This health extenders package is good news for the Marianas and all the insular areas.

I have sponsored legislation, H.R.1354, the Territories Health Equity Act of 2019, joined by my colleagues from the territories, and others, to correct the inequities faced by the territories across all of the federal health programs.

We may think that the funding we are providing to each insular area meets their needs and their capacity to use the money.

I think it would actually be really interesting to look at what the regulatory environment looked like back then and what the contracting process looked like back then and compare it to what it looks like today.

That NASA brand worldwide is second to none in my opinion.

I'm just thrilled that we have NASA in this country and in my home district.

This is a topic that's critical to both our national security and the integrity of our democracy.

I recently joined my colleagues on this Committee to introduce the bipartisan Securing American Science and Technology Act.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for holding this important hearing, and thank you to our panel today for your testimony and your tireless work to shed a light on this important issue.

It's important for us, as Congress, to continue to invest into resources like the Great Lakes to reduce biodiversity loss.

it's important for us, as Congress, to continue to invest into resources like the Great Lakes to reduce biodiversity loss.

If the Congress is not acting, a lot of people are going to lose their insurance, a lot of people are going to lose their services.

It is time to end this injustice.

If we fix it now, we may save a lot of Federal funds.

more than half a million American citizens living in Puerto Rico, they are not covered by Medicaid full programs as they were in the states just because of the lack of funding

I really appreciate this hearing taking place.

We are losing providers, we are losing doctors. Our professionals in the healthcare system are receiving less than half of whatever other professionals are receiving in the mainland.

For my island, the Medicaid cap set by statute for Fiscal Year 2020 will be approximately $375 million.