It cannot be understated how big this problem is, both in terms of cost and scale, but a modern EHR is necessary if we want VA to be able to provide world class healthcare.

The VA must take a more aggressive role in change management for the good of the 171 Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMCs) within it and the 9 million veterans enrolled in the system.

if you have seen one VA, you have seen one VA. Each medical center has a lot of autonomy.

I share Ranking Member Cherfilus-McCormick's belief that VA must focus on developing a baseline EHR that minimizes deviations as the program moves forward.

Yesterday, we received the quarterly patient safety data that was mandated by Representative Frank Mrvan's EHR Transparency Act in the last Congress.

I am concerned, though, to hear that VA is moving forward with the program at the Lovell Federal Healthcare Center.

Too often, the people who make decisions about healthcare have never had to choose between paying for medicine or paying rent. We need real representation in Congress.

$47 billion in Medicare provided payments that are due June 1 would not go out.

I am particularly concerned with the implications that has on the sick, the elderly, the youth, and the military.

We want people to get cancer screenings and screenings they need. We will commit to a hearing.

Having timely access to affordable, effective medicines is a key part of their economy and our domestic food chain.

I want to just touch on antimicrobial resistance, something that is top of mind for us, something that I am concerned about as a pediatrician.

Lack of competition has patients with fewer alternatives to access care, particularly in rural communities across Indiana's 6th district, my district.

I have a bill with Henry Cuellar of Laredo. It is a bipartisan bill to repeal the ban on physician-owned hospitals.

I have seen the price of insulin go up from about $40 a bottle to north of 300 now.

I don't think there is anything that hospitals should be afraid of when it comes to 340B transparency.

I am happy and ready to work on combating some of these perverse incentives for pharmacy benefit managers.

We need to continue to expand coverage and make healthcare more affordable and accessible for all Americans.