We missed early warning signs and forgot important pages from our pandemic playbook.

Are you aware the Trump administration's budget proposal released in February of 2020 called for a cut to CDC by nearly $700 million?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank the ranking member, Mr. Aderholt, for convening this hearing.

We are here today to ask that Congress provide robust funding for LSC, because we can't afford not to.

Even worse, as long as this administration continues to cut holes into the very safety net system... we will fail without a doubt.

Yet, this administration will be arguing before the Supreme Court in just a few months that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down.

It is absolutely vital that everyone with substance use disorder, the potential for it and mental illness, get the care they need as soon as possible.

As long as there are Americans out there without healthcare coverage or who are underinsured... we will not be able to overcome an opioid epidemic.

Do you know, roughly, how much Medicaid pays annually for that treatment? Well, about $7 billion or so.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and I want to thank Ranking Member Burgess for convening this hearing today and for taking proactive steps to combat the Opioid epidemic.

So, Ms. Brandt, are you familiar with the statistics showing that the percentage of people hospitalized with a substance use disorder who did not have health insurance dropped from 20 percent to just five percent in states that expanded…