Hello, everyone. Hi. Good evening. Thank you for joining us today. We are committed to developing young people to be informed and active citizens to create a just and equitable world. Named after two great civic leaders, we believe in the power of youth voice, like the amazing voices that are here with us today. And we believe in helping young people to create civic action to improve the world. Im going to turn it over to a great colleague and friend nicole from Facebook Education team. [ applause ] hi, everyone. My name is nicole and i work on facebooks Education Team focused on youth leadership. Our mission is to provide young people with the support, the tools and the resources they need to drive positive changes in their communities and in their schools. We are thrilled to continue this partnership to elevate youth voices around the country and super excited to hear the youth speeches today. And for you all, the young people that are raising your voices to help shape your communiti
Raising your voice is to help shape your communities. Thank you so much. We are thrilled to be here. I will turn it over to step. Stef. [applause] i mentioned the amazing young people that are here today. My name is stephanie cruz, i am on the board of mikva challenge. It is exceptionally exciting to hear the stories we are going to hear. These young people represent 25,000 young people who have participated in the soap box challenge. We are very lucky to hear these amazing stories. I am going to turn over to get it kicked off. [applause] thank you both so much. Myself and my colleague will be emceeing today, and we are thrilled to hear these speeches of brave young people who will speak out on the issues that matter to them that they want to see change that are affecting young people around the country and the world. I wont be speaking so much because we want to center their voices and their wisdom and their perspective. So without further ado, im , going to call our first speaker, mo
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The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. This phone Committee Hearing is convening regarding the patients perspective and the devastating impacts of marketing drug prices on American Families. I recognize myself for five minutes, to give an Opening Statement. Today we are closing this work period, the way we started our work. With a hearing on the Prescription Drug prices. This is a bipartisan issue and i have focused on for many years. The first witness at our hearing this congress was a woman named antoinette worsham. A mother whose daughter died at 22. Years of age after rising insulin because she could not afford it. And it was the subject of our hearing on hiv prevention drugs in may. Today, five patients and her family members are here to share their stories. I urge all members to go back to your districts and to talk to your constituents about their experiences struggling to pay for lifesaving
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