Senator Crapo and I talk often about this, and we intend to continue our mental health work in this Congress, again in a bipartisan way.

We worked really hard together on the Safer Communities Act, and really have the most, the strongest investment in mental health and addiction services literally in 50 years.

The Biden administration, from the get-go, had a difficult job to do with respect to trade.

That's a sharp contrast to the Republican approach to the Federal budget since the beginning of this year, which amounts to demanding secret negotiations on unspecified cuts to Federal programs while holding hostage the full faith and…

When it comes to health care, that means protecting Medicare for the next generation by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes; strengthening Medicare's negotiating power for the cost of prescription drugs; and investing in…

We certainly are not going to go backwards; at least certainly the majority in the United States Senate is not going to go backwards.

I have said from the beginning that when the Federal Government leads on flagship health reforms in Medicare and in its key programs, we know as sure as the night follows the day that the private sector is going to follow.

It's bad for the economy and the environment.

CMS appreciates Chairman Wyden's and Chairman Casey's leadership on the critical issue of emergency preparedness in nursing homes.

Senator Crapo and I talk often about this, and we intend to continue our mental health work in this Congress, again in a bipartisan way.

As long as I am chair of this committee, I will fight any effort to engage in intergenerational warfare.

We pointed to the risk of higher launch prices and distorted pricing practices based on projections validated by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

I see Senator Cornyn here. We worked really hard together on the Safer Communities Act, and really have the most, the strongest investment in mental health and addiction services literally in 50 years.

If Republicans go after Medicaid the way they did in 2017 by cutting Federal support to State Medicaid programs... that guaranteed backstop of nursing home care for seniors is ripped away.

I just want a package so we can land this program in Rhode Island that I have been working on, I think, now for 8 years.

none of us wants America to return to that time.

I am a very strong supporter of accelerated approval for these very exciting new drugs for Alzheimer's.

We certainly are not going to go backwards; at least certainly the majority in the United States Senate is not going to go backwards.

Americans deserve better and more affordable access to prescription drugs, and we can find bipartisan results-oriented solutions to advance that goal.

When it comes to health care, that means protecting Medicare for the next generation by asking the wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes; strengthening Medicare's negotiating power for the cost of prescription drugs; and investing in…

Some Medicare Advantage plans misrepresent how sick their patients are to CMS, in order to take more money from taxpayers.

I have serious concerns with the focus on partisan policies that risk harming health-care access and affordability for both current and future patients.

If Congress fails to act on this front, patients--and especially seniors--will inevitably suffer.

MedPAC estimates it cost us over $20 billion--$20 billion--in 2023 alone.

The President's budget comes down to a simple proposition: helping working families and the middle class get ahead and reducing the Federal deficit are not mutually exclusive.