Raul Ruiz

If we don't rapidly reimburse, our local agencies will not be ready to deal with a potential rapid spread of the virus.

I am a disaster-trained emergency physician, and public health expert. And in disaster or epidemic preparedness, rapid reimbursement is a matter of readiness capacity.

Providing Federal funding to a for-profit organization with a long history of child abuse is definitely not in the best interest of children

Can we get a commitment from you both here today that you will reimburse these expenses by local municipalities for the costs associated with containing the spread of the coronavirus?

A medical decision should be made on the basis of science and evidence, not on the basis of politics and ideology.

Clearly, flavors have been a target for youth.

It would also prohibit the sales of products that are clearly being used to attract teens with the ability to easily conceal their use like this sweatshirt.

I am also working on legislation to require manufacturers to label the vaping products, not just the packaging, to make it clear that nicotine in vaping is addictive and harmful to health.

Everyone here agrees that youth should not be using vaping products, but it is still happening at disturbing rates.

The No VAPE Act would increase penalties on retailers who sell vape products to underage teens.

Airborne hazards are real for my constituents. I grew up there, and enough is enough.

I only have seven minutes, and I just want to make a very important statement here, that, as you conduct your data collections, you have got to ensure that you have a diverse sample of populations.

We need to work to increase coverage, and expand Medicaid, not take it away.

What I can answer is that PFAS can be harmful to one's health even though they may have a utility for a medical device.

Even small levels of PFAS can be harmful to the public's health. The PFAS Action Act of 2019 will help address this public health issue by establishing a maximum contaminant level for PFAS in drinking water, provide funds to help…

And some of these jobs don't offer that kind of insurance, and they just think that they are automatically going to get Medicare, and they don't.

So let's say they work for 3, 4, 5 years. That is a 50 percent increase in premiums for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, they miss out and they are late, and that has consequences, multiple consequences.

I grew up in the Coachella Valley, and oftentimes people think of Palm Springs, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage with lush country clubs...

This issue is becoming more and more important because of the inability of middle-class families to afford their medications.

The number-one singular goal of the Republican Party since Obama passed this was to destroy it, to sabotage it.

We need a preferential option. We need not just any option, we need a preferential option.

Being uninsured is a health risk.

I truly believe that every American should get the care they need when they need it at an affordable low cost.

Influenza vaccination should be implemented at the earliest feasible point of entry to allow maximum protection of migrant and potentially to reduce transmission in border facilities.