I want to turn this discussion to what our vision is for these primary care community health centers. I think we all realize we have an obesity epidemic in this country, too, and a type 2 diabetic epidemic in this country that we need to…

I might close with a couple of thoughts. Again, we came in with the lofty expectations that we could make a difference in primary care for people across the Nation. I think our bill accomplishes just that. Again, I can't thank the staff…

The Office Inspector General published a report last Thursday, September 14th, detailing deficiencies at the Veterans Crisis Line.

The Office Inspector General published a report last Thursday, September 14th, detailing deficiencies at the Veterans Crisis Line.

Again, I think it is the pot calling the kettle black.

Human Rights Watch is opposed to the Florida law--so you do know this.

We have deep concerns over the Crown Prince's human rights records.

I want to thank you, Dr. Shane, for being part of the medical community that actually worked to save lives, not to try to cause disinformation that actually got people killed during the pandemic.

I am proud to stand in the gap. I am proud to stand in this foxhole with my friends and my colleagues and with the Democratic whip from Illinois, Senator Durbin, and my friend Senator Welch from Vermont. The Democratic whip is right. The…

I continue to believe that the legal business dealings of private corporations should not be the subject of yet another hearing.

As a committee, we should be coming together to protect public health and fighting to make medical care more accessible for all Americans, but instead, House Republicans are working to undermine the doctor-patient relationship.

Now, today we're also, unfortunately, enabling extremists who claim that masks are child abuse and that vaccines don't work.

I just do want to start just by pushing back against some of the Republican claims and some from my colleagues that these abortion bans that are completely extreme and out of step are outside the scope of this hearing.

it was a few weeks back that I was on the Senate floor visiting with my colleagues about the Federal Reserve's response to the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, and I again am here today, this time to, in more specific terms, indicate there…

Now, we know that abortion bans have deprived women in 22 States of access to abortion and criminalized doctors seeking to provide the highest quality care to their patients.

It's really unfortunate that we continue to push vaccine hesitancy not just in this committee but across the country.

Now, over 20 Republican-led State legislatures have criminalized health care for LGBTQ+ people, forcing families to travel hundreds of miles and even flee their communities to access lifesaving medically recommended care.

We have deep concerns over the Crown Prince's human rights records.