Buddy Carter

I believe we have an opportunity to make progress on this issue.

We need to be good stewards and--let me be clear--we need to be better stewards of our environment, of our earth.

Today--today--the United States spends more money on climate science and technology than any other country in the world.

It is so encouraging to see youth participating in the process. And I want you to know how much we appreciate this.

I think there is just so much innovation out there that can be accomplished and I look forward to working toward it.

climate change is real.

That is why this legislation, the BLOCKING Act, that Representative Schrader and I are cosponsoring, is so very important to me.

I have always been very proud of that, and I continue to be proud of that.

I am really confused by that because this is our second hearing in the committee that has the broadest jurisdiction over healthcare costs of any other committee in Congress.

Madam Chair, I certainly hope that we will get to that at some point here, because it is extremely important.

I believe that my colleague just asked all of you a question on whether you believe that climate change is real or not. And I think, if you were to ask that same question to everyone up on this dais, they would say the same thing: Yes, it…

You know, one of the things that we do agree on is that preexisting conditions need to be covered.

In 2010, there was an Amnesty International report that flagged Georgia as being the number one state in maternal mortality.

Full disclosure, I am currently the only pharmacist serving in Congress.

It is important to have a registered nurse 8 hours a day.

Again, Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you for this discussion and this hearing today. Very important. I could not agree with you more that this is the most important subcommittee in Congress.

But the other example that you gave where it was $7 as compared to $26, that is not really going to impact the deductible that much, is it?

This bipartisan policy has been a shared priority for Mr. Carter and others on the committee for quite some time.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing today and for including the discussion on the gag clause legislation.

I've always described the opioid epidemic as being two types of problems.

I am sorry to have to report to you that Georgia is not doing so good with mental health services.

All of these figures are alarming to us, and alarming to me in particular because of the fact that in the State of Georgia, for those children between the ages of 15 and 19, the second leading cause of death is suicide.

In fact, it is estimated that we have less than 20 percent of the beds that we need for mental health services in the State of Georgia.

I just wanted to ask you, particularly in the State of Georgia, we have a lot of rural areas, particularly in south Georgia, in my district, a lot of rural areas. And I am just wondering how do we get services to those areas?

You should resign your position now. That insensitivity tells me that you are not fit to serve in that position.