I want to actually thank President Biden and his leadership for the Inflation Reduction Act.

PLAs work, and legalizing their non-use, mandating their non-use is fraught with problems.

Times of international conflict should require more, not less, congressional oversight.

Good morning. The Senate, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security, will come to order.

The Modernizing the Acquisition of Cybersecurity Experts Act stops the Federal Government from ruling out people without a specific educational credential.

I fully support every last dollar that we have committed to the Ukrainian people to maintain their freedom and their democracy.

We need to find a way in which we incentivize the development of new solutions to this problem.

You are saying that the Administration should appoint, name a champion.

We share a lot of organisms that we have challenges with, and we also share a lot of the same needs for diagnostics.

If we think there is a real problem with the way the interaction between authorizations and appropriations works in Congress, let us have some hearings.

Thank you. Dr. Boucher, you are treating patients in Boston every single day. You are seeing how bad the opioid crisis has become.

Again, let's talk about that.

You are saying that the Administration should appoint, name a champion.

I think that is a great idea. And we need to have somebody who is in charge to be applying the pressure that all of the families in our Country feel on this issue.

That would take years and years and years and would not satisfy either the contractors or the people working out of them.

There is a bit of a red tape, but our organization works tirelessly to make sure that hospitals are aware of the new--the latest therapies.

James Madison said that those who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives.

So, can you explain to us why people with opioid use disorder are at risk and how can we mitigate that risk?