Joseph P. Kennedy III: “I have called on Chairman Chatterjee to issue an immediate stop work order due to these concerns.”

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, 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?

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.