Raul Ruiz

In 2017, the Trump administration stopped the cost-sharing payments that helped reduce out-of-pocket costs for low- and middle-income Americans.

History shows us time and time again that Federal action and leadership are necessary to prevent environmental injustice.

Would you agree that these findings make it all the more important to the health and safety of these communities that EPA effectively enforce against those polluters who break the law and illegally pollute?

The treatment of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers... is a topic I am moved to discuss.

The United States is currently not meeting these minimal basic standards.

So if you support junk plans you are supporting the idea that--to take us back to a time where health insurances were allowed to deny or charge higher premiums or charge for higher--or not cover certain procedures for those conditions.

That, as a doctor, is my priority, and we have a plan, it is the California Salton Sea Management Plan.

I would strongly encourage the committee to draft report language that reiterates Congress' commitment to both the Salton Sea and the DCP.

Expediting these projects is critical. Each day that shovel-ready projects sit idle is detrimental to health of residents in Southern California.

I strongly urge the Committee to follow through on the commitments made to the residents of Southern California.

Separating families is dehumanizing, not only for those that have been separated but also for the separators.

As a physician, we have the Hippocratic Oath, 'First do no harm'. And I believe that should be a guiding principle for our Federal Government as well.

Yes or no, do you feel that they were retraumatized by being separated from their parents?

This problem is not over, even after they unify the child with the family, right?

This is an outrage. Morally, it is a stain in our conscience as individuals.

Let's be very clear that it was CBP and ICE that detained children in cages.

The ACA defended full protections for people with preexisting conditions, and those are three components.

Because of the ACA, insurance companies must cover essential health benefits like HIV tests and antiviral medications.

As a public health expert, I am concerned about the impact climate change is having on the spread of vector-borne diseases.

Isn't it true that climate change is making it more difficult to improve air quality?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It included my legislation, the Tribal Digital Access Act, which, if implemented properly, will take real, concrete steps toward bridging the digital divide in Tribal communities while helping neighboring nontribal communities as well.

Today's hearing is critical because it is an opportunity to do a progress report on the administration's implementation of one of the committee's most important bipartisan achievements, the RAY BAUM'S Act.

These fine particles, particle matter 2.5 microns and substance from a fire in California can travel clear across the country.

This is a definite public health concern.