First do no harm. That's connected to the Hippocratic Oath.

They understaffed healthcare facilities. They didn't pay for required medical equipment. They failed to meet minimum operating standards.

I applaud you and all of the civil society community for your bravery

we support the aspirations of the Georgian people

I have been here five and a half years, and this is called the Budget Committee. I would like to point out that we have not done a budget in two and a half decades that we have adhered to.

You and I had the wonderful opportunity to serve as mayors of two great cities at the same time, and governors of two great states at the same time.

I support a bill out there called the Social Security Fairness Act, to fix the penalty under the windfall elimination provision, WEP in government pension offset GPO, because they overlook non-covered work.

Because patients are going to have to travel farther to receive care in our region.

It's absolutely unacceptable that Dr. de la Torre has defied a subpoena from this Committee and isn't at today's hearing.

Two of us in the Senate have been pretty public about dealing with Long COVID symptoms, Senator Young and I.

I am a Republican co-sponsor of this bill. Anyone watching this out there, get ahold of your representative of your Senator to get on it, because this is part of a broken system.

St. Elizabeth used to have a reputation as being a wonderful, wonderful hospital, especially for moms and babies.

We are now so bloated, it is roughly 25 percent of our GDP.

I have been here five and a half years, and this is called the Budget Committee. I would like to point out that we have not done a budget in two and a half decades that we have adhered to.

It would be your opinion that this inequity needs to be fixed?

I support a bill out there called the Social Security Fairness Act, to fix the penalty under the windfall elimination provision, WEP in government pension offset GPO, because they overlook non-covered work.

I am a Republican co-sponsor of this bill. Anyone watching this out there, get ahold of your representative of your Senator to get on it, because this is part of a broken system.

It's time for North Carolina to make history again by voting for Kamala Harris. I feel the same kind of energy. We had thousands of people unpaid, Donald Trump, unpaid in Charlotte and in Greensboro this evening.