"There are so many opportunities for us to become energy independent within 10 years."
"It turned out after the fact, unfortunately, after he took his life, that in his file he had actually authorized his parents to have access to information."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for having the hearing, and I especially want to thank those family members who have been impacted by mental illness for coming here and sharing your stories with us."
"We need to change things, and sometimes you can't get change unless you change things."
"How do we get some clarity in HIPAA to remove this gray area, if it is even in fact gray, that is stopping vital information from being shared with family members?"
"I will be submitting a series of questions for the record on behalf of my constituents, Pat and Debbie Milam, who tragically lost their son Mathew and experienced many obstacles within the mental heal..."
"families across America are grieving and searching for answers about why America's mental health system has failed them and how it can be fixed."
"Get us the list of the number of people that are in this Lifeline program that have free cell phones that actually pay out of their pocket to upgrade it."
"This program is the kind of program that really angers, I know, a lot of my constituents."
"It is a free phone to some people that is paid for by other people, and those other people that are paying for that service, when they see the fraud and abuse and the waste in this program, get incred..."
"I would hope when you are trying to think of what to do with the money that you are finally uncovering from waste, fraud, and abuse, you don't see it as some kind of honey pot that you can go and spen..."