I'm proud that during my time as the Governor of New Hampshire, Republicans and Democrats put our differences aside and came together to pass--and reauthorize--our State's bipartisan Medicaid expansion plan.

Medicaid has served as a lifeline for states that have been hit hardest by the opioid epidemic.

We should be coming together here, just as we did in my home State, to support those on the front lines and help those who are struggling with addiction.

I have been very involved with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in a task force to combat the heroin epidemic.

we can't arrest our way out of this problem.

we need to treat this as the public health crisis that it is.

What will our states and communities do for this public health crisis--and the next one--without the guarantee of Federal Medicaid dollars to support them?

This crisis is a public health and law enforcement issue, but it is also an economic one.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to our panel for being with us.

This is an issue that rises above partisanship, and this is the work that we need to be doing because the lives of our people in our states depend on it.

I fear that the budget would leave many of our shorelines and seacoasts unprotected.

I think you just made a very good argument for why the international marketing that is done through Brand USA is a program we should continue.

I hope, as you work to finalize the agreement, that you will take into consideration not only the interest of the sugar producers...

I am encouraged by the new administration's interest in tackling the backlog of investment in our country's infrastructure needs.

I do not see how eliminating programs like the EDA and the Manufacturing Extension Program really make good fiscal sense.

We have had, for far too long, a debate in this Congress that has held up the critical operations of EXIM Bank.

I am going to repeat that, because I think it is important--95 percent since 2012 because of the Federal regulations restricting their catch.

I appreciate that, and I hope that you will continue to work with the fishing industries in the Northeast as we address this, because this is the last straw that could really break the fishing industry in New Hampshire.