Joe Barton

I cannot overstate the importance of treating each biosimilar individually rather than as if they were a generic drug.

It looks to me like we have two issues here. We have an FDA issue, you are right, seeing Ms. Woodcock.

This approach undermines the real intent of the legislation.

Thank you for your leadership. I am going to have to excuse myself, but thank you for this Special Order.

We have a fleet of privately owned ships that are normally in private commercial operation and that are owned by the companies that operate here in the ports of the United States. We pay a small fee each year from the Department of Defense…

The first thing that I want to do is commend the gentleman from North Dakota for his hard work on this. He is an original cosponsor of H.R. 702. He is a valued member of the ad hoc whip team that we put together. He and I have worked the…

The Affordable Care Act has never had, never had even a plurality of positivity. It is about a 52 to 53 percent negative right now when you look at the polling numbers.

I have a bill out there, have had for some time, H.R. 1196, which would allow the bronze- and silver-level plans to be each considered as an HSA-compatible plan by definition.

I feel like I am stuck in a Dickens novel. It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.

I have got an insurance premium that is higher than I have ever paid in my life.

How much time remains? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from California has yielded back the balance of his time.

I offer this amendment on behalf of myself, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Flores, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. McCaul. This amendment is almost identical to H.R. 702, which passed the House floor on a strong bipartisan basis several months ago with 261 votes…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, add the following: TITLE VII--CHANGING CRUDE OIL MARKET CONDITIONS SEC. 7001…

I will put the gentleman from California down as being undecided on the amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from College Station, Texas (Mr. Flores).

I thank Chairman Upton for yielding me the time. I want to commend him for his leadership on this initiative and for getting it to the floor. This has been a long process, and the gentleman is to be commended for going through the regular…

They have declared war against us.

Isn't there something we can do under existing law to shut those Internet sites down?

do we need to, on a bipartisan basis, give additional authority to shut some sites down?

We need to do something about it. ISIS and the terrorist networks can't beat us militarily, but they are really trying to use the Internet and all of the social media to try to intimidate and beat us psychologically.

In the somewhat longer term, perhaps it will give impetus to this committee and the Congress to address some of the fundamental issues and hopefully come up with stronger privacy protections for our citizens.

I think the European Union has highlighted a substantial issue, and that the U.S. privacy laws aren't as strong as they could be.

I want to thank both chairmen for this joint hearing, and it is a very important topic.

I just want to say I am troubled that we are beginning to take the position that access to wireless programs... are some sort of an entitlement.

I believe markets work. I believe open, transparent markets are better than regulated markets.

I want to tread lightly in this area.