The Biden administration should get serious about our partnership with Colombia or risk squandering the strategic gains of the last few decades.

The United States should work with credible regional institutions, such as the Inter-American Development Bank to unleash private sector solutions to fulfill the Colombian people's growing expectations.

Strong relations with Colombia are important to attain these goals.

It is not a good place to be.

We have clear opportunities for improvement at every level.

I thank also Ranking Member Senator Crapo, and all of the committee members for your vision to improve the mental health and well-being of our young people.

I appreciate your zeroing in on telehealth issues, and we are certainly going to build on them in our work this year.

Children can and often do benefit from services delivered via telehealth.

We appreciate the opportunity to have this letter entered into the hearing record.

We are thankful for Chairman Wyden's, Ranking Member Crapo and the Committee Members' commitment to ensuring young people have a seat at the table as work on this critical issue continues.

Thank you to Senators Wyden and Crapo for putting bipartisan support on this very critical issue nationwide.

We urge you to include the policies outlined below that support the health and well-being of children and families, as well as the mental health infrastructure needed to provide them with accessible, high-quality care.

We should do all that we can, within our jurisdiction, to increase access to high-quality mental health services and reduce the causes of delayed and forgone treatment.

There should not be limits on the number of visits and other mental and behavioral health services.

As this committee works in a bipartisan way to advance the conversation on mental health, we must not only identify the complexity and scope of the problems at hand, but also explore innovative, sustainable, and concrete policy solutions.

our Nation's seniors deserve meaningful solutions that increase prescription drug access and affordability. This bill, unfortunately, would double down on the deepest flaws in our current healthcare system and usher in a host of new…

HHS has the largest budget of any Federal agency, totaling nearly $1.7 trillion for fiscal year 2022.

Congress is a critical partner to the work of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the programs you may oversee are of unique importance.