H.R. 1807, the Sickle Cell Disease Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2015, sponsored by Rep. Danny Davis (IL) and Rep. Michael Burgess (TX) reauthorizes a sickle cell disease demonstration program.

One of our main challenges in addressing emergency and trauma care is leadership.

Today's hearing is an important discussion that will examine the areas where we can improve our national trauma system.

A recent Institute of Medicine report released just last week estimates that one in five trauma deaths may be preventable.

One in five trauma deaths may be preventable or, in other words, about 30,000 people might be saved every year.

The recent events in Orlando, Paris and San Bernardino remind us of the very real threat of mass casualty events.

Trauma is the number-one cause of productive life years lost, greater than cancer or heart disease.

We will hear from witnesses on ways to address our trauma and emergency medical systems.

So, moving forward, the committee welcomes feedback on how we can improve care for children with medical complexity without disrupting the successful approaches already in place.

The goals of the ACE Kids Act are laudable--to improve the delivery of, access to, healthcare for children with complex medical conditions served by Medicaid.

I thank Mr. Murphy for his leadership and his persistence in getting this historic legislation to the floor. When a person struggles with mental illness, he or she may lose her job, her friends, even her family, which can make the mental…

I applaud the co-sponsors for working through the committee to address serious stakeholder concerns by taking a new approach in the draft we are discussing today.

Medicaid already provides a critical safety net for providing care for some of our youngest and most vulnerable patients.

I applaud the cosponsors for working through the committee to address serious stakeholder concerns by taking a new approach in the draft we are discussing today.

I urge support for this bipartisan bill, H.R. 5210. I yield back the balance of my time.

Current law is leading to an increase in healthcare premiums. Double-digit premium increases are hurting, not helping patients.

Health care is the most personal of any political issue. When Congress gets involved in health policy, we are changing people's lives.

More government bureaucracy, regulations, and spending never successfully reduce the price of health care.

Current law is leading to an increase in health care premiums.

So it is your view that giving states flexibility on grace periods and age bands, while tightening the special enrollment periods, could lead to lower costs for families?

The first thing health reform should accomplish is to stabilize or reduce the cost of health care.

I would like to offer this perfecting amendment to my colleague's amendment. This is amendment is very simple. It would merely state that, as the Federal Government spends money with regard to contracting, the administration must not run…

I have an amendment to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment to the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: In the section proposed to be added, insert before the period at the end the following: ``, except as…

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We, therefore, must always be on the lookout for opportunities to improve and adapt to changing cybersecurity threats and realities.