"I am proud to be working on this important bill with my good friend, Representative Eshoo, who was one of the authors of the first PAHPA bill in 2006."
"This legislation, authored by Ranking Member Green and the chairman of this very subcommittee, is important in ensuring that we have adequate financial support for our pediatric workforce of the futur..."
"This has been one of the most difficult hearings to research and prepare for."
"This legislation, authored by the Ranking Member and Chairman of this very subcommittee, is incredibly important in ensuring that we have adequate financial support for our pediatric workforce."
"This is a $30 million per year increase in this funding which has only been appropriated at a level of around 300 million for each of the past 5 years."
"So it is again working on workforce issues over the past several years in Texas we have been focused on the fact that we are educating more doctors that we can perhaps provide residency slots for."
"We have also favorably reported 57 bills to the full Energy and Commerce Committee."
"This crisis, this opiate crisis, is devastating our country."
"I urge all my colleagues today to take a look at how we can bring substance use disorder treatment and the rules and laws governing them into the 21st century."
"The conferees wish to stress their conviction that the strictest adherence to confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records is absolutely essential to the success of all drug abuse prevent..."
"Today, we are here to discuss a bill that would make timely reforms to a privacy law that affects patient access to healthcare."