That is because, year after year, lobbyists and members of Congress have worked together to hollow out the tax code.

I do not think it is a tax increase to ask a billionaire to pay more than zero on their taxes.

So, Secretary Yellen, I want to ask about who our tax code is structured to benefit--Jeff Bezos, or our Massachusetts public school teacher?

Congress should take steps to expand telehealth flexibilities beyond the pandemic.

We have an opportunity here not just to build back to where we were before the pandemic, but to drastically improve our public health infrastructure.

I am deeply grateful for the work you do for patients, for students, and for the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Thank you for having this hearing today.

COVID-19 is the worst public health crisis that our Nation has tackled in over a century, but it does not exist in a vacuum.

I was very happy to see President Biden's commitment back as a candidate to invest $125 billion over 10 years in substance use disorder and the opioid crisis.

Our communities owe a great debt to the folks at BMC.

We were already, Nationwide, losing tens of thousands of Americans to drug overdoses. And the problem has only gotten worse.