We have to prioritize the training and development of more doctors, nurses, and other community health care professionals.

In New Hampshire, patients seeking psychiatric care are being forced to wait in emergency rooms for days or weeks.

medication treatment is a key resource for people with opioid use disorder.

I worked with Senator Murkowski to pass into law the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, which eliminated an unnecessary hurdle to providing treatment.

Community health centers play a vital role in addressing the ongoing opioid crisis by serving as major providers of medication assisted treatment.

I was in the region in both Romania and Georgia, the end of February, and there was a great deal of interest.

I was in the region in both Romania and Georgia, the end of February, and there was a great deal of interest.

I would love to look into it, follow up, understand what happened, figure out how to resolve it, and then also identify the broader system issues.

the other piece of the conversation that came up in North Conway and has come up all around my state, is just the need for housing for employees, especially in rural New England right now, Northern New England.

Last Congress, I worked with Senator Young to introduce the Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act, which would double the amount of tax-free educational assistance that workers can receive as a benefit from their employers.

I would love to look into it, follow up, understand what happened, figure out how to resolve it, and then also identify the broader system issues.

the other piece of the conversation that came up in North Conway and has come up all around my state, is just the need for housing for employees, especially in rural New England right now, Northern New England.

Last Congress, I worked with Senator Young to introduce the Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act, which would double the amount of tax-free educational assistance that workers can receive as a benefit from their employers.

in December, Congress funded the training of 200 new physicians, including at least 100 psychiatrists or addiction medicine specialists, building off a bill that Senator Collins and I did, called the Opioid Workforce Act.

One of the things I am also aware of and I think has been highlighted in other work that you all have done, when I talk to veterans, women veterans in particular, I think find the transition process not really necessarily suited to their needs.

Last year I worked to get the Solid Start Act passed into law, and I continue to believe that that program is essential to ensuring that veterans are aware of their benefits immediately after separation.

I would look forward to that too.

I want to start by just following up on an issue similar to the one that Senator Moran raised about delays in disability claims.