I thank the distinguished gentleman from Washington for yielding. I was pleased to offer an amendment to H.R. 2500 to expand the liberal consideration standard given by discharge review boards and boards for the correction of military…

this federal funding will be critical.

Thank you, Chairwoman Eshoo, for holding this important hearing and for giving us the opportunity to discuss legislation critical to funding programs supporting newborns, children with autism spectrum disorder, and other intellectual…

As our population ages, it is Medicaid that is the safety net for our most vulnerable citizens.

I appreciate Mr. Bost. We all want to try to get past this.

If the conversation today has shown us anything, it is that Medicaid block granting simply does not work.

This is a national tragedy that the people in uniform that are serving our country, 1 in 3 women are experiencing sexual assault and military violence, a 38 percent increase.

I am shocked. I am stunned actually to hear the statistic that our colleague Representative Underwood has shared today.

The whole notion of why people don't come forward, they don't come forward because they are not believed.

I share the concern of my colleagues, especially Representative Pingree who has been working on this for a long time.

Thank you for your attention to this issue.

100 percent of the women incarcerated in our women's prison in New Hampshire are survivors of sexual trauma, 100 percent.