Activists often adopt scientific arguments as a source of a moral legitimation for their movements which can be radical and destructive rather than rational and constructive.

the quick attribution of everything that happens to climate change flattens our understanding.

I think it is one of the reasons why HHS yesterday took the extraordinary step, after the great work of this Select Subcommittee under Dr. Wenstrup's leadership, took the extraordinary step of defunding EcoHealth.

Immediate attention to those climate threats and other global challenges goes beyond traditional national security priorities; however, it must be aligned and integrated with them.

The most comprehensive and serious challenge to the United States national security is PRC's coercive and increasingly aggressive endeavor to refashion the Indo Pacific region and the international system to suit its interests and…

In the past, Congress has explicitly acknowledged the security impacts of climate change as a direct threat to U.S. national security.

China has a defense budget of $230 billion, but like many statistics published by the country's communist government, the numbers are very suspect.

I agree that climate change presents some national security related challenges.

Climate change will continue to drive instability around the world, recognition that the opening Arctic will create new dimensions in great power competition.

I think we need to make sure that any new quality metrics are easily collected using existing technology and that we're not adding additional administrative burden for data collection for these metrics.

I think absolutely Medicare Advantage is a space that could foster competition, but there has to be a lot more competition.

I'm going to ask all my questions for Dr. DiGiorgio.

Reducing administrative burdens in healthcare is a very important and top priority issue.

How should we approach regulating Artificial Intelligence, given the impact of top-down regulations on current technology?

I think the spring cleaning issue that half of them are of no use is important for us to address.

I am worried that we would over regulate it.

Our country spends more than $4.5 trillion annually on healthcare.

Statement dated May 6, 2024