Mike Crapo

The IRS exists solely to serve taxpayers and fairly administer tax law.

We appreciate the opportunity to have this letter entered into the hearing record.

There should not be limits on the number of visits and other mental and behavioral health services.

As this committee works in a bipartisan way to advance the conversation on mental health, we must not only identify the complexity and scope of the problems at hand, but also explore innovative, sustainable, and concrete policy solutions.

I thank also Ranking Member Senator Crapo, and all of the committee members for your vision to improve the mental health and well-being of our young people.

I appreciate your zeroing in on telehealth issues, and we are certainly going to build on them in our work this year.

We should do all that we can, within our jurisdiction, to increase access to high-quality mental health services and reduce the causes of delayed and forgone treatment.

We urge you to include the policies outlined below that support the health and well-being of children and families, as well as the mental health infrastructure needed to provide them with accessible, high-quality care.

Thank you to Senators Wyden and Crapo for putting bipartisan support on this very critical issue nationwide.

Children can and often do benefit from services delivered via telehealth.

We are thankful for Chairman Wyden's, Ranking Member Crapo and the Committee Members' commitment to ensuring young people have a seat at the table as work on this critical issue continues.

We have clear opportunities for improvement at every level.

Congress is a critical partner to the work of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the programs you may oversee are of unique importance.

Today's nominees will have significant responsibilities overseeing programs that affect some of the most vulnerable populations in America.

HHS has the largest budget of any Federal agency, totaling nearly $1.7 trillion for fiscal year 2022.

I defer to Congress on the future structure of the secondary housing market.

We are now asked to ratify this radical housing policy, and to take ownership of the bailouts and foreclosures that will likely follow.

These are inherently political decisions, which is why they belong firmly in the domain of officials who are elected and directly accountable to voters.

These high and persistent inflation numbers are... the greatest threat to our economic recovery and household budget.

I'm concerned the Administration is seeking to use FHFA and the GSEs to take on more risk for taxpayers and expand affirmative action into housing.

Congress must find a pathway forward to resolve the conservatorship of our GSEs and do so expeditiously.

I really do believe that it is time that the Fed releases this report so that we can engage in the further discussion of it.

Inflationary pressures would certainly last, in your words, through the middle of this year.

The troubling politicization of the Fed puts its independence and effectiveness at risk.

I am relieved the Fed has acknowledged inflation is running well above and longer than its initial projections.