David Trone

I think that is all good, but we have to get back--the X waivers, we have to get that going.

I know what it takes from when you find a site to get it open, and it is a slow, tough process.

That would be a huge win.

I just had one more quick follow-up. I have got a second CBOC up in Western Maryland, really in Hagerstown, in the heart of an areas where there is so much addiction and opioids and a lot of mental health distress.

I hope we quickly get to the day when that is not necessary, but it is still necessary now.

We just have to do a better job of this.

It is crazy that we--it is a missed opportunity for us to demonstrate how much we want women veterans in our care if we continue to charge a copay for birth control.

Congratulations on eliminating the three copays also. That is another great step to get our vets comfortable to come in and say, 'I need some help.'

We just need more mental health professionals, and that is going to cost us money, and we have just got to get on it.

How are you going to get it all done? And can we help if needed?

We have got to get behind it, support it, and you know, be there, not be political on it, but just do what is right for our vets.

We are so fortunate to have you leading the VA. I tell all my constituents we just got a homerun there.

I would look to Ohio, where they have a Parents Right to Know Act that provides for full parental curricular review and opt-in by the parents, not opt-out.

They shouldn't be mandated at the Federal level unless you are talking about openness and making sure that parents are ultimately the ones who have the control.

I believe half of American parents report that their children are thinking of suicide. It is a crisis.

We believe this is the next logical step to build on recent Federal efforts such as the 2020 Surgeon General's Call to Action to Improve Maternal Health.

This coordinating committee is intended to institutionalize the oversight and coordination of Federal efforts to improve maternal and infant health in America.

We all strongly believe midwives are a critical part of the solution to improving maternity outcomes, lowering costs, and addressing the maternity provider shortage.

To address these critical issues, in 2015 Congresswoman Jamie Herrera Beutler and I formed the Congressional Caucus on Maternity Care.

I know certainly in the case of my own tribe, many of the tribes in Oklahoma--Cherokees and Choctaws--run amazing systems where they take the Federal dollars, Madam Chair, use that.

So we have a lot of friends on these issues in this committee, and, again, it is an area where I am really proud to say the effort to move forward has been bipartisan because, again, trust and treaty obligations know no boundary on the…

And, again, this committee, you know, wrote the check and did great work under my friend's friends leadership, the chair, so we are going to continue working on these problems.

I always tell people if we can get you to and through college, you know, you are, on average, going to make $1,000,000 more in your lifetime.

Our work must end these disparities and effectively prevent overdose deaths.

The U.S. overdose crisis is a true public health emergency, where nearly 108,000 people died last year from overdose.