crop insurance is a critical backstop for family farms, and we will continue to fight to make sure that is included in any farm bill, moving forward.

I believe that in our testimonies we have laid out the priorities for our government and for the territory, which is the need to extend the timeline for us to expend the ACA money.

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So what happens now as a result of this report? Because still, what you are describing is what is happening pre-2017.

So just from your professional opinion, where do we go on this? What else has to happen?

So the filters aren't working. Whatever was done prior to January of 2017 is not working.

one of the things they talk about in here is a prescriber in my home state of Indiana wrote an average of 24 opioid prescriptions each for 108 beneficiaries in a year, costing Medicare Part D $1.1 million just to that Indiana physician.

But obviously, the filters that you are talking about didn't catch this.

How long is a pattern and a practice? So who is your doctor here that took this to the limit and over the top?

There are plenty of meetings, conferences, dialogue, hearings in this town that can provide such an update.

Are you referencing a violation of Customary International Humanitarian Law Rule 55?

My hope is that this hearing will build some momentum and result in some tangible, additional steps being taken on the backend to alleviate the horrible suffering in each of these four countries.

How has that negatively impacted humanitarian operations at Hodeidah and, more broadly, in Yemen?

I have really enjoyed working with you on this and other issues, Senator Merkley.