Joseph P. Kennedy III: “I also want to thank, as I said a moment ago, Mr.--the Ranking Member, Mr. Lipinski, for his leadership on this issue…”

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

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.

I believe that because of the wide number of plans and the fact that these plans have not yet come close to earning our trust or their patients' trust, we not only need to have random, robust, and immediate audits, but also public…

We are still reeling from the opioid crisis, which we never quite got our arms around. And I am just thinking that we are adding fuel to the fire here and that we should be very mindful of the fact that this is going to get, as we are…