Mr. Speaker, today, we stand against anti-Semitism and in solidarity with the hostages and their families. We stand together against the depravity of Hamas holding innocent men, women, and children hostage for 6 brutal months. We proclaim…

I am disappointed that the final rule is significantly weaker. It fails to fully deliver the informational Scope 3 emissions that investors want, and this has consequences for millions of workers and families.

an investor is entitled to that information, and that has long been the practice.

the traditional role of the SEC and a central tenet of our securities laws aims to protect investors.

This is not the time to backtrack and to weaken regulations. This is the time to strengthen them.

Federal and state regulators should think once and think twice, and think three times, before they let another corporate investor suck more money out of the Steward system.

Yes. And I think that no resounds throughout the room in terms of this balance of power at the corporate boards.

It clearly would ultimately wind up harming the nonprofit sector that provides the very same services.

Instead of health care experts, you do have wealth care experts.

Thank you. And, Dr. Stinson, could you expand on how these for profit hospitals interfere in-- operationally with the delivery of equity and justice, especially for Black and Brown and immigrant communities that are most in need of health…

Right. So going in, they would want you to think that if anything went wrong, it was because of benign neglect.

We need a health care system for everyone, supported by Medicare for all and the Green New Deal.

Yes. And I think that no resounds throughout the room in terms of this balance of power at the corporate boards.

We should forbid the typical private equity approach of loading health care organizations with debt, extracting capital, and leaving stripped down organizations in bankruptcy or worse.

I think--what we have got on our hands right now is something that is only going to grow as the years go by.

They kept the State of Massachusetts in the dark. They refused to provide the information necessary for the state to be able to make a determination as to the financial condition of Steward.

It clearly would ultimately wind up harming the nonprofit sector that provides the very same services.

Thank you. And, Dr. Stinson, could you expand on how these for profit hospitals interfere in-- operationally with the delivery of equity and justice, especially for Black and Brown and immigrant communities that are most in need of health…