"Thank you, Ranking Member Braun. I will do my questions now that I am back."
"I am advocating to triple the amount of funding for Long-Term Care Ombudsmen Programs in the Older Americans Act reauthorization."
"I think there are a few diseases where literally every breath you take, you can feel it."
"Laws work, but you got to have laws that are enforced."
"I want to thank President Roberts for his work, his toil, and, dare I say, sweat on behalf of miners."
"Congress has the power and ability to do that."
"The carnage in the coalfields from this preventable disease must stop."
"I grew up and still live in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which for a while was the anthracite capital of the world."
"I believe that the facts that have been laid out at this hearing... are sufficient to demand action by this Committee."
"The most important thing we could do is not have anybody else contract black lung."
"Well, thank you. We are all trying to do more to invest in programs that would support doulas and midwives."