Thad Cochran: “I hope the administration will look carefully at the decisions that are made by the congressional committees in the…”

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

Could you tell us more about the telehealth services you offer and some of the successes the University of Mississippi in particular, has experienced through telehealth.

And I plan to use my best efforts to identify the areas that we can make improvements in, and take a hard look, but at the same time realize we need to get a bill.

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.