Doris Matsui

Modernizing telehealth policy to meet the moment is one of the most important responsibilities of this Health Subcommittee.

I am proud to colead several efforts that would give our providers more certainty about how care will be delivered in the future, such as the comprehensive CONNECT for Health Act, aimed to remove the most onerous roadblocks in telehealth…

They are the same policy changes we have been fighting for in Congress for years, commonsense solutions that broaden where services can be provided.

It was the CMS waivers issued early in the pandemic that were key to jump starting the widespread telehealth investment.

Telehealth has been, without a doubt, critical to preserving access to care during the public health emergency.

Given California's success with RPS, a national clean energy standard... should be a crucial solution for decarbonization.

A clean energy development fueled by California's renewable portfolio standard... has attracted more than $2 billion in clean energy investments.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for this very, very important hearing. It is really something that is really necessary today.

Medicare beneficiaries now more than ever need access to telehealth treatment for mental health services, regardless of where they are located.

I urge the committee today to commit to working on finding a solution that will guarantee adequate aid for those providers.

It is completely unacceptable that they are largely excluded from COVID-19 relief funds made available by HHS.

Well do you believe that Facebook provides sufficient public information about the ownership, management, and membership in neo-Confederate or white nationalist groups?

I think Facebook has taken a particularly narrow definition of imminent harm, and maybe that was an excusable position three, four months ago.

Facebook has announced that it will remove COVID-19-related misinformation that could contribute to imminent physical harm.

Representative Johnson and I have introduced the Suspicious Order Identification Act of 2019, legislation that sets up a workable real-time reporting system through DEA to help us prevent diversion and maintain integrity in the supply…

Telemedicine is a critical tool that should be leveraged to expand the ways a patient can receive medication-assisted treatment.

Addiction is a devastating disease that knows no bounds and we must provide solutions in a comprehensive manner.

We need to thoughtfully prioritize projects that consider the long-term consequences of climate change.

In the face of a changing climate, we must begin taking a new look at Federal flood control projects, starting with WRDA 2020.

This change will help advance proposals for needed projects in the region that would protect California residents and improve safety and sustainability.

The catastrophic flooding we have seen across the country in just the last year is telling, and I fear the severe flooding will no longer be 100- or even 500-year events, but a new norm for my constituents.

We need to be thoughtfully prioritizing projects that consider the long-term consequences of climate change.

As a Representative of Sacramento, California, WRDA is uniquely meaningful to me and to my constituents who live in the second most flood-prone city in our country, after New Orleans.

Our top priority should be in proposing policies that consider the impacts of climate change in our country.

The Federal Communications Commission, the FCC, has an obligation to assist State and local governments to prepare for, respond to, and learn from disasters.