Annie Kuster

So my legislation with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, known as the STOP Fentanyl Act, is comprehensive in its public health approach to addressing fentanyl.

I am pleased to see that this administration's priorities focus on evidence-based approaches that holistically address prevention, support, and treatment for those battling with substance use disorder.

We would love to meet with you. I will set that up. We have game-changer legislation that would eliminate the exclusion of Medicaid during incarceration.

I am very concerned, as many of us are on both sides of the aisle, about the disparate impact on race with these mandatory minimums.

What began as an opioid crisis has evolved to an epidemic that knows no bounds.

I have introduced, with my good friend and colleague Congresswoman Blunt Rochester, the STOP Fentanyl Act to provide a comprehensive, balanced public health approach.

My legislation, the Emergency Support for Substance Use Disorder, was included in the American Rescue Plan to ensure smaller organizations on the front lines of the addiction crisis would receive support for their harm reduction services…

This can be a real game changer, and I am grateful for the opportunity to discuss this legislation today.

I think I speak for many people when I say simply, how could this have happened in the United States of America?

Climate change poses an existential crisis to humanity, and the most important thing we can do to prevent not only our country but the world from experiencing the worst effects of climate change, including the dramatic weather patterns…

The ACA required insurance companies to comply with comprehensive consumer protections.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, again, to the Chair for having this important hearing.

We need to repeat the fact the ACA has resulted in more than 20 million Americans gaining health coverage.

These junk plans rescind the coverage from patients if they decide that the consumer should have disclosed certain risk factors.

There are over 52 million Americans and over 200,000 right here in the Granite State who live with preexisting conditions.

The reason that patients get left with bills is because the coverage that they are in simply does not cover much.

When Congress fails to make these investments, ordinary Americans are left holding the bag, unable to participate in the digital economy.

I am super excited about 21st century hydropower and projects to improve the vitality of our Nation's rivers.

That is why I call it a 'dam' good idea.

I think it is really important for us to be addressing our infrastructure that has been crumbling all across this country.

And I just want to say for the record we all want our children to get back to school.

I saw the first headlines today that I have ever seen that maybe the vaccination might help.

The solution is all about access and making it easier for folks to access food.

Yet, American Recovery Act which we passed and sent to President Biden just yesterday provides billions in additional food support.

Hunger is so heartbreaking and food insecurity is plaguing my state just as it is the rest of the country.