We share a common goal of making sure that those most in need in need of medical services in our communities get better quality, affordable care.

We recognize the Medicaid program is a critically important safety net for millions of Americans.

Medicaid, a state and federal partnership designed as a safety net for the country's most vulnerable has grown at a very rapid rate.

The days of putting overbearing, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats and their tens of thousands of pages of regulations first are over.

We can empower states to innovate, to harness savings and enhance the actual health of the patients.

I hope that we can begin by taking these small steps forward to put Medicaid spending on a sustainable path.

The very fact that we are holding this hearing today as the first Subcommittee of Health hearing, I think, is evidence of that fact and I hope we can continue to take these steps and have the discussion in a rational manner.

Representative Mullin has authored the Close Annuity Loopholes in Medicaid Act, to put a stop to this gaming of the system.

We will modernize America's health care laws by putting what's best for the patient as our top priority.

I hope we can agree on our shared goal: to improve the Medicaid program to provide access to high-quality care for those who truly need it.

Today I rise to honor the memory of Detective Jerry Walker of Little Elm, Texas. Detective Walker was lost in the line of duty last week when he responded to an emergency call that involved an active shooter. This great loss has cast a…

I have no additional speakers at this time. This is a good bill. It did pass at the end of last Congress. Maybe by passing at the beginning of this Congress, we will give the other body ample time to take it up this year. It is a good…