I am concerned that the VA is not requesting adequate funding for medical research programs, and in particular the research around pain management and use of opioids to bring down the use of opioids in the system so that we don't continue…

Well, many of the Members of this Committee were on the Committee when the Phoenix scandal was all over the news, and we certainly want you to resolve the scheduling issues, use the resources and the personnel that we have efficiently, and…

I thank my colleague from Mississippi for his remarks about the brave men and women in the Navy and their need for support.

These dollars help them do that. So can you please explain to this committee why we should cut support for critical energy efficiency programs that are creating jobs, stimulating the economy, and helping to reduce energy bills for American…

the authority of funding the Federal Government is held by Congress and Congress alone.

I share the Chairman's negative view of this budget proposal, and I was especially disappointed that the President's budget calls for a 70 percent, seven-zero, cut to DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

we're looking for every single tool we have, and certainly in rural areas, telehealth is incredibly important

we can all agree on the incredible possibilities that making sure that our entire country sees broadband, has broadband coverage, and is treated as a true utility, there are great possibilities ahead, we just have to find a way to do it.

universal service support for rural health care programs is something that we all care a great deal about

But they don't have the capacity to provide for that coverage. And if the Planned Parenthood centers are providing good coverage for people, its preventive care, why do you want to shut them down?

Well, in New Hampshire, there is overwhelming public support for those Planned Parenthood centers, and I think that's true across the country.

I know that you have been to New Hampshire, and you appreciate that next to West Virginia, we are the State with the highest percentage of overdose deaths in the country.

the Trump administration is committed to bringing everything the Federal Government has to bear on this epidemic.

During--in your budget, you would, for the first time under any President ever, totally cut all funding from going to Planned Parenthood.

What do you tell those people who are in recovery who are getting treatment about what they should do when you cut off those Medicaid payments that are their sole means of getting help for their substance use disorders?

But, Mr. Secretary, that isn't in effect what these cuts would do.

I am here this afternoon to speak about the amendment to address sanctions on Russia, but I want to preface my remarks by saying, like all of us here in the Capitol today, that my thoughts are with Congressman Scalise and with the staff…

this budget goes in exactly the wrong direction. There's a 23 percent cut to SAMHSA.