Political Quotes

“I want to thank my colleagues Mr. Gene Green and, certainly, Dr. Burgess for their great leadership on this issue. I rise is support of H.R. 5385, the Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks Children's HOSPITAL GME Support Reauthorization Act of 2018, and I want to thank them for their good work on this. As you have heard, this reauthorizes payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, and it does so for the next 5 years, giving these programs great certainty going forward. This legislation will continue to enable the Nation's freestanding children's hospitals to provide education to graduates of medical schools, enhance pediatric research capabilities, and care for these vulnerable and underserved children. {time} 1500 Representative Green and Chairman Burgess partnered to lead this bipartisan bill in our committee, and they brought about unanimous votes in both the Health Subcommittee and in our full committee. I appreciate their work on this and thank them and their staffs for the great work they all have done as we work together to reauthorize these very, very important programs. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support us in this legislation from the Energy and Commerce Committee.”