Gene Green

Medicare spent $59 billion on these services that year.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dr. Miller, I too--and we appreciate your thoughtful examination of the post-acute care payment reforms.

There is broad consensus on the need for improved quality measures across the post-acute care setting.

As we know, ICD-9 was adopted in the United States nearly 40 years ago.

The National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting, or NASPER Reauthorization Act, will reauthorize and improve prescription drug monitoring programs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act provides a solution to current delays experienced by patients in need.

The Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act is led by Representatives Kinzinger and Capps.

I thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their thoughtful and worthy proposals and their commitment to improving access and delivery of health care.

Unless we take action, community health centers will reduce an immediate 60 to 70 percent funding cut.

I look forward to a good session working together.

And that is why some of us would like to see some kind of national agreement so we don't compete with one hand behind our back.

the CBO report that was just released talked about a policy shift in exporting crude would pinch refiners' profit margins but also harm foreign oil producers.

We all share the goal of saving money and bringing down costs through making our healthcare system more efficient.

Budgets, in my opinion, are about more than numbers and dollars. They are real-life expressions of priorities, of choices, and of values.

While we are seeing some progress in response to the deadly Ebola virus, much needs to be done.

Fighting antibiotic resistance is both a public health and a national security priority.

Antibiotic resistance and development must be a high priority for this committee and central to the way we treat and cure disease in the 21st century.

And I hope with this hearing today and we will be able to move the ADAPT Act across the line in the future.

Few issues in the public health today are as grave and urgent as combating the growing threat antibiotic resistance.

I want to commend you and the FDA on the efforts on the GAIN Act.

I am pleased that Representative Rush has crafted this legislation, and I am proud to be an original co-sponsor.

In Texas, workforce diversity is not only a reality, it's a necessity.

I am proud to be an original cosponsor. The industries I represent have complained for years about workforce shortages.

Thanks to efforts by ExxonMobil and the Texas Gulf Coast Community College Consortium, we are addressing the workforce needs of our industries.