Maggie Hassan

It is going to be critical to getting existing doctors able to provide this treatment.

Will you work to ensure transparency and collaboration between congressional offices and SAMHSA on this and other issues related to funding formulas?

If confirmed, will you commit to ensuring that the funding formula for state opioid response grants does not cause States like New Hampshire to experience dramatic funding cliff?

Simply shifting grant funding from state to state as data shifts and as a substance use disorder crisis worsens just isn't a viable long term solution.

Since 2017, I have worked with my colleagues to secure funding for state opioid response grants, including more than $86 million for New Hampshire.

I think it is absolutely important that we have standards that really make sure that companies are investing in the kind of infrastructure they need.

Cybersecurity is a collaborative effort, to be sure, and we need to work together to strengthen public and private cyber defenses.

We know our No. 1 goal at Colonial is to safely and securely operate that pipeline, because we have known for 57 years the importance of that pipeline to the well-being of the American citizen.

However, owners and operators of critical infrastructure... that carries a heightened obligation and duty to be capable of delivering goods and services to citizens in this case all up and down the East Coast.

I am encouraged that your 2022 budget request mentions the IRS's plan to retire and decommission its legacy systems.

Granite Staters continue to contact my office about the backlog of unprocessed 2019 and 2020 tax returns.

The importance of the IRS prioritizing delivery of the Child Tax Credit starting in July.

We obviously need to support high quality workforce development to help them get back to work in good paying jobs.

As our economy continues to recover from the pandemic, we need strong leadership at the Department of Labor who will ensure safe workplaces for all workers.

If we can boost their wages, we really could make a big difference for a lot of people.

I would look forward to that as well. And that interagency collaboration is really critical.

If we want to see America continue to dominate on the world stage from an economic perspective, investment in research is critical.

This really is important to businesses as they figure out how many people they can keep on payroll.

I would like to ask you about the importance of promoting workforce development.

I am working on a bipartisan basis to promote domestic R&D.

I also just want to thank this extraordinarily distinguished group of witnesses.

I would look forward to working with both of you on the bill that we just introduced.

Today I introduced a bipartisan bill with Senators Young, Cortez Masto, and Scott.

It is absolutely critical that we train more behavioral health professionals, there is no question, at all levels.

We have to do better for our kids.