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We have to look at all of this in the totality for the 3.5 million citizens who have served this country.

I am a sponsor of the legislation that Senator Schumer talked about to correct this inequity.

I do not think this country has done its job either in helping Puerto Rico in doing some of the things that should be done.

Even with those boosts in Federal funding and the related increases in Commonwealth spending, all we see is added Commonwealth debt.

This is a comprehensive bill that includes provisions ranging from ensuring the island has equitable and sustainable Medicaid funding.

If we wanted to help Puerto Rico, CMS is capable of finding an alternative way to calculate Medicare Disproportionate Share Hospital payments.

The poverty rate in Puerto Rico is approximately 45 percent.

I have offered several efforts here. We skipped over the Puerto Rican hospitals in terms of health care technology.

It makes no sense that an American citizen living in Puerto Rico is ineligible for the EITC.

I think there is no good reason why Puerto Rico should not have equal access to chapter 9.

But, why would we want to give Iran the ability to defend against cyberweapons that we, or perhaps some of our allies, might one day want to use against Iran?

Annex 3 of the recently signed Iran Nuclear Agreement calls for the participating countries to work with Iran to, quote, strengthen Iran's ability to protect against and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as…

They need to deliver on that promise of care, and we think that's something that all exchanges should be looking at.

That doesn't happen in California, and that's because standard benefit designs for both on and off exchange in the individual market.

We review them critically and make sure they have the networks in place, the system to deliver quality care.

We hold them to account for delivering quality care.

This is why Washington is a problem. This is why you are the problem, sir.

You can't be a compassionate institution because everything you do is through force.