I had a hard time hearing, there was a loud buzz, but you have my commitment.
Shalanda Young
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Shalanda Delores Young is the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Biden administration, a position she has held since March 24, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Young has a strong background in public policy and has worked in various roles within the government. She has been involved in significant legislative efforts, including programs aimed at supporting families during the pandemic.
I think that is the only way we are going to find solutions is through a bipartisan one, where Congress works together and the administration works in partnerships.
He continues to outreach to governors on both sides of the aisle who continue to say that they are in need.
Yes, we believe we appropriately spent it a time when Americans were dying at a rapid rate of COVID for the Rescue Plan.
I just want to, and I think I stated this in my written testimony, that there is a caveat about treating American Samoa, in particular, like a State.
The first thing we will do is we will suspend all of the new services that we recently added and was approved by CMS 2 years ago.
If we received enough Federal funding for our Medicaid program, it really would allow us to cover all or most of the comprehensive services that are required under the Social Security Act.
We cannot fix the FMAP and not also fix the cap, because what will happen is, if you only fix the FMAP, all that means is we will spend our Federal dollars faster and we will exhaust them.





