result in fewer therapies.

I get angry when I hear some politicians talk about the IRA's benefits and none of the downsides.

That inventory has been appropriately criticized in the press as being inconsistent and incomplete.

OMB is more than 2 years late in complying with a congressional mandate to give Federal agencies guidance on the acquisition and use of AI.

Joe Biden got bribed, and it was to the tune of millions and millions of dollars.

Trust the evidence that has come out. Look at it for yourself.

It is bribery. It is money laundering, it is prostitution rings.

I know the American people are tired of the bullshit. It is time to tell the American people the truth, no matter your political affiliation or party.

I have voted to hold my own party in contempt before Congress.

Joe Biden is the definition of dark money.

I would like to recognize my fellow Congressman from South Carolina, Representative Timmons.

I think every -- both sides are going to have to work hard to win next year.

I think both parties have contributed to the inflation that we have today, the out-of-control spending, the debt ceiling that's going to add almost $20 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.