Pat Roberts: “You are in purgatory. You are in regulatory purgatory.”

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

We even have in eastern Colorado and western Kansas a hotline for people who are considering suicide.

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

There is no reason why rural communities should be left behind as other areas continue to advance their health-care systems.