Ben Ray Luján

the reason I am here before you is for the last 2 years I have been trying to work with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to bring some resolution, some assistance, some help, some recognition.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I want to thank Chairman Grijalva for introducing H.R. 963, which includes the Good Samaritan legislation that Mr. Gosar was mentioning.

I certainly hope, as we get to the bottom of what happened--all these families were impacted, and it seems now that everyone is worried about covering their own behinds, as opposed to making people whole and getting to the bottom of this.

we need to be able to communicate to them and make them aware.

Can you quickly share how this database would support our efforts to expand access to rural and tribal communities, as well as penetration elsewhere?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

That is why I have introduced the Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act to strengthen efforts to ensure that some of our most vulnerable get the care they need.

I want to thank my colleagues, Representative Matsui, Tonko, Clark, and Cardenas, for joining me in introducing this bill.

The thoughtfulness behind all of this legislation is so important, and I just hope that we can get this done.

Physical therapy services provide a path to restore mobility after an injury or a medical procedure.

I appreciate you and the ranking member and all the members of the subcommittee for allowing us to be here today for this important conversation.

I appreciate the work of Mr. Walden in this area, and I look forward to working with him and yourself, Mr. Chairman, and our members on this issue.

the legislation that both Congressman McMorris Rodgers and Congressman Israel have put forth is something that I am definitely very interested in.

Fortunately, Senators Grassley and Casey, who are the lead sponsors of the Senate bill, wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asking if there was data to support CBO's assumptions.

These interruptions can easily be handled by entering into what is called a locum tenens agreement with another qualified provider.

Dilution is not the solution; and that is what the EPA's term of cleanup is.

We have a problem here that has to be corrected.

What this states is the timeline associated with the communications that went to all the communities.

Do you think, Mr. Secretary, that that would be helpful in pushing out as much information as we can?

It is time to update this outdated relic.

I think that a truly independent investigation should occur, so that the great questions that will bring about institutional improvements can be asked.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Rapid communication, if there is an urgency like this, that did not occur, and we need to correct that.

I want to associate myself with the comments and questions that Cynthia Lummis, our colleague from Wyoming, shared.