I thank you for the work you have done and the work you are doing, and for the candor in responding to inquiries and questions.

Under the ACA, even though children cannot be denied coverage, they are charged higher premiums due to a preexisting condition.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing, and I also want to thank all of our witnesses for coming to share with us.

Much of my focus is on children, because children are such an important part of our population and represent so much of the future.

Starting October 1, 2018, the Federal Government will provide a dollar-for-dollar match for State expenditures for the Kinship Navigator Program.

Child welfare is a deeply important issue to me and to the people of Illinois.

I look forward to continuing to work closely with her and as we implement the law.

We should not be cutting off food, housing, and healthcare for people who aren't working. We should be knocking down the barriers that are keeping them from getting good jobs and supporting them, just as people supported us in achieving…

We need ample feedback from the people who are successfully lifting up families in our communities to ensure that any policy changes we consider will help more Americans get good jobs and not bring added hardship on struggling families.

there is room for TANF to provide support that is currently not providing to some of the agencies that are doing the work.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I, too, thank the witnesses for being here.