Michael Burgess: “We are the payer here. The federal government is the Aetna, United, the Cigna.”

I led a letter to the FDA asking them to reclassify naloxone to where you could get it without a prescription.

I urge adoption of the amendment. It is important, with $31 trillion in national debt, that we be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. The gentleman is right. I have pursued this for a number of years, but it is because it is a noble cause…

I never expected that CMMI was actually going to deliver the cost savings that was promised.

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford) for his comments.