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…”

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?

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.

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

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