House Proceeding on Nov 19th, 2009 :: 0:23:10 to 0:24:30
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John W. Olver: held in military courts in guantanamo. the administration should never of terrorists above god bless america. the speaker pro tempore: the gentle balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection,o ordered.

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Speech By: John W. Olver

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John W. Olver: mr. olver: mr. speaker, amidst one of the worst recessions in our nation's history, as americans are tightening their budgets, our friendly drugmakers are flying high. while promising to support the health care overhaul by cutting $8 billion per year from our nation's prescription drug costs, they are busy raising the prices ever brand name

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John W. Olver: drugs by 9% and that will add more than $10 billion per year to prescription drug costs. while the consumer price index has fallen, the drugmakers are creating the highest annual rate of inflation for drug prices since 1992. it was only three years ago in 2006 as the new medicare part d

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John W. Olver: program was going into effect, our prescription drug makers raised their prices by four times the general inflation rate for the first quarter of that year. america, we have foxes in our hen house. drugmakers are up to the old tricks again, gouging american senior citizens while pretending to work cooperatively with us on the