We need to invest in our young kids in early education through their primary grades onto university and Ph.D.s.

I think that is what some people might refer to as fake news, when, in fact, at the last hearing on providing transparency for investors by requiring climate disclosure, I was encouraged to hear SEC Chair Gensler confirm on the record that…

This is not the time to backtrack and to weaken regulations. This is the time to strengthen them.

I am disappointed that the final rule is significantly weaker. It fails to fully deliver the informational Scope 3 emissions that investors want, and this has consequences for millions of workers and families.

Today, we stand against anti-Semitism and in solidarity with the hostages and their families. We stand together against the depravity of Hamas holding innocent men, women, and children hostage for 6 brutal months. We proclaim with one…

an investor is entitled to that information, and that has long been the practice.

the traditional role of the SEC and a central tenet of our securities laws aims to protect investors.

This hearing is a good start, and I am grateful to Senator Markey for getting the ball rolling.

If we close our doors, there is nowhere for people to go, nowhere.

But it should. And that is really the point here. So, I am also introducing new legislation to change that.

We should forbid the typical private equity approach of loading health care organizations with debt, extracting capital, and leaving stripped down organizations in bankruptcy or worse.

Thank you. And, Dr. Stinson, could you expand on how these for profit hospitals interfere in-- operationally with the delivery of equity and justice, especially for Black and Brown and immigrant communities that are most in need of health…

Can we really have accountability of corporate greed without greater transparency in this one sector, the health care sector, that affects every family in our Country?

Right. So going in, they would want you to think that if anything went wrong, it was because of benign neglect.

We need a health care system for everyone, supported by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal.

When you remove a facility from a community, they no longer will maintain that ability to live prosperous lives.

The Health Over Wealth Act would protect every patient and provider that private equity touches.

Thank you for inviting me to testify at today's important hearing.