"Healthcare cannot and should not be a political issue if we truly hope to help all Americans."
"Our current system of healthcare is failing them. As Members of Congress with the ability to address this broken system, we are failing them every day we do not take action."
"Health insurance premiums are spiraling out of control, patients can barely afford essential medications that keep them alive, and costs to obtain care are outrageously unaffordable."
"We can either fight and bicker about trivial political matters or we can work together to make progress and actually address the healthcare crisis."
"In the United States of America, we can do much better in healthcare. We can cover more people. We can cover preexisting conditions."
"If you look at my rural district in Arkansas, the Fourth Congressional District, there are zero projects going on."
"I'm proud to be able to work on this Committee that has been able to pass three major, transformational WRDA laws in the last three Congresses to improve our Nation's water resources infrastructure."
"Unprecedented floodings such as this should serve as a catalyst for us to reexamine infrastructure to ensure it is updated and capable of protecting life and property."
"We can't afford another year of flooded homes and washed out farmlands. This is a sight that none of us want to see and the American people deserve better than this."
"I really look forward to working with you and the committee on getting another WRDA in 2020."
"Unprecedented flooding such as this should serve as a catalyst for us to re-examine infrastructure."