Failure to appear is cowardice.

We need these hospitals, and we need them to be open and functioning, and functioning at a high level.

I have been warning about the dangers of private equity for years.

We need to put an end to that, and we can.

The Health Over Wealth Act would protect every patient and provider that private equity touches.

I will say it bluntly, turning private equity loose in our health care system kills people.

I do not understand how regulators can approve such a deal.

We need accountability here, and law enforcement authorities should carefully review every aspect of this fiasco.

This is a prime example of the danger of private equity. The private equity firms walk away with hundreds of millions of dollars.

How do they think they are going to make tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars in return on their investment?

The Health Over Wealth Act would protect every patient and provider that private equity touches.