Howard Griffith

I thank Congressman Biggs and Congressman Gosar for inviting us out there to see this, making the arrangements for us to meet with people who live on the border, people who work on the border, people who are trying to secure America's…

I mean, we heard from so many people, and the ones who had lost loved ones really just wanted to try to make a difference. They just wanted to make a difference to make their communities safer, to make it safer for everybody. They are not…

Shocking. I mean, you know, it was shocking. And then the trail, if I remember correctly, and Mr. Gohmert can correct me if I am wrong, but the trail then goes on up into the hills.

I appreciate that. We were able to--maybe not here, but that's fine. But just on the other side of that, do we have a picture of the rope?

I really want to ask a question. So I guess I should ask if the gentleman would yield for a question. Because if he would put up that slide where they had the barrier that would stop the vehicles, I wonder if he had time yet--because we…

Nobody should have to go through that.

I think it would behoove us to do some of that.

I personally think we have given too much power to FERC as a Congress, and we need to take some of that back anyway.

Representing a fairly rural not affluent district, this is one of the reasons that I am pushing for these ideas because my constituents deserve to get just as good care as those folks in the urban areas or in the wealthier areas.

I am really excited by telemedicine.

I greatly appreciate it.

We recently introduced the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalization Act of 2018 which seeks to improve quality in nursing homes.

I think it's better not to have the government in there telling you all what to do as social media.

Get in there and find some groups that can help out on your advisory council.

Shouldn't illegal be at the very top of that model?

If people are facing death, they will take that Hail Mary pass and take whatever they need to, if they can.

I have been an active proponent for right to try for many years.

I don't think it covers.

I would love to help on that, I know Ms. DeGette of Colorado struggled with this at some time.

I think it is something we need to pass.

It was shocking, I had heard rumors but they actually confirmed that because of the way the system currently works there are cases where you could go to your pharmacist with your insurance company and your PBM and say, I want to get this…

The idea that they were prevented from doing so by contract before is unconscionable to me.

We need to see where these savings are going so that we can make sure that this money and the intent is going to where we intended it to go.

Should Congress establish a new policy prohibiting that practice?

I will tell you it troubles me when I see that we've put the program together to make it less expensive for folks and then we find that through the process in some places they're actually charging these folks a dispensing fee.