I am concerned about hospitals closing in my district and in similarly situated districts across the Nation.

Madam Speaker, between 1882 and 1968, 3,446 African Americans were lynched in this Nation. This fact appears to be completely lost on the President, who just this morning conflated constitutionally mandated oversight with the horrific act…

I want to know about the dialysis centers and those patients who are on dialysis, not those patients who are looking for organ transplants.

I want to thank you, Madam Chair. And welcome, Administrator Verma.

Why are there so many dialysis centers in black neighborhoods?

Do you know why there is an increase in the number of hospitals that are closing in lower and minority income communities?

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The Word of the Lord says in Psalm 116:15: ``Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.'' With that in mind, the people of the First Congressional District of Illinois…

But maybe I am old school.

I understand the whole issue about menthol-flavored cigarettes and how they have adversely affected the African-American community.

I want to thank you, Madam Chairman, and to all the witnesses it's been a very informative hearing that we've had today.

I think that you're right on point, and there is a familiar saying--you might have heard it--that when the White community gets a cold, the Black community gets pneumonia, and I've found that to be relatively true.