Joseph P. Kennedy III

This is an issue that is important to me, important to my constituents across Massachusetts...

we've really got to take a proactive approach here.

Diverse enrollment of participants in vaccine clinical trials has been a concern long before COVID-19.

mistrust amongst people of color isn't surprising considering the long history of structural racism and unethical medical experimentation on this population.

This is, in all likelihood, my last committee hearing as well. It has been an extraordinary honor and pleasure and privilege for me to join all of you on the best committee in Congress.

And this is very much a life-or-death situation for the millions of people with chronic health conditions...

And, Doctor, you touched on this already a little bit, but just to flesh this out for us a bit more, how does Medicaid expansion specifically help States to respond to the current unprecedented health and economic crisis?

COVID-19 has brought about unprecedented challenges to our healthcare system and our economy.

In other parlance, it is countercyclical, right? When you have an economic downturn, Medicaid enrollment increases, right?

the Affordable Care Act is before the Supreme Court, and the Trump administration is urging the justices to throw out every aspect of the law.

Beyond the horrific loss of life caused by this pandemic and the administration's failed response, the economic consequence of job losses, business closures, imminent evictions, will last for generations.

Clearly, the Federal Government has failed here multiple times over, and I would--I'm just curious.

I'm grateful for all the work that you all are doing to get us there. But what I also want to ensure is that there is sufficient political will and corporate courage to ensure that a vaccine is not only accessible to the patients and…

Taking advantage of a renewable natural resource that we have right off the coast makes perfect sense.

Developing 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind along the East Coast could support up to 83,000 jobs and deliver 25 billion in economic output by 2030.

I wanted to flag that you and I had discussed previously about taking advantage of the potential of offshore wind development in the Northeast and the economic impact that this would have along these coasts and in particularly southeastern…

It is not going to be a surprise to anybody in this committee--offshore wind development. This has been a priority of mine since I first arrived in Congress.

systemic underfunding of healthcare on these reservations was having a devastating consequence to the health of Native Americans across our Nation.

Thank you, Madam President.

But now, as cases of COVID-19 reaches historic highs on a daily basis, we need to act quickly and to learn from our mistakes and protect the people that we serve.

I am committed to passing timely the EACH Woman Act that I introduced with Representative Barbara Lee to end the Hyde amendment once and for all.

the cost of access to broadband far outweighs the cost that most residents in Tribal communities can afford to pay.

this pandemic has become a diagnostic dye tracing through our system, exposing deep inequities and injustice across our society.

So, it is clear that there are those barriers and so many changes that are affecting Native Americans and ultimately the health outcomes and quality of life.