Annie Kuster

Provide farmers, ranchers, and other landowners who feed and fuel our nation with certainty from diversified income streams and greater supports to beginner, young, and socially disadvantaged producers.

This bipartisan bill would provide mandatory funding to purchase development rights via conservation easements from private and Tribal landowners.

Provide farmers, ranchers, and other landowners who feed and fuel our nation with certainty from diversified income streams and greater supports to beginner, young, and socially disadvantaged producers.

This bill allows for verbal signature for SNAP forms via telephone.

The $19.5 billion of conservation funding secured in the Inflation Reduction Act must be protected and spent on furthering our conservation goals.

I am opposed to amendment No. 40. I am speaking in opposition to all of the amendments that have been added. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized.

Addressing affordability is a crucial step toward closing the digital divide for rural households.

The ACP is already serving as a lifeline to the more than 18 million households that currently rely on this program to remain connected.

I was proud to see this legislation signed into law to protect this lifeline for survivors.

The BEAD Program will invest 42 billion in our Nation's broadband infrastructure to finally connect the hardest-to-reach communities.

I am the cochair of the bipartisan Rural Broadband Caucus, and I share your mission to bring internet access to every community.

A national strategy will maximize the impact of those broadband programs by directing Federal funding to communities that are unserved or underserved and need it most.

I was an original cosponsor of the USA Telecommunications Act and worked to include it in the CHIPS and Science Act last year.

I reintroduced the FirstNet Reauthorization Act to ensure network continuity and to support our first responders.

That is why I am working with Representative Tim Walberg to reintroduce the Proper Leadership to Align Networks--PLAN for Broadband Act, we call it.

As you know, NTIA is tasked with administering historic broadband programs to deliver high-speed, reliable, and affordable broadband internet services to everyone across the country.

When we passed the American Rescue Plan, my legislation was included to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to 1 full year.

Estimates find that as many as 15 million Americans could lose health insurance coverage because of these redeterminations, including 6.8 million who would still be eligible for coverage and incorrectly lose their Medicaid.

I want to thank the Chair. It is great to work with you, Chairman Guthrie and Ranking Member Eshoo and Congressman Buddy Carter, to introduce this legislation that brings transparency to pharmacy benefit manager operations and lowers costs…

I am deeply concerned that work requirements--I know someone mentioned it before--in Medicaid will undo our progress.

Extending postpartum--Medicaid postpartum coverage to 1 year is part of our ongoing efforts to break down barriers to accessing care.

I am very concerned that recent analysis shows that the work requirement in a Medicaid program would jeopardize access to care for 21 million people.

Medicaid, as we know, is the single largest payer for mental health services in the U.S.

Picture a family who loses coverage and is unable to access care, preventative services, behavioral healthcare, necessary medications because of factors completely outside their control.