Roy Blunt: “I think we expect you to get back to us on that, but I think the point is well made that these rural hospitals are not…”

Please continue this commitment and provide timely investments public health and research programs at the CDC and in the NIH.

I am glad to get a chance to talk while Senator Manchin and Senator Collins, both good friends of mine who are here, and talk about some of the reasons for the hearing today.

They decided to change the rules. I suspect that changes the Senate in fundamental ways forever.

... it is the policy of this Nation, in fulfillment of its special trust responsibilities and legal obligations to Indians--to ensure the highest possible health status for Indians and urban Indians and to provide for all resources…