I am here today to advocate for the 168,000 New Jersians who have been hit with crippling medical debt due to surprise billing, including my constituents in the 7th district.

We should see this as a call for additional action. What this committee has done is important, but we must continue taking action in order to save lives.

Party doesn't matter when you get hit with an unexpected medical bill. Congress must come together to provide solutions for Americans who are being saddled with debt they never agreed to take on.

It really drives me crazy, and members have heard me say it many times in this committee, that we have these disparities between rural America and the rest of the country.

We need to consider solutions and policies like federal support for research and development into renewable energy.

I urge you to consider the STOP GAMES Act and ensure the FDA's citizen petition tool can't be misused to keep prices high.

I encourage my colleagues to co-sponsor the Medicare-X Choice Act and join me in urging consideration of this bill to achieve universal coverage.

I urge all who are present to do just that.

This cannot be what Congress intended. And we should say so. Loudly.

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We are putting consumers first--and I'm proud that a lot of our work in this area has been done in strong, bipartisan fashion.