mr. gonzales. see if we have time to get it done. those three. >> mr. gonzalez: we clearly support eliminating rebates, providing the discounts at the customer level. we absolutely support value-based pricing. that is the business we're in. and we absolutely support transparency. i would say transparency even more broadly across the entire including everyone that is in the supply chain. that would also include where government rebates are, with the can be a sen. carper: thank you. i would ask the witness is to also keep their answers short. >> senator, we support all three items. i will go one step beyond, which is, if there rebates which we said earlier or to be removed from the commercial sector, we would reduce our list prices by thes rebate amount and the fees that are probably single-digit fees, to be paid to wholesalers in the system. a diseasetalked about that is very common and becoming more common and a tragedy for people who suffer from it, i would just like to say that as was said earlier, his company spent a billions of dollars developing a

mr. gonzales.olleagues, today we are approving the minutes from the generally 15th, 2019 meeting -- from the january 15th, 2019 meeting. are there any changes to the meeting minutes? seeing none, can i have a motion to approve the minutes as presented? motioned by supervisor brown. okay. motion to approve made by supervisor brown and seconded by supervisor walton. without objection, those minutes will be approved after public comments. madame clerk, can you please read... >> items one through ten are on consents. these items are considered to be routine if a member objects, an item maybe removed and considered separately. >> okay. , colleagues, would anyone like to sever any items from the consent agenda? seeing none, madame clerk, please call the role for item one through ten. >> on items one through ten... [roll call] >> there are 11 imac. >> these items are finally passed unanimously. madame clerk, let's go to our 2:30 p.m. special commendations. >> at this time, it is time for black futures cel