I am personally weary of it. And in the meantime, people despair.

I believe that this Congress should pass legislation to increase transparency and accountability of PBMs, the middlemen within this whole system.

But the unintended consequences would be to kill innovation that we have.

We understand that replacing older drugs with newer, better products is not, alone, anti-competitive.

Why do drug companies charge so much? Because they can.

Patients should always be put ahead of corporate profits, so we need to make sure certain companies are not gaming the system to increase profits at the cost of patients.

I completely agree that we should be holding companies accountable for anti-competitive behavior.

Unfortunately, after I left our good committee of Energy and Commerce, it got wrapped up in partisan politics and the poison pills were added on the floor.

We need direct Medicare price negotiations. We pay two to three times what other countries pay for the exact same drugs.

I am deeply disappointed we were not asked to be part of any discussions leading up to it.

And tragically, Republicans have been completely excluded from any of those discussions. Completely.

We should be giving people hope.

We have to ensure that we reward genuine innovation and stop anti-competitive practices.

Patients should also be put ahead of government actions that limit access to their life-saving treatments.

We should be focused on addressing those instances without harming innovation--so bad actors who are intentionally acting to monopolize the market and limit patient choice are held accountable.

It doesn't have to be this way. It doesn't have to be this way.

I appreciate your leadership, your commitment to making our economy more efficient, more sustainable. It is essential.

There is a growing and growing drumbeat that, you know, we--this needs to be a priority and I join in that.

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