Pat Roberts: “I am glad we have the opportunity to speak with experts who are on the front lines of our response efforts.”

I call this hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to order.

All of us look forward to working with each of you in a bipartisan way, both sides of the aisle.

Ms. Courtney Dunbar Jones, I think your statement was mercifully short, and extremely poignant, and extremely to the point.

We have long said that rural residents deserve the same quality health care as their urban counterparts.