Debbie Stabenow

We need all of it to make this happen.

I worry about the folks who have never done a farm bill.

One of the ways to get more assistance to farmers would be to repeal that 5.7 percent yearly cut.

I have serious concerns about the potential of default that is hanging over our heads.

It is so important that we actually have accurate provider directories, and this is just part of the whole big picture.

For the country. It is for our national security, for a lot of things.

The 10 percent is the limiting factor, in addition to the 86 percent payment rate.

Thank you again, Chairwoman, for the opportunity to introduce my constituent, Greg Ackerman.

You said you cannot insure your way out of a disaster. That is why it is so important that we be supporting these efforts to deal with the disasters.

We need all of it to make this happen.

I worry about the folks who have never done a farm bill.

One of the ways to get more assistance to farmers would be to repeal that 5.7 percent yearly cut.

I have serious concerns about the potential of default that is hanging over our heads.

I always tell folks that criticize crop insurance that you are not getting a payout unless you have a loss.

Nothing is more important in Michigan than protecting our water.

It is critically important that we have these conservation programs and that we make sure they work.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:28 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 10 a.m. ____________________

This does not equate. This does not work, and I am so glad we are tackling this.

It is about people's life and their health, and I would say it is hard to find something more serious than whether or not people can afford the medicine that they need.

I said, when we had a group of PBMs in front of us a couple of years ago, we should call them 'PBNs,' because they are pretty bad negotiators, if that is what they are supposed to be doing.

This does not equate. This does not work, and I am so glad we are tackling this.

It is about people's life and their health, and I would say it is hard to find something more serious than whether or not people can afford the medicine that they need.

I said, when we had a group of PBMs in front of us a couple of years ago, we should call them 'PBNs,' because they are pretty bad negotiators, if that is what they are supposed to be doing.

We have now put a cap of $35 per month for someone on Medicare.

Americans have been paying the highest prices in the world, which makes no sense.