Bill without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Mr. Collins a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise . Mr. Collins i ask for a recorded vote. The speaker pro tempore a recorded vote is requested. All those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. A sufficient number having isen, recorded vote is ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 260, the nays are 165. Ith one answering present. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The gentleman from maryland. For what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . I object to the motion i object to laying the motion to reconsider on the table. The speaker pro tempore the bjection is heard. For what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Lofgren i have a motion at the desk. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the motion. The clerk ms. Lofgren of california moves to reconsider the vote on passage of h. R. 5038. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition . Mr. Mcgovern mr. Speaker, i have a motion at the desk. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the motion. The clerk mr. Mcgovern of massachusetts moves to lay on the table the motion to reconsider. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the motion to table. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Mr. Speaker, on this motion i request the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. All those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 216, the nays are 164. The motion is adopted. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h. R. 863, the elijah e. Cummings lower drug cost now act. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Pursuant to House Resolution 758 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h. R. 3. The chair appoints the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Payne, to preside over the committee of the whole. The chair the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the consideration of h. R. 3 which the clerk will report by title. The clerk a bill to establish a fair price negotiation program, protect the Medicare Program from excessive price increases, and establish an out of pocket maximum for Medicare Part d enrollees and for other purposes. The chair pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the first time. General debate shall not exceed four hours with three hours equally divided among and controlled by the respective chairs and ranking minority members of the committees on energy and commerce, ways and means, and education and labor. And one hour equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the minority leader or their respective designees. The gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pa lope, the gentleman from oregon, mr. Walden, the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. Neal, the gentleman from texas, mr. Brady, the gentleman from virginia, mr. Scott, and the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. Foxx, the majority leader or her designee and the minority leader or designee each will control 30 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pallone. Mr. Pallone i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized the chair the gentleman is recognized, without objection. Mr. Pallone thank you, mr. Chairman. This week well fulfill a promise we made to the American People to make Prescription Drugs more affordable. No american should be forced into choosing between putting food on the table for their family and taking a lifesaving drug. But all too often that is exactly what is happening. The American People are getting ripped off because Drug Companies have a monopoly on their drugs until generics come to market. They can charge americans whatever they want and they do. H. R. 3, the elijah e. Cummings lower drug cost now act, finally gives the federal government the power to negotiate lower Prescription Drug prices for the American People. Other countries negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and prices in those countries are four, five, or 10 times less to for the exact same drugs. This simply isnt fair. The American People are rightfully fed up. Its time we finally level the Playing Field and empower the federal government to negotiate a better deal. These negotiations will not only lead to low lower prices for consumers, it will result in significant savings for the federal government. H. R. 3 takes the resulting 500 billion in savings and reinvent reinvests it in the American Health care system and the search for new cures. With ecap out of pocket costs for seniors in the Medicare Part d program for the first time, giving seniors the peace of mind of knowing that their drug costs will not bankrupt them or empty their retirement account. We make transformational investments in the Medicare Program, adding for the first time benefits for dental, hearing and vision coverage. These new benefits willle with make a huge difference in the lives of our nations seepors. We invest 12 billion in the search for new cures and boosting funding for the National Institute of health and the food and drug administration. N. I. H. Plays a Critical Role in the research and development of new drugs and this investment will ensure these cures and treatments become a reality. We also invest in combating the Opioid Crisis, in Community Health centers an Maternal Health care. Finally, beyond the negotiation, were holding pharmaceutical Companies Accountable for when they jack up prices, bringing muchneeded transparency to the process. So mr. Chairman, the status quo is simply unacceptable and unsustainable. Its time to negotiate a better deal for the American People. Its time to pass h. R. 3 and with that, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves. The chair the gentleman reserves. The gentleman from oregon is recognized. I yield myself such time as i may consume. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Drug costs in america are too high. Republicans believe this and so do democrats. We all should Work Together, though, to lower drug costs for consumers. We all should Work Together to stop anticompetitive actions of pharmaceutical companies that try to game the system and delay access to lower cost alternative medicines an we should all Work Together, together, mr. Speaker, to pass legislation that both lowers drug costs without killing off medical innovation. Unfortunately, h. R. 3 fails on this count and thats not just my conclusion, mr. Speaker. The Great American innovators who are working day and night to find cures to alzheimers, cancer, a. L. S. , parkinsons and hundreds of other diseases and lifechanging therapies are pleading, pleading with us for a no vote to h. R. 3. The democrats plan. Mr. Walden 138 different Biotech Companies signed a letter to congress five days ago after reading the bill, they wrote, and i quote, this extreme proposal will up end the ecosystem of u. S. Biomedical innovation, destroying our ability to attract private sector investment, close quote. These are the companies who develop the new innovations in medicine, they said h. R. 3 will shatter the dreams of patients hoping for lifesaving cures. Mr. Speaker, i have a the letter right here that ill insert in the record. The Congressional Budget Office also looked at h. R. 3. Speaker pelosis bill. They said it would kill off more than 38 new medical innovations. 38. Council of economic advisors looked at it and they said they thought it would be more like 100 new medicines that would be lost. Its no wonder that President Trump, the countrys strongest advocate for lowering drug prices, said even he could not support h. R. 3 and would have to veto it. I have is his statement of administrative policy here for the record, mr. Speaker. My friends on the other side, the democrats, ignore these facts. Some have even said, some have said, can you imagine this, that it is worth it, quoteunquote, to forgo cures. Slires . Its worth it to never have a cure for alings himmers . To never have a cure for a. L. S. . What about huntingtons disease, or parkinsons or rheumatoid arthritis. The answer for me is no, because one lost cure is one too many. The independent Research Service read through h. R. 3 and said its unconstitutional, most likely because of the huge, punitive club it hands the government. If an innovator under the bill on the floor today that the democrats have, if an innovator does not agree with the price the government demands, the government can take 95 of that companys revenues for the sale of that drug. 95 . By the way, its actually higher than that because you cant deduct it and they have to pay tax. Democrats call that a negotiation. I call that a mugging, mr. Speaker. A mugging. Their scheme is based on what happens with drugs in six other countries and they ignore that in these reference countries and other countries around the world people are denied access to lifesaving medicines that americans have access to. So this is the tradeoff here. If you remember nothing else. It is that we first get access to medicines and then the countries the bill would emwithdrew late and copy and bring the process here, you dont get access to some of these lifesaving drugs that americans do here. Thats your trade. Let me tell you about the family of katy stafford. Shes a child living with Cystic Fibrosis in the United Kingdom. She was told by officials she could not receive the medicine her doctor told her would be the best chance of threeringt lifethreatening condition because they dont cover it in the United Kingdom under their health system. T me tell you about andre, joshua, canadian brother, tragically, both suffering from cystic fine roe sis. Their parents had to beg the canadian government to cover treatment for their sons as they slowly lose their lung function. Now their oldest son is enrolled in a Clinical Trial but the youngest son isnt eligible for. So they must watch as one child gets help and the other Childs Health declines. Fortunately, mr. Speaker, American Children have access to this new medicine. We cannot allow this to happen in the United States. Denial of care is not an american value. But i want to be clear. We all agree that americans do pay too much for Prescription Drugs. And we need to come back together as republicans and democrats to help solve this issue. There is a better way. Because we can reduce the cost of drugs. We can improve health care. We can lower longterm costs. But we dont have to do it at the expense of Great American innovation. Or restricting patients access to lifesaving medicines. Theres a way to do. This members will have an opportunity to support really the only Bipartisan Legislation to come to the floor, h. R. 19. Youll see it as a substitute. The lower cost, more cures act. Which we will offer as a substitute amendment, is the bipartisan solution. It can be signed into law. This year. This year. Not vetoed. Not never getting the attention in the senate like h r. 3 will find itself if it gets there. This could become law. This is where we can join together and immediately begin to provide relief to patients and seniors from high Prescription Drug costs. This ill bill lowers out of pocket spending, protects access to new medicines an champions competition and innovation an most importantly, every single proposal, mr. Speaker, every single proposal in h. R. 19, the substitute is bipartisan work. Democrats and republicans. We give you this option. This is a serious proposal. Its been described that way. Could be signed, would be signed into law by the president , by the end of this year. So lets not force a partisan plan that frankly puts politics over progress, that kills medical innovation and cures. Instead, cant we come together and pass meaningful Bipartisan Legislation, get it across the finish line and actually find lower costs and more cures for americans . I reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time they have gentleman from new ersey is recognized. Mr. Pallone id like to yield three minutes to mr. Clyburn of South Carolina, our majority whip. The chair the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for three minutes. Mr. Clyburn thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, i rise in strong support of h. R. 3, the elijah e. Cummings lower drug costs now act. Dr. Martin luther king jr. Once said, of all the faults of inequality, injustice in health inhumane. E most i believe my dear friend elijah that h. R. 3ld agree is a giant step toward addressing injustice in health care. This landmark legislation gives medicare the power to negotiate directly with Drug Companies and extends those negotiated prices to americans with private insurance also. This is a huge win for the american consumer. In the United States our drug prices are nearly four times higher than in similar countries and this legislation provides real Price Reductions that will put significant money back in consumers pockets. A portion of those savings will be reinvested in researching new cures and treatments. These cost savings will also extend medicare benefits to cover dental, vision and hearing and caps outofpocket Prescription Drug costs at 2,000 for those on medicare. In addition, these savings will allow 10 billion to Fund Provisions that are in my Community Health centers legislation, to enhance those facilities that serve 28 million americans, half of which are in rural communities. The bill includes a 5 billion funding boost for Capital Improvements and construction, to expand the footprint of Community Health centers, an additional 5 billion in funding over five years for a Community Health center grant. Providing consistent funding for and building on the success of Community Health centers is critical critically important to making Quality Health care ore accessible and affordable. In my district, where four rural hospitals recently closed, there are eight federally funded Community Health care centers working to serve almost 190,000 patients. Mr. Speaker, i urge strong bipartisan support for h. R. 3, a piece of legislation that will contribute to the ending of injustice in health care and help move us closer to making the greatness of america accessible and affordable for all. And i yield back. The chair the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from oregon is recognized. Mr. Walden thank you, mr. Speaker. I now yield a minute to the gentleman from ohio, mr. Latta. The chair the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Latta thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise today agreeing with americans that drug prices are too high. Congress must act and we have done so in the energy and Commerce Committee by passing Bipartisan Solutions. H. R. 3 is bad policy, a partisan sham, and will result in more than 100 fewer cures. Plus it is dead on arrival in the senate. What if that one new drug is the cure for alzheimers or cancer . Under the leadership of Ranking Member walden