I worked with CMS to include terms and conditions in Wisconsin's Medicaid waiver that required our Governor and CMS to track the Wisconsinites he kicked off BadgerCare.

In fact, I think we are coming very late to this issue.

I would welcome that follow-up, because the tragedies we have seen in our States, that I have seen in my own State, deserve a response of the utmost seriousness.

I want to thank you, Secretary Burwell, for being here and sharing with the committee.

I am alarmed by the recent, tragic situation in Indiana, where there have been 130 cases of HIV identified based on injection drug use in the last 3 months.

I have become very involved and a very enthusiastic supporter of the RESPONSE Act.

When we held a hearing about a year ago, I was very interested in the discussions that the Committee and the witness panel had about root causes of the surge that we experienced in 2014.

the increasing frequency of oil trains passing through their communities as a catastrophic disaster waiting to happen.

On the issue of proper treatment for pain, Secretary McDonald, not only do we have to crack down on inappropriate use of opioids and benzodiazepines, we have to increase the alternatives to narcotics for pain management.

I look forward to working with the members of this subcommittee on a number of steps we can take, including legislation and programmatic initiatives to correct these failures, to improve the quality of care that our veterans have earned.

Many young people drop out of high school, not because it's too hard, but because it's too easy, and they're bored.

Your leadership on these issues to redesign high schools... it's absolutely the right thing to do.