| United States Department Of Agriculture’S 150Th Anniversary |
May 10, 2012 |
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Laura Richardson, D-CA
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"American consumers spend on average less than ten percent of their disposable income on food. That ten percent represents the lowest percentage in the history of the world. By comparison, most European consumers spend more than double that and in developing countries the percentage is often higher than 50 percent. Our nation’s advanced system of production agriculture is evidence of how successful the USDA has been in ensuring a safe, affordable and abundant food supply."
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| Pharmacy Benefit Managers |
May 7, 2012 |
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Jesse Jackson, D-IL
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"Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my strong support of H.R. 4215—The Medicare Pharmacy Transparency and Fair Auditing Act. This bill, introduced by Ms. McMorris-Rodgers and Mr. Ross, has bipartisan support and will result in more competitive practices in the Pharmaceutical industry. H.R. 4215 will require increased regulation of Pharmacy Benefit Managers, also known as PBMs, to ensure that consumers are receiving the care they deserve at competitive and fair costs."
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| Congratulating Zippo Manufacturing Company |
May 7, 2012 |
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Glenn Thompson, R-PA
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"But it’s not just the number that Zippo and its employees will celebrate; it’s that over the years Zippo has developed an iconic brand; it’s that consumers in over 160 countries around the world buy Zippo products; it’s that despite the drastic downturn in the economy, Zippo, through hard work and innovation, has continued to successfully grow its business, support our domestic manufacturers and the strength of our communities."
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| Executive Session |
May 7, 2012 |
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Jon Kyl, R-AZ
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"Policymakers should be reminded that many of the technologies that we take for granted today will soon be gone, and we do not really know which technologies will become obsolete and in which direction the Nation’s innovators and consumers will take us. Congress and the FCC do not make those decisions, or at least they should not. These decisions should be made by the American people in their capacity as consumers, businessmen, entrepreneurs, investors, and citizens."
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| Stop The Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
May 7, 2012 |
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Tom Harkin, D-IA
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"That was all done by stopping these wasteful subsidies to banks and putting it into the direct loan program. Again, we provided more than $10 billion in deficit reduction at the same time we were able to expand the Community Health Center Program to ensure access to lifesaving medications and to expand vital consumer protections to millions of Americans with private health insurance—protections we put in such as banning lifetime limits, requiring dependent coverage, prohibiting cancellation of coverage due to an illness. In other words, thanks to the education reform bill, students benefited, the middle class benefited, taxpayers benefited, and health care consumers benefited. For my friends on the Republican side, had they had their way and had those reforms been defeated, only the banks would have benefited."
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