I appreciate your holding this hearing. And thanks to the panelists.

It is clear that we are still having those issues.

I have to say I really applaud that we have a robust surveillance, education, and monitoring system here.

I am beginning to feel or be a little concerned that maybe that importation is a bit premature.

I applaud your efforts. And I would, with the chair's discretion, just encourage you balance accountability with incentivizing and creating a clear operating system.

the dairy industry, which you probably already know, New Mexico, is a huge economic driver

the notion that we would continue to discriminate against those populations by not providing adequate Federal funding and access makes no sense if what we're trying to do is to maintain my choice about my high-quality confidential provider.

I have personal experience and know many of my constituents in their 20s and 30s and 40s who without the comprehensive healthcare services would have died from cervical cancer.

And if this committee is going to undertake how Medicaid money is used and not used by every healthcare provider in every State and every local government in the United States, it might be a very interesting hearing about how we can assure…

I can tell you something you already know, that without Planned Parenthood we could not meet those access points.

the fox should be guarding the hen house here. They created the situation.

I want everybody made whole. And I am not feeling as confident about that, particularly.

if we do not push for that issue, that there may not be those kinds of investments.

I personally appreciate EPA's attitude about taking full responsibility.

I inherited an agency in the 1990s that couldn't account for a million dollars, which at the time was ten percent of our total budget.

I share the sentiments of my colleagues. It is nice to have you, Mr. Secretary.

These are the kinds of initiatives that in a state like New Mexico are not only incredibly meaningful if they are implemented correctly.

Much of the data about the work requirement's impact on hunger does not exist.

SNAP is critical to ending childhood hunger.

We should be rewarding and incentivizing those states that eradicate hunger.

It is still deplorable that my constituents face hunger every single day.

the issue of hunger ought to be a bigger deal in this Congress than it is.

I think about my State where we're having so many issues, if we were reversing those investments.

If we are talking about investing in our future, I can't think of a better investment than making sure that our kids have enough to eat.

These are the men and women who bravely fought for our country, and I don't think we are doing enough to support them.