This hearing will come to order. I'd like to thank all of our witnesses for participating today.

Thank you for the passionate engagement you have always brought to these issues on behalf of the creative community.

This hearing will come to order. I'd like to thank all of our witnesses for participating today.

Are parents in charge of what's in the best interests of their children or not?

Are parents in charge of what's in the best interests of their children or not?

I'm here because I am very worried for the mental health of my patients.

I'm here because I am very worried for the mental health of my patients.

Thank you, Dr. Lopez, if I might, just in conclusion, your testimony was that the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics both support gender-affirming care as an option for children and their parents to choose…

Thank you, Dr. Lopez, if I might, just in conclusion, your testimony was that the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics both support gender-affirming care as an option for children and their parents to choose…

I look forward to staying in touch with you about that, because anyone who has supervised a large portfolio project knows there is always a tail, there is always a few that go sideways.

I will be interested to have you keep me and others on the subcommittee up to date about that work in terms of the syndication.

I will be interested to have you keep me and others on the subcommittee up to date about that work in terms of the syndication.

They want more of the DFC, they want more of your leveraging American private capital, they want more of having an alternative to, as you put it, PRC investment that often produces too much debt and disappointing results.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the DFC next year, I am interested in how you monitor that.

As we approach the fifth anniversary of the DFC next year, I am interested in how you monitor that.

We want to see the DFC succeed, and be strategic, and be effective, and help with development.

I look forward to staying in touch with you about that, because anyone who has supervised a large portfolio project knows there is always a tail, there is always a few that go sideways.

I think we have done this 13 years together.

Vaccines are an important part of human development, and public health.

I would appreciate your keeping up with me on that development.

Thank you, Senator Merkley. And thank you for your persistent engagement on critical issues that matter to all of us.

Thank you, Senator Merkley. And thank you for your persistent engagement on critical issues that matter to all of us.

And just for those who may not be familiar with how the stacking and the structuring works, if you are equity, you help drive the deal.

Vaccines are an important part of human development, and public health.

I would appreciate your keeping up with me on that development.