Michael Burgess

The reason is because the manufacture of over-the- counter epinephrine inhalers has been prohibited by the EPA and the Food and Drug Administration.

As Chairman Walden pointed out, this program has saved billions of dollars for patients, ensuring that those in need could receive care and that the hospitals that provide that care can continue to support their communities.

It is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Sessions), who is the chairman of the Rules Committee.

We always welcome optimism on this subcommittee.

We owe it to the patient and medical communities to ensure that there is free and full dissemination of truthful and nonmisleading scientific and medical information to healthcare professionals.

I feel they offer a targeted approached to addressing the problems presented by our regulatory framework for medical product communication.

From last year's 21st Century Cures Act to this year's Food and Drug Administration reauthorization, this subcommittee has been committed to bringing Federal regulation into the modern era of medicine.

Texas is going to lose those funds in October of this year.

Those funds, under current law, under the Affordable Care Act--of course, everyone is going to be lying down the allegiant fields of ObamaCare.

Well, I know the answer.

With funding for both the Community Health Center Fund and the SCHIP program set to expire yet again at the end of the fiscal year, our Committee has the responsibility of taking a critical look at how these programs operate and setting…

What unites is more important than what divides us. We are not first Democrats or Republicans, we are Americans.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the honorable gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time…

In our examination of privacy and security issues, it is important that we balance these concerns with the creativity and innovation driving this market forward.

The maturation of the FinTech industry is a step in the right direction for incorporating the unbanked and underbanked into the economy.

Congress should evaluate ways to hold providers of products and services accountable without holding them back from further innovation.

I want to thank Chairman Latta for holding this hearing today.

I haven't gotten enough in-depth research. I don't know if the Office of Personnel Management is on your Wall of Shame or not.

Cybersecurity in the health care sector is a timely topic that has real, physical consequences.

I would point out that, in the State of Florida, there were 10 insurance plans available in the individual market in 2015, down to 5 plans in 2017, with a 24 percent premium increase. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from…

Directed to the Chair, I would just make note of the fact in North Carolina, there were three plans offered in 2015, down to two plans in 2017, premium increase of 82 percent. Mr. Speaker, it is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the…

I would point out that within the State of Illinois, there were eight plans in 2015. There are five plans in 2017 with a 57 percent increase in premiums. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson), a valuable…

Today, we have over 30 million Americans who may be suffering from hearing loss, but only around 20 percent actually go and get hearing aids.

And yet when we do hearings and we talk about problems in the Medicaid system and the Medicare system, the GAO will report back to us that these are high-risk entities that are at high risk for inappropriate payments.

I think probably reasonable for us to re-look.