mr. marino of pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, that's three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. marino: my father taught me a long time ago not to make a speech or give an opinion unless i thought it was an important. i think tonight it's important and i hope that you also think it's important. i would never question anyone's motive and ideals, however we are here tonight to meet the immediate needs of the people that we represent. this vote is not about politics, this vote is not about republicans or democrats. this vote is not about cut or not cut. this vote is about coming to the aid of the american people whom we represent. the people who have been devastated by floods, people like friends and neighbors, seniors and children in the 10th congressional district of pennsylvania and on the east coast. it is heartbreaking and it is heart wrenching. you must see it firsthand

mr. marino of pennsylvania, has led efforts to ease bargaining power between pbs and pharmacies. the has introduced the hometown pharmacies act to empower small pharmacies to negotiate on more even terms. in addition to pharmacies, they enter contracts with essentially every major player in the supply and payment system for prescription drugs. a pbm with too much market power could command larger rebates and discounts from drug companies, capturing more of their profits and perhaps leading to decreasing competition and innovation to bring new drugs to market. a pbm exercising unlawful market power could decrease rates for pharmacies selling prescription drugs to levels that would make traditional pharmacies are probable and push more business to their own mail order promise it -- pharmacy business. a pbm unchecked by competition could potentially raise the prices it charges employers and other health insurance plan sponsors for administering their prescription drug benefits. if this merger leads to a decrease in the supply a prescription drugs and pharmacy services or raise their

mr. marino made it clear he would do everything possible to -- possible to ensure that those families would have what they needed and that's why we're here right now with the measure we have before us. mr. speaker, this measure that will come before us later this evening is a measure that has been online more than 72 hours. it was put online on monday. today is thursday. so well beyond 72 hours. it's been made available. we have actually doubled from $500 million to $1 billion the f.y. 2011 request that was made by the president. because we understand the imperative of getting these resources to the american people who are suffering. we can do that while at the same time reining in the size and scope and reach and control bauds every knows, democrats and republicans alike acknowledge in a there's waste in government and that's the reason we're saying we must pare the level of spending back. so mr. speaker, this is not martial law. this is our step to ensure that the american people get the resources they need and that we do it in a fiscally responsible way and it stems from what was a bipar

marino has been called back to his district. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much. i appreciated. mr. dodaro being a former prosecutor and district attorney, u.s. attorney, attorney, know the importance of trying to be able to communicate with agencies, whether it is a terrorist attack, whether it is an automobile accident or a drug raid and i am all for coming up with a system and implementing whereby if we needed to, someone in pennsylvania could be talking to someone in florida via some type of direct communication. have you ever calculated or estimated what the cost of something like that would be because i know in my area of northeastern and north-central pennsylvania, the mountains cause a great many problems so we are probably talking about satellite. do you have any idea what that would cost us? >> as a pennsylvania native myself understand the mountains. very good. i don't believe we have. i know we have done a lot of work looking at the development standards to ensure the interoperable communications would take place. i will go back and check. if we have anything i will give

marino has been called back to his district. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much. i appreciated. mr. dodaro being a former prosecutor and district attorney, u.s. attorney, attorney, know the importance of trying to be able to communicate with agencies, whether it is a terrorist attack, whether it is an automobile accident or a drug raid and i am all for coming up with a system and implementing whereby if we needed to, someone in pennsylvania could be talking to someone in florida via some type of direct communication. have you ever calculated or estimated what the cost of something like that would be because i know in my area of northeastern and north-central pennsylvania, the mountains cause a great many problems so we are probably talking about satellite. do you have any idea what that would cost us? >> as a pennsylvania native myself understand the mountains. very good. i don't believe we have. i know we have done a lot of work looking at the development standards to ensure the interoperable communications would take place. i will go back and check. if we have anything i will give

marino has been called back to his district. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much. i appreciated. mr. dodaro being a former prosecutor and district attorney, u.s. attorney, attorney, know the importance of trying to be able to communicate with agencies, whether it is a terrorist attack, whether it is an automobile accident or a drug raid and i am all for coming up with a system and implementing whereby if we needed to, someone in pennsylvania could be talking to someone in florida via some type of direct communication. have you ever calculated or estimat what the cost of something like that would be because i know in my area of northeastern and north-central pennsylvania, the mountains cause a great many problems so we are probably talking about satellite. do you have any idea what that would cost us? >> as a pennsylvania native myself understand the mountains. very good. i don't believe we have. i know we have done a lot of work looking at the development standards to ensure the interoperable communications would take place. i will go back and check. if we ave anything i will give it

marino has been called back to his district. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you so much. i appreciated. mr.ecutor and district attorney, u.s. attorney, attorney, know the importance of trying to be able to communicate with agencies, whether it is a terrorist attack, whether it is an automobile accident or a drug raid and i am all for coming up with a system and implementing whereby if we needed to, someone in pennsylvania could be talking to someone in florida via some type of direct communication. have you ever calculated or estimated what the cost of something like that would be because i know in my area of northeastern and north-central pennsylvania, the mountains cause a great many problems so we are probably talking about satellite. do you have any idea what that would cost us? >> as a pennsylvania native myself understand the mountains. very good. i don't believe we have. i know we have done a lot of work looking at the development standards to ensure the interoperable communications would take place. i will go back and check. if we have anything i will give it to you but i can't thin