Maria Cantwell

They have had to innovate. And as they innovate, paradoxically, they have actually improved outcomes.

I would hope that our colleagues would work hard to make sure that there is a Federal FEMA declaration for all of Puerto Rico, every county.

Well, Graham-Cassidy actually rolls that back. So it disincents it.

We deliver better care at lower costs. Okay? We deliver less expensive care, probably $2,000 to $3,000 less per Medicare beneficiary, than Louisiana, and we deliver better care.

However, because funding under the program would grow over time at the rate of CPIU, CBO anticipates that it would be attractive mainly to the few States that expect to decline in population and would have little effect on enrollment in…

As someone who comes from a state where I know that there is trafficking, the I-5 corridor...

The prospect of lower corporate tax rates has resulted in lower levels of investment capital in affordable housing development

It is time for us to focus on the fact that affordable housing is a crisis.

I definitely believe, as we had our last hearing, that dynamic scoring does not definitely lead to dramatic growth.

I still remember the blackout of the Northwest in 1996, and there are many issues related to it and other blackouts.

I also want to make sure that we are recognizing that we do need tools to continue to help us deal with some of the most devastating fire seasons that we have had over the last several years.

I am glad we are holding this hearing to discuss real problems of the West, including the issues of wildfires and reducing blackouts.

I care about what we are going to do to raise the wages of the middle class and grow the economy from the middle out.

I hope the Senators from Florida and Nevada and Texas will join me in saying that this idea of trying to get rid of our State flexibility is dead, dead on arrival.

I wanted to ask Mr. Clarke, you know, obviously the SuperTruck program, which is both about moving forward, you know, more from an efficiency perspective.

I think managed care drives down the cost.

I think we could have reduced costs, and I think we could have given more certainty to those families.

We like efficiency in our health-care delivery system no matter, whether it is talking about CHIP, adults, or what have you.

So I do not think we can ever forget the people who are affected by this program and what it means.

I am particularly pleased by the President's nomination of Rich Glick to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Well, I would say given this fire map and where we are, it is just scary.

Now, if this is available today and with what Mr. Maisch has just said about the drones, why not combine these two technologies today to get more firefighters more safety and security as they deal with these unbelievable conditions that…

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thanks for holding this hearing.

We have to keep ahead of these changing conditions which are giving us more volatile, more territory, more really, really economic and human loss to our nation that we need to deal with.

What we really need is a comprehensive solution that addresses both wildfire budgeting and forest management.