"My district in New York, which includes the Bronx and Westchester, has been at the epicenter of the Nation's coronavirus outbreak."
"There is also a growing concern about a rise in suicide, as we have heard before, which before the pandemic had increased by nearly 30 percent in New York State since 2000 and nationally was the tenth..."
"Well, to help reduce rates of suicide in the United States, I offered the Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act with Congressman Gus Bilirakis."
"Since the Nation's emergency departments account for close to 50 percent of all patients' healthcare visits each year, do you support a more focused approach on identifying and treating patients at ri..."
"I will also say expanding Medicaid is really critical."
"From the protests in Minneapolis to the marches in New York City, our nation has heard and loud clear-centuries of systemic racial injustices must come to an end."
"It is unconscionable to me that my constituents who are African American and Hispanic are twice as likely to die from this virus than their White counterparts."
"Like many of my colleagues on this panel, I believe that access to high-quality affordable healthcare is a basic human right, regardless of one's race or ethnic background."
"This pandemic's disproportionate impact on African American and Hispanic communities highlights the pressing need for a universal healthcare system that guarantees every American access to health care..."
"We have a unique moment in our nation's history to move forward truly transformational legislation, which will help communities of color access their basic human right to affordable, high-quality heal..."
"the administration has failed at every turn. The President has sidelined our best scientists, pushed baseless conspiracy theories, and more recently prescribed unproven remedies, like Lysol, to suffer..."
"Every day I hear from my constituents, including doctors and nurses serving on the frontlines of this pandemic about the dire shortages of personnel, protective equipment and therapeutics, PPEs as the..."