Gene Green: “In June of this year, the House passed an appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security that cut funding…”

The 9-1-1 system was clearly overwhelmed--and was not nearly robust or resilient enough to tackle the volume of calls.

These numbers are troubling as we are because even more acute when you look at the existing racial, socioeconomic, and geographic disparities.

I am extremely disappointed that 2 years after the passage of Cures we still do not have the regulations necessary to implement these provisions.

I would like to thank Dr. Rucker for testifying today on the Office of National Coordinator's work to implement the 21st Century Cures Act.