it will take more individuals like you, Senator Sanders, and the HELP Committee, to achieve--thank you.

You got to elect people who are going to stand up and fight for them.

It is time, Chairman Sanders, for us to get our due so the aspiring physicians in our Country may see that they will be fairly treated and protected should they choose a career in medicine.

I hope that within the midst of the GME issue, we can deal with the issue of salaries for residents as well.

thanks to the work of Senator Sanders' HELP Committee.

I would not be here as Chairman of the Committee if the people of Georgia had not done what they did.

In Build Back Better, which was a major piece of legislation which would have dealt with many of the issues we are talking about here today, which lost by two votes, we substantially increased the number of GME slots.

Thank you for your visit, Senator Sanders.

We have got to do that in Texas. We have got to do that in many, many states in this country.

On Wednesday, this coming Wednesday in D.C., I will be meeting with, I think, several hundred doctors and nurses to announce that we will be introducing legislation for a Medicare for all single payer program.

The opposition there is enormous. The people who are making the money want to maintain the status quo.

it is imperative that we as a country understand the significance of black physicians providing care for black patients and other patients as well.

Most importantly, I hope that what I and other Committee Members will learn from this hearing will be translated into law and will have an impact on how we provide health care to minority communities all across this country.

Thank you again, Chairman Sanders, for your leadership and interest in our views.

Thank you, Senator Sanders, for showing us continuously what leadership looks like, for being our voice when others are not listening.

We got to bring those people into the process.

The system today, the health care system today is working really good, for the insurance companies and for the drug companies.

We spend twice as much per person on health care as any other country. With the amount of money we spend, every American, child, elderly person should have quality health care.