Talk to me about how the additional resources that you requested for the National Health Service Corps in the budget help address shortages like we have in rural Washington.

I completely agree. I've seen this working in my State. Where you practice and do your residency really makes a difference on where you stay.

In Washington, as Senator Murray pointed out, we've identified about 10 very small critical access hospitals that might be facing imminent closure.

The National Health Service Corps provides critical support to physicians and other providers that agree to work in our rural and underserved areas.

It's fascinating to me that just that human touch on somebody... reduces costs in the long run.

I'm very pleased to welcome all of our witnesses who are here today, but I'm particularly excited to welcome Julie Petersen.

I'm pleased we were able to agree in a bipartisan way to sustain those investments, and I hope we will be able to do even more moving forward.

I'm a strong supporter of HRSA's health care work force training programs.

This program is a critical part of the progress we are seeing so far.

No servicemember should live in fear of sexual assault.

I believe it is important to give students a strong voice at the table when we create Federal policies.

a budget is far more than a series of numbers on a piece of paper. A budget really is a statement of values and priorities, a statement of the kind of Nation we are and the kind of Nation we want to be. For many of us, these values and…

in Congress we should be working on ways to build an economy that works for all of our families--not just the wealthiest few. Unfortunately, once again, instead of standing up for workers, some of my Republican colleagues are bound and…

I'm also interested in the economic impact of this work.

What can Congress do to help all patients and families get the safest, most effective treatments and cures more quickly?

today I wish to pay tribute to a devoted public servant and tireless friend of the people of Washington State as she moves on from the staff of the United States Senate. Meaghan McCarthy has dedicated nearly 13 years in service to the…

The NIH supports basic research that makes medical advances possible. It gives hope to those who are living with chronic and life threatening disease and helps drive economic growth and competitiveness.

All of us here, today, can agree there is a lot more we need to do to keep families and communities healthy and continue investing in priorities that strengthen our economy from the middle out.

we should be doing everything we can to ensure that our children are safe from products that harm their health. Thanks to life-saving public health interventions, and FDA regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control…

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Sanders and I be permitted to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I am very excited about that. Thank you. Looking forward to more on that.

I am proud of the progress we have been able to make for survivors of trafficking and that we were able to use community health centers funding to help this very vulnerable population at a time when they need it the most.

last week marked an important step as we worked in a bipartisan manner to improve the lives of survivors of trafficking. We were able to move the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act forward and help provide direct supports and services…

the million person research cohort is very intriguing, but has to be done right.

We think of the participants in this particular study not just as subjects or patients. They are participants.