Anna Eshoo

It is stunning to me that someone pays for something, they don't get it, but the person or the entity they paid it to still gets to keep it.

Nothing moves without it.

Chairwoman Rosenworcel, for as long as I can remember, you have been in my view the leading voice about the need to close the digital divide and the homework gap.

It is shameful for our country to have this be marking every single day.

Spectrum is the gold in the 21st century. Nothing moves without spectrum.

I have to say that I am really deeply disappointed. Deeply disappointed.

We need more guardrails in place on AI, which is why I introduced the Real Political Ads Act earlier this month.

I've long been a champion for protecting vulnerable communities from the harms that come with new technologies.

You did a great job, and I think that you answered--with your answers you were highly instructive to all of the members of the committee.

I think that, you know, to a person--well, maybe not to a--well, just--I am getting myself in a little trouble here.

They are so hungry and so in need of these changes.

We need to get a clear explanation from hospitals on why, after hospitals acquire physician practices, the prices for the services provided by the acquired physicians increases by 14 percent.

I find it hypocritical when I hear time and time and time again that plans are often blocked by PBMs from offering the lowest-priced generic.

I think that the committee needs to take that into consideration.

I see, as I expressed to you when we spoke, a disconnect between CMS, the FDA, and the VA on new treatments for mild Alzheimer's.

I fully support these bills.

The Medicaid Value-Based Payments for Patients Act will codify a CMS rule to help ensure Medicaid enrollees have access to breakthrough gene therapies.

This is, as you said and have said many times, this is a devastating disease, and I don't think this can be treated as 17 months of a little additional hope.

The PBM Accountability Act will finally shed a light on the opaque drug pricing system.

Simply put, we are not getting the best value for our healthcare dollar.

The words that we write walk into people's lives.

In 1997 this subcommittee held a joint hearing with the Senate Labor Committee to review our Nation's system for organ transplant.

Thank you for holding the hearing, and I yield back.

I support the legislation we are considering today to permanently authorize the THC GME program and fund new training sites to increase resident physician spots.