Hr three, to lower the cost of Prescription Drugs now. That thery pleased response the members are receiving as they are asked to go out there and receive Public Comment on hr3, and when they return, we will be ready to proceed, some in committee, others just among members, to present the legislation. Is important because, as i have said to you before, press the country, you can see grown men cry at meetings because of the cost of prescription meetings. Drugs. It is a must and possible for them to be healthy financially healthy with the rising cost of Prescription Drugs. And last year elections, this was a very high priority, and it continues to be feared when the president says he cannot do ofthing as he has the threat impeachment or consideration of these may come i hope you does not mean it is not want to Work Together to lower the cost of prescriptions drugs. We give the secretary additional powers to negotiate for lower cost, and what end the disparity between cost of what consume
Things in the past should have brought him down and if you are right that its always possible that he will survive this i think the phone call with the ukrainian president where there is clear evidence that the president you know it is in the transcript at the white house or at least said do me a favor i think that is that kind of direct exchange not that you are require a direct exchange for to me to be able offense but there was that direct exchange a quid pro quo with the withholding of the 400000000. 00 in aid so i do think that is a problem youre starting to see some fissures on the republican side republican senators for example Mitch Mcconnell has did just agreed to a unanimous consent on the senate floor to say that the whistleblower complaint should be sent over to congress and then he has said he will move forward with the trial if the house does impeach so you are seeing some suggestion its in the Senate Although granted the republicans are you know mostly quiet that i think
On cspan2. Commentsome of the from the past week on the house impeachment inquiry. We begin with House Speaker nancy pelosi and house intelligence chair adam schiff and her weekly news conference. The two discuss the committees work to conduct the inquiry which largely focused on the president s call to the ukrainian president in july. This is 30 minutes. Speaker pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here as we observe the district work period and the holy days. As we gather here, our members across the country are having communication with their constituents on two objects in particular, and one perhaps. The first is on our legislation, hr3, to lower the cost of Prescription Drugs now. We are very pleased that the response the members are receiving as they are asked to go out there and receive Public Comment on hr3, and when they return, we will be ready to proceed, some in committee, others just among members, to present the legislation. Hr3 is important be
Haveies across america struggled on the skyrocketing cost of drugs. Also the cost of drugs stretching Financial Health and wellbeing as well. I always said when you travel the country the issue and the cost of Prescription Drugs are one subject that can make grown men cried. That is not being able to deal with those costs. Outofcontrol prescriptions is an issue that touches every emily in america. Issue beenll a big forward. We dont want a political issue. We want a solution in congress and we want it now. Energy and commerce chairman frank pallone. Chairman bobby scott, i want to thank them for their leadership to bring us where we are today. Time, i willst of save some of my remarks for later. We will yield to the district was democratic leader of the house. I would stay longer but im going to testify on a critically important issue for us. We want a Strong Majority in the house. We campaigned on a promise to tackle issues Americans Care most about. This is one of those issues. One o
Speaker pelosi good morning. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for being here as we observe the district work period and the holy days. As we gather here, our members across the country are having communication with their constituents on two objects in particular, and one perhaps. The first is on our legislation, hr3, to lower the cost of Prescription Drugs now. We are very pleased that the response the members are receiving as they are asked to go out there and receive Public Comment on hr3, and when they return, we will be ready to proceed, some in committee, others just among members, to present the legislation. Hr3 is important because, as i have said to you before, press the country, you can see grown men cry at meetings because of the cost of Prescription Drugs. It is almost impossible for them to be healthy financially healthy with the rising cost of Prescription Drugs. In last years election, this was a very high priority, and it continues to be feared when the continues to be.