Gene Green: “The storm dropped 4 feet of rain on greater Houston. Over 100,000 homes and residences were flooded in Harris County…”

Neither these bills nor the Committee's other efforts have gone far enough to address many of the underlying challenges facing this sector.

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

Maternal mortality in our country has more than doubled between 1987 and 2014, from 7.2 to 18 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births.

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.