Furthermore, 200 Alzheimer's researchers have also written to CMS, and said there is no question, but that this drug should be allowed for patients who are receiving Medicare.

I just do not understand CMS's misguided and outright unprecedented decision to not cover a whole class of Alzheimer's drugs.

It is just extremely frustrating, as is the fact that the President's budget does not provide additional funding, specifically targeting Alzheimer's research.

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?

I also think that there is a very interesting debate on the best way to help people around the world who are struggling with hunger: Is it to provide them with food, or is it to teach them how to grow their own food, so that they can…

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Defense began to transition its Operation Allies Welcome to the Department of State under Operation Enduring Welcome.

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

Are you satisfied with this pace? No.

Let me encourage you, and the other members of the administration, including the President, to make that case to the American people, much more forcefully.

I view the two challenges as interconnected, and believe that Russia and China are working in concert to reshape the international order to our disadvantage.

As of December 31, 2022, there were over 147,000 principal applicants in the Afghan SIV pipeline.

If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity, we open a Pandora's box around the world.

I think it has a profound impact in Asia, for example. Everyone is watching to see how we and the world respond to this aggression.

Thank you very much, Chairman Coons. I am delighted to join you today.

I just do not understand CMS's misguided and outright unprecedented decision to not cover a whole class of Alzheimer's drugs.