"And I want to thank Representative Veasey, who has worked on this with me, and his terrific Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act."
"Access to healthcare is a human right, not a privilege for just a select segment of the population."
"We must keep working to reduce gross health disparities, achieve health equity, and create an America where every person has access to quality, affordable healthcare."
"Urban Indian health programs are the only IHS facilities that do not receive 100 percent FMAP for Medicaid services."
"Medicaid has done a lot, particularly after the ACA was passed, for so many different States, but there are still 12 States in the Union that have not expanded Medicaid."
"I am proud of the legislation incentivizing the Medicaid Expansion Act that I introduced as part of today's discussion, because the bill would establish incentives to expand Medicaid by providing the ..."
"is there any legitimate reason to continue to deny people the right to be able to access Medicaid expansion?"
"This Medicaid expansion would not only help constituents like I represent, but many of the ones that consider themselves Republicans that live in their districts too."
"I worry about this, particularly as a Black American. And with this being Black History Month, let me just highlight some of the--how this has really turned violent, and has not been good for people o..."
"The problem, Joy, is years and years of neglect from Republican leaders in the state. They have been in charge for decades now."
"The Republicans have basically allowed for there to be very little oversight at all of ERCOT and what they`re doing."
"It didn`t have to happen this way."