Jaime Herrera Beutler

I wanted to applaud your Administration and your efforts with regard to repealing the WOTUS rule, the erroneous, burdensome WOTUS rule.

We would like to work with you on this effort.

We believe it's time to make these issues a national priority.

As members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services and Education, we have worked in a bipartisan fashion to support critical programs and initiatives to improve the lives of both mom and baby.

This was a critical first step but this is just a first step. More work needs to be done.

Our communities also face growing shortages of maternity care providers.

We co-founded the bipartisan congressional caucus on maternity care to raise awareness about the status of childbirth in this country and the challenges facing America's maternity care system.

This is the pool of kids I am most worried about, and yes, I am worried about adults who want to get off of smoking.

No teen use of marijuana is legal anywhere, right? There is no regulated market for marijuana use for teenagers recreationally.

One of the things we have seen in our hearing from different areas, I hear it from disease groups, is that the piece that goes into children's--treating children's diseases or research on childhood cancer, for example, tends to lag behind…

I was asked to cosponsor, which I will be, a childhood cancer bill with regard to research.

The majority here in the House, which would be the Democratic party, has the authority to put forward a new budget.

I am good, Mr. Chairman.

I think they are able to really tailor to regions and communities more specifically than a one-size-fits-all that is a big national stamp.

Your commitment is helping to remove those barriers to people for living organ donation.

Thank you so much for heeding that call and your leadership.

The one thing I have learned is that it is just so different for kids, the way everything is applied to them and in their world, and it changes over time.

I think about some of my different schools--small, rural, more urban, increasingly suburban. The solutions might look a little different.

This is no respecter of person, so to speak.

I appreciate your willingness very much.

I appreciate your willingness to rock the boat because we really want to get to the bottom of health costs.

What a novel concept.

I applaud the Administration's efforts with regard to drug pricing.

Can I ask a question?

I like to imagine what would be possible at this time with critical support from this committee.