Gene Green: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and to our witnesses for joining us this morning.”

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.

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

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