There has been a lot of great work done to pull people who are suffering from mental illness and substance use disorder who are not violent out of incarceration, but recognizing violent reoffenders is also a really important piece of this.

we do not have a national strategy to how to respond to a crisis, or a national strategy for emergency management.

It was a painful lesson learned, but the results were dramatic.

I take it from your testimony... that local and State and Federal law enforcement need more tools and more authorities to effectively combat this kind of emerging intersection of weaponry and technology.

if there is a single issue that people from all walks of life and all perspectives want to talk to me about is mental health and the need for resources for mental health.

When we passed the American Rescue Plan, my legislation was included to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to 1 full year.

It was an important reminder to me that we have so much work to do.

It had a profound effect on how Federal Government shares information with its State and local partners.

I think this committee would be very supportive of that and I would hope that if you need additional funding in order to engage in that kind of a long-term mission that you will let the committee know so that we can ensure that those funds…

I want to thank the Chair. It is great to work with you, Chairman Guthrie and Ranking Member Eshoo and Congressman Buddy Carter, to introduce this legislation that brings transparency to pharmacy benefit manager operations and lowers costs…

I can assure you that I will be advocating that we adequately fund district offices and small business development centers.

I think it is important to really recognize that, and recognize it is the first responders and it is the survivors and the public as well.

I am deeply concerned that work requirements--I know someone mentioned it before--in Medicaid will undo our progress.

There are a number of things we have to address as we build capacity and skills in our workforce, including immigration, including the addiction of mental health crisis that we are experiencing in this country.

Thank you. Good food for thought, to be sure.

Extending postpartum--Medicaid postpartum coverage to 1 year is part of our ongoing efforts to break down barriers to accessing care.

One of the defining opportunities will be the upcoming elections in 2024 and we will have a critical role in supporting those elections and hopefully encouraging an election observer mission.

when we empower women and girls in societies, we have more stable societies, they can give back more consistently