Annie Kuster

We clearly need to do more to make sure that we are taking care of families and meeting their critical healthcare needs.

Community Health Centers do play an essential role in combating addiction and mental health.

The Affordable Connectivity Program, or ACP, is established by the bipartisan Infrastructure Law to provide assistance to eligible households to help them afford internet services.

Through the bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress invested an historic $65 billion to build out our country's broadband infrastructure.

It's critical that Congress not only address the challenges to deploying broadband but also work to make these services more affordable.

I urge this committee to prioritize the safety and well-being of our communities, including the investments that we have put in improving public transit.

That would have a devastating impact on our workforce as well.

Medicaid expansion has been an unqualified success. It has extended health insurance to millions of low-income people.

I think it was probably the most bipartisan vote we took.

The budget also reflects this administration's commitment to ending the mental health and substance use disorder crisis.

We need to continue to work with you because those authorities for flexibility on telehealth which you extended to the end of 2024, you can't have that cliff and all of a sudden have all those flexibilities expire.

The protections that Section 230 provide online platforms should not extend to bad actors and online predators.

I recognize that Section 230 is the bedrock of our modern-day internet, but Congress has a responsibility to ensure that these legal protections are functioning as intended.

It remains clear to me that there are real opportunities to make the internet a safer place for the American people.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony on H.R. 930, The Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act of 2023.

American Whitewater supports the intent of H.R. 930, Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development (SHRED) Act of 2023.

I am proud to also co-lead this bill and look forward to discussing the legislation today.

I am reintroducing my bipartisan bill, Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act of 2022.

Site-neutral policies are also a tool to help strengthen the Medicare program overall.

We can and must do better by our constituents.

Patients rely on supports like the 340B program, which provides discounts on essential prescription drugs to vulnerable communities.

As my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have stated, healthcare costs are unaffordable for literally millions of Americans.

I have heard reports of users struggling to access the feature.

Actually giving parents control would mean providing them the freedom to set the screen time that makes sense for their family.

I will accept your commitment to take a look at fixing that issue.