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Hearing Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript · 9 transcript matches
SPEAKER_12 "I've spoken about Medicare Advantage many times in this committee and I believe we need wholesale reform of the program, but my bill before the committee today addresses one aspect of Medicare Advantage that needs reform and that's with our agent and broker system. As many know, Medicare Advantage is not traditional Medicare. It is private health insurance run by for-profit health insurance companies and those health insurers make more money if they have more people enrolled in their particular M.A. plan and that's where agents and brokers come in. Health insurers pay agents and brokers to..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for hospital and insurer price transparency, S.4189, to...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SANDERS, BERNARD "Senator Sanders. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and I want to applaud the staff on our side as well for their hard work, and to tell you that I intend to be supporting all of the bills that are before us this morning. But I do want to say in response to something that you did say, that at the end of the day, as a nation, we're going to have to ask ourselves one very simple question with regard to health care. Is health care a human right, or is it not? And I would suggest, Mr. Chairman, that the overwhelming majority of the American people understand that health care is a human right,..."
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Veterans Health Administration: Behavioral Health Services
Resources · Dec 3, 2019
Introduction The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides health care and health-related services through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), one of the largest integrated health care...
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117-2): Public Health, Medical Supply Chain, Health Services, and Related Provisions
Reports · Jul 2, 2021
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA; P.L. 117-2) is the sixth major legislative package in a series to address domestic public health and health system challenges related to the Coronavirus...
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Mental Health Parity and Coverage in Private Health Insurance: Federal Requirements
Reports · Feb 1, 2023
Given that most people in the United States have private health insurance, and given the prevalence of mental health and substance use disorders (MH/SUDs) in the United States, there is considerable...
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Federal Telehealth Flexibilities in Private Health Insurance During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: In Brief
Reports · Feb 14, 2023
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declared by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was most recently renewed on January 11, 2023 and the Biden Administration...
Hearing Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U.S. Provider Landscape
house Health Subcommittee · Mar 18, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN "Subcommittee will come to order. The chair recognizes himself for a five-minute opening statement. Today we will discuss health care costs and patient access challenges by examining the health care provider landscape. This is the third hearing in the committee's health affordability series following hearings with health insurance executives back in January and stakeholders from the prescription drug supply chain last month. The United States provider landscape includes a wide range of entities and organizations that deliver services to patients. Hospitals and large health care systems provide..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service,...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
MARSHALL, ROGER "hypertension. Our children, our children, the pride of this nation, the situation is equally alarming. Approximately 20 percent of our youth are obese. One in three adolescents at age 12 to 17 have prediabetes, one in three. And when it comes to our mental health, at least one in five American adults, 60 million people experience some form of mental illness each year. Those are epidemic numbers. We need a Surgeon General, the nation's doctor, to guide us back to health. Mobilizing science-based strategies to prevent disease, promote wellness, and address these epidemics head-on. The Surgeon..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026 · Transcript · 6 transcript matches
ANDY SCHNEIDER "A January 2025 KFF tracking poll found that 77% of voters had varied or somewhat favorable views about Medicaid, including 63% of Republicans and 81% of independents. In my written testimony, I discussed the role of Medicaid in our health care system, its importance to children and families, the harm that last year's budget reconciliation bill will do to millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for access to health care and protection against high health care costs, and the reasons for federal and state spending, why that spending is"
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Applicability of Federal Requirements to Selected Health Coverage Arrangements: An Overview
Resources · Nov 13, 2019
Introduction A majority of individuals in the United States have private health insurance coverage. In general, health plans sold in the private health insurance market (i.e., individual coverage,...
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Potential COVID-19 Impacts on Health Flexible Spending Arrangements (FSAs) and Recent Health FSA Changes
Resources · Jun 15, 2020
Health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs) are an optional benefit employers may offer that allow employees to set aside money, on a tax-advantaged basis, to pay for certain out-of-pocket medical...
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Veterans Health Administration: Gender-Specific Health Care Services for Women Veterans
Resources · Mar 11, 2021
Introduction VHA had predominately provided general health care and gender-specific services (e.g., prostate exams) that were geared to men, because the demographics of the veteran population had...
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Behavioral Health Benefit Coverage and Wit v. United Behavioral Health
Posts · Dec 21, 2022
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that nearly 53 million American adults live with a mental illness, and about 24 million (46.2%) received treatment in 2020. The demand for behavioral...
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Regulating Reproductive Health Services After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Resources · Apr 17, 2023
Introduction In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a five-Justice majority overruled the Supreme Court’s prior decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on Health Care Employment and Vaccinations and Testing for Large Employers
Reports · Mar 24, 2022
On June 21, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for the prevention of the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...
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Federal Student Loan Repayment Programs for Behavioral Health Service Providers
Resources · Aug 4, 2022
Many policymakers have long-standing concerns about the availability of behavioral health (i.e., mental health and substance use) treatment services overall and in specific geographic areas. One...
Hearing H.R.4398, the “Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability Act”; H.R.4805, the “Warrior Impact from Neurological and G-Force...
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 30, 2026 · Request transcript
SPEAKER_10 "that Secretary Collins made at the beginning of this fiscal year. I'm here today to voice Common Defense's emphatic support for the VHA Personnel Transparency and Accountability Act, which is a discussion draft that was inspired by our work in analyzing VHA job cuts. Congress cannot hold VA leadership accountable without persistent transparency on facility level staffing. This bill would close that gap. I'm Alex Rich and I'm the data director at Common Defense. We're a veteran-led progressive grassroots organization. I'm also a former Air Force Special Operations pilot and crash investigator...."
Hearing Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript · 5 transcript matches
SCHRIER, KIM "health professional shortage areas. The data speaks to just how critical this program is for rural Americans. For instance, in Washington, the number of dentists per 100,000 people is nearly twice as high in non-rural counties compared to rural ones, and that amounts to a gap of about 40 dentists for a hundred thousand people. Dental care is a key part of general medical care, and health and the health of the rest of the body are closely tied together. It may surprise you, or may not, that tooth decay is the single most prevalent chronic disease in children. So adults and children all need..."
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Defense Health Primer: U.S. Coast Guard Health Services
Resources · Oct 25, 2023
Established in 1790, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is a military service in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a branch of the armed forces of the United States. The role of USCG is to...
Hearing Member Day to examine S.297, to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Mar 19, 2026 · Request transcript
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The Scope of ACA Section 1557: “Health Program or Activity”
Posts · May 6, 2024
On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, or the Department) finalized a new rule under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 1557...
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Protection of Health Information Under HIPAA and the FTC Act: A Comparison
Posts · Jul 28, 2022
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, and holding that the U.S. Constitution does not confer a right to abortion....
Testimony GARCIA, ROBERT
the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6610, Pharmacist...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"bipartisan bill and I now yield to the ranking member. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I also support this bill and I think it's clear that the American people are facing an affordability crisis and the price of nearly everything has gone up. Groceries, gas, housing, health care, and families are definitely struggling to make ends meet. It's important for Congress to continue to address the cost of health care by addressing every part of the health care system. Now pharmacy benefit managers of course..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Business meeting to consider S.1782, to prohibit discrimination on the...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"Community health centers are the best tool that we have at this moment. I'm delighted to work with the Senator from Kansas. Let's improve community health centers. But right now, they are in desperate financial shape. They need help. So again, all this bill does, it doesn't solve every health care crisis in America. It addresses the major tool that we have for primary health care, that is community health centers. It allows them to serve more people. It helps us get doctors and nurses into..."
Testimony MS. MIKAH CARLOS
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 1010 (Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Bridging Ag...
house Natural Resources Committee · May 21, 2026
"legislation because it provides a straightforward and common-sense fix that will help ensure tribal patients can access emergency medical care without being burdened by unrealistic and administrative requirements during moments of crisis. We appreciate the subcommittee's leadership on this issue and urge swift advancement of this legislation. The federal government maintains a unique legal obligation to provide health care for all American Indian and Alaskan Natives, grounded in treaties,..."
Testimony SCHRIER, KIM
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"health professional shortage areas. The data speaks to just how critical this program is for rural Americans. For instance, in Washington, the number of dentists per 100,000 people is nearly twice as high in non-rural counties compared to rural ones, and that amounts to a gap of about 40 dentists for a hundred thousand people. Dental care is a key part of general medical care, and health and the health of the rest of the body are closely tied together. It may surprise you, or may not, that..."
Testimony SPEAKER_04
Community Care Network Next Generation: One Trillion Dollars of Oversi...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jan 22, 2026
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, distinguished members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss Veterans Community Care Program and the Community Care Next Gen Contract Procurement. I'm accompanied today by Ms. Alicia Skullrood, Executive Director of External Integrated Networks, Office of Integrated Veteran Care, VHA. VA has long been recognized for the world-class care we provide to Veterans across our more than 1,500 medical facilities. In addition to the direct..."
Testimony RACHEL GRESZLER
Hearings to examine aging with purpose, focusing on the positive impac...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Dec 10, 2025
"The Modern Worker Empowerment Act is another bill that would make it easier for seniors to transition from traditional employment into flexible contract-based work. And Senator Scott's Health Freedom Accounts proposal would allow individuals, including seniors, to directly receive federal health care subsidy and health savings accounts that they own and that they can use for future health care costs instead of that money going to insurers, even if they don't spend it on health care. Nothing I'm..."
Witness Raymond Lynch
Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · 1 hearing
Witness Paul Locke
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · 1 hearing
Witness Jassi Pannu
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security · 1 hearing
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.275, to improve the provision of care and services under the Veterans Community Care Program of the Department of...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jul 30, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.749, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend increased dependency and indemnity compensation paid to surviving...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Apr 29, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 18, 2026 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.342, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize an individual who is awarded the Purple Heart for service in the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Dec 10, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Prescription Drug Supply Chain
house Health Subcommittee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
PALLONE, FRANK "Thank you, Chair McGrath. Once again, the Health Subcommittee is meeting today to examine health care affordability while Republicans sit by and refuse to address one key way to lower health care costs, and that's extending the Affordable Care Act, its enhanced premium tax credit, to lower monthly health insurance premiums for millions of Americans. The truth is, Republicans are holding this hearing because they have no real plan to lower health costs or improve quality of care. They spent the last year creating a health crisis, taking health care coverage away from 15 million people, raising..."
Hearing Hearings to examine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of medicine.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Feb 11, 2026 · Transcript · 4 transcript matches
LEE GROSS "for rheumatology, you're managing things within your practice that are clearly within your purview as you're training. And we see that in our data, that when we implement this into a health plan that's built around our practice model, our ER referrals are 35% less, our specialty referrals are 35% less, our cost of total implementation of the health plan built around our model is a 52% reduction in health care in a rural health care setting. And we've sustained numbers like that over seven years because we're, not because we're better than anyone, it's structural design of the"
Hearing Hearings to examine S.214, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rate of the special pension payable to Medal of Honor...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · May 21, 2025 · Request transcript
Hearing Hearings to examine S.124, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for disciplinary procedures for supervisors and managers at the...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 11, 2025 · Request transcript
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Health Claims on Food and Dietary Supplement Labels: FDA Regulation and Select Legal Issues
Resources · Oct 31, 2024
A food or dietary supplement manufacturer may seek to market a product through a statement on its product’s label that suggests a link between a nutrient in that product and a disease or...
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1682, to direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for certain...
senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee · Apr 14, 2026 · Request transcript
Testimony FLETCHER, LIZZIE
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"We need these essential family planning funding funds and programs, and we need preventative health care services. And so, you know, among the actions that we've seen in the last year, the one big beautiful bill prohibits Planned Parenthood health centers from receiving federal Medicaid funds for a year, and that cuts off essential health services. When we're talking about women's access to health care, we cannot keep them from the places where they go to get that health care. And women across..."
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"Senator Sanders. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and I want to applaud the staff on our side as well for their hard work, and to tell you that I intend to be supporting all of the bills that are before us this morning. But I do want to say in response to something that you did say, that at the end of the day, as a nation, we're going to have to ask ourselves one very simple question with regard to health care. Is health care a human right, or is it not? And I would suggest, Mr. Chairman,..."
Testimony CROCKETT, JASMINE
H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Con...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"So if you want to protect children and youth, maybe consider what is actually happening. You are absolutely not protecting their mental health, and you're absolutely not providing mental health resources, because we know that Republicans hate to put money into mental health, but they blame every travesty that we see on mental health. We also know that measles, which unfortunately have started to kill children in this country because it's back on the rise, y'all haven't decided to have a hearing..."
Testimony SPEAKER_12
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"I've spoken about Medicare Advantage many times in this committee and I believe we need wholesale reform of the program, but my bill before the committee today addresses one aspect of Medicare Advantage that needs reform and that's with our agent and broker system. As many know, Medicare Advantage is not traditional Medicare. It is private health insurance run by for-profit health insurance companies and those health insurers make more money if they have more people enrolled in their particular..."
Testimony DR. MARK HAUSMAN
Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Se...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 12, 2026
"But what's important is there was actually some groundwork that was laid here in the state of Michigan up to that point, and conversations have taken place since then that I think will allow us to get some key providers, you know, ready and preparing to participate sooner than later. Specifically, we have been engaging with Trinity Health and University of Michigan, as well as Henry Ford and Ohio Health, so right there are four larger health systems that would make a huge impact in terms of,..."
Testimony DESAULNIER, MARK
"Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care"
house Education and Workforce Committee · May 20, 2026
"Thanks. I want to ask that question in the context of Congressman Frank because of his quote is that prejudice is based on ignorance. So let's talk a little bit about, I'd like to ask you a question of the effect of the actions of H.R. 1 on what is already a pretty discriminatory biased health care system for all of the greatness of the American health care system, and I agree with everything everyone said about as a consumer of health care in my life, particularly recently, we want the best..."
Testimony WILLIAMS, ROGER
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"Thank you. And I now recognize myself to speak on the bill and the amendment. One of the biggest challenges facing small business today is the rising cost of providing employee health care benefits. In the first Trump administration individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements known as ICHRAs were made available to employers to offer flexible tax advantage health insurance coverage by allowing them to reimburse employees for the cost of premiums for their individual health coverage...."
Testimony MORRISON, KELLY
Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026
"Small businesses and their employees should be provided with all pertinent information so they can make informed choices for themselves and their families. I want to stress that many people receive worse health care coverage under ICHRAs and that their use can make people ineligible for premium tax credits that can be used for more comprehensive and affordable coverage. Additionally, ICHRAs may lead to health care discrimination against certain employees and push other health care costs even..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U....
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"Subcommittee will come to order. The chair recognizes himself for a five-minute opening statement. Today we will discuss health care costs and patient access challenges by examining the health care provider landscape. This is the third hearing in the committee's health affordability series following hearings with health insurance executives back in January and stakeholders from the prescription drug supply chain last month. The United States provider landscape includes a wide range of entities..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U....
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"That'll go a long way, but it's just a start. In my opinion, ultimately the best way to achieve affordable accessible care for every American is to build a single-payer system like Medicare for all. We need to guarantee that in the U.S., no matter who you are, no matter where you live, you have access to health care that's going to be there to prevent illness when you're well and get better when you're sick. We also need to recognize where factors outside our health care system impact health..."
Testimony MARSHALL, ROGER
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"hypertension. Our children, our children, the pride of this nation, the situation is equally alarming. Approximately 20 percent of our youth are obese. One in three adolescents at age 12 to 17 have prediabetes, one in three. And when it comes to our mental health, at least one in five American adults, 60 million people experience some form of mental illness each year. Those are epidemic numbers. We need a Surgeon General, the nation's doctor, to guide us back to health. Mobilizing science-based..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Pr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Thank you, Chair McGrath. Once again, the Health Subcommittee is meeting today to examine health care affordability while Republicans sit by and refuse to address one key way to lower health care costs, and that's extending the Affordable Care Act, its enhanced premium tax credit, to lower monthly health insurance premiums for millions of Americans. The truth is, Republicans are holding this hearing because they have no real plan to lower health costs or improve quality of care. They spent the..."
Testimony LEE GROSS
Hearings to examine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of med...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"for rheumatology, you're managing things within your practice that are clearly within your purview as you're training. And we see that in our data, that when we implement this into a health plan that's built around our practice model, our ER referrals are 35% less, our specialty referrals are 35% less, our cost of total implementation of the health plan built around our model is a 52% reduction in health care in a rural health care setting. And we've sustained numbers like that over seven years..."
Witness Diana Zuckerman
National Center for Health Research · 1 hearing
Witness Evan Carey
Veteran Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Dorothy Fink, M.D.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · 1 hearing
Witness Andrew Toy
Clover Health · 1 hearing
Witness Daniel Zomchek
Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Staci Williams
Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Witness Peter Kaboli
Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 hearing
Hearing Community Care Network Next Generation: One Trillion Dollars of Oversight
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jan 22, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_04 "Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, distinguished members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to discuss Veterans Community Care Program and the Community Care Next Gen Contract Procurement. I'm accompanied today by Ms. Alicia Skullrood, Executive Director of External Integrated Networks, Office of Integrated Veteran Care, VHA. VA has long been recognized for the world-class care we provide to Veterans across our more than 1,500 medical facilities. In addition to the direct care system, VA has also been a purchaser of health care since before the World War II era. As a health..."
Hearing H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents Opt-in Protection Act"; H.R. 8747, "K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "I oppose this bill and urge my colleagues to oppose it as well. The next bill and seventh, next and seventh bill we'll consider is the Reinforcing Underserved Rural and Local Health Care Act, the Rural Health Care Act. This bill would allow employers to misclassify health care workers as independent contractors and effectively strip them of their worker protections and benefits that their co-workers enjoy, such as access to overtime pay, unemployment insurance, workers'"
Hearing H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and H.R. 9645
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_15 "mental health is just as important as physical health. And isolation and loneliness have significant impacts to a person's well-being and to their mental health. This bill protects a person's mental health while also ensuring their physical health remains at a reduced"
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, James...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_09 "I mean, like, what in the heck's going on there? Turmoil at the top of the nation's top public health agency is not good for the health of the American people, and it raises questions about how other public health and medical agencies like ASPR operate. We need unbiased leaders who make decisions based upon science, not politics or"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Erica Schwartz, of...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
SPEAKER_09 "I mean, like, what in the heck's going on there? Turmoil at the top of the nation's top public health agency is not good for the health of the American people, and it raises questions about how other public health and medical agencies like ASPR operate. We need unbiased leaders who make decisions based upon science, not politics or ideology, and are committed to protecting children's"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026 · Transcript · 3 transcript matches
MURKOWSKI, LISA "You know there's a lot of work ahead of you. We continue to face significant challenges, including workforce shortages, behavioral health needs, aging health facilities, and ensuring that tribal self-determination remains at the center of federal Indian health policy. And these are issues that not only require sustained attention, but real partnership throughout it"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Business meeting to consider S.1782, to prohibit discrimination on the...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 17, 2026
"certainly want to continue to support them, but I do think we need to go back and measure twice and cut once here. We've thrown a lot of money at them. Unfortunately, if you've seen one community health center, you've seen one community health center. There's no, they're not measuring success in any uniform fashion yet, and I beg them to come back to me and say, here's what we're going to measure. We have these eight chronic diseases that that are spending, we're spending 90% of our money..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"for an opening statement. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Today, the committee is marking up 16 bills that I hope will garner strong bipartisan support. 14 of the bills come from our Health Subcommittee and will help us better protect the health of the American people. The legislation we are considering reauthorizes and strengthens work around three key areas of public health. First, in the health of the American people, whether the threat is cancer, an emerging infectious"
Testimony SCHRIER, KIM
Full Committee Markup of 16 Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · May 21, 2026
"7389 and this aims. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm really glad to see the committee consider H.R. 2001 a bill to reauthorize the HRSA oral health workforce grant program. In my home state of Washington, this funding goes toward improving access to high-quality oral health care for rural communities by increasing the number of dental clinics providing care to Medicaid patients or Apple Health patients in rural dental health professional shortage areas. The data speaks to just how critical this..."
Testimony CASSIDY, BILL
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order. I talk a lot about the high cost of health care and I come to this issue not only as a senator but as a doctor who has practiced medicine in a hospital for the uninsured and underinsured for over 25 years. We're seeing the inability to afford health care is impacting the ability of small businesses to provide health insurance for their employees. The cost of being insured has gone up. Premiums are..."
Testimony HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
Business meeting to consider S.2355, to amend the Public Health Servic...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 22, 2026
"health care system drives people crazy and we can put a stop to it. The lack of transparency in our health care system is the proverbial elephant in the room. It's almost unique among other services and goods that Americans pay for every day. No single company in this system is a monopoly, but without transparency, health care is an aggregated monopoly. This makes it almost impossible for people to make financially sound decisions about their health care. It hurts the hundred and eighty million..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"five minutes for an opening statement. Ms. DeGette. Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. The legislation that we're marking up today has a wide range and, frankly, is a long time coming, so I thank you. The bills include critical policies to bring transparency to our health care system, improve care at community health centers, and enhance the public health response to the ongoing opioid epidemic. This includes the Lower Cost, More Transparency Act, which we've been working to improve and which..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"However, I want to make clear to my Republican colleagues that these bills are not adequate to address the issue of health care affordability. The truth is, Republicans have created a health care affordability crisis with their Big Ugly Bill that cut health care by $1 trillion, the largest health care cut in American history, and by refusing to extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credit. Now across the country, Americans are seeing their health care costs double or even triple in one"
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Without transparent ownership data, health care consolidation will continue unchecked, driving up costs for consumers and reducing access to care. I believe we can't achieve any true transparency in health care without ownership transparency. I am also pleased we are considering H.R. 8201, the Expanding Community Access to Health Services Act, which would require community health centers to offer behavioral health and substance use disorder services and provide funding for centers that don't..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"There is a drawback of this bill, though, in that it expects more from health centers while failing to provide additional resources. And these health centers are spread awfully thin. I'm going to support this bill, but I know that my colleagues will want to work with me to make sure that we properly resource those health centers to be able to provide the health care and the nutrition. And with that, I yield"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Be it enacted by the House and the U.S. H.R. 8201, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to require community health centers to provide behavioral and mental health and substance use disorder services and for other purposes. H.R. 9393, a bill to promote price transparency in the health care"
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I really want to commend our colleague, Representative Lee from Nevada, for bringing this bill up. I want to thank you for putting it on the agenda today. Low-income adults and people covered by Medicaid are more likely to have behavioral health conditions and more likely to get their health care at community health centers than are high-income adults or those with private insurance. To address this immense need, community health centers have become leaders in..."
Testimony BARRAGÁN, NANETTE DIAZ
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"And providers should be required to publicly post their prices in dollars and cents so that patients aren't blindsided and have more meaningful choice. We need more information on who owns what in the health care system so we can figure out if health insurance plans or health care providers are trying to hide certain business practices to maximize their own profits. So as we move this bill to full committee, I'm glad to hear that more work needs to"
Testimony SPEAKER_01
Markup of Fifteen Bills
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"C, mandatory reporting with respect to- H.R. 9397, a bill to amend Titles 27 of the Public Health Service Act and Title 18 of the Social Security Act to ensure health insurer accountability through publishing of overhead costs and claim payments and to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on the provision of certain insurance information. H.R. 9396, a bill to amend Title 27 of the Public Health Service"
Testimony ALLEN, RICK W.
"Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care"
house Education and Workforce Committee · May 20, 2026
"The subcommittee on health employment labor and pensions will come to order. I note that a quorum is present. Without objection, the chair is authorized to call a recess at any time. Today's hearing will examine how health care unions are using their resources to advance anti-Israel political agenda while harassing and discriminating against Jewish doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. Instead of fulfilling their duty to fairly represent all employees, these unions have chosen to..."
Testimony DEGETTE, DIANA
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U....
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"We're not going to pass fig leaf legislation and say we passed this problem. When my constituents continue to get sicker and sicker and be unable to afford their health care, we will continue to work on issues if we can in a bipartisan way that are going to improve health care quality and reduce health care and reduce costs and all are welcome to help us. I yield"
Testimony MR. R. SHAWN MARTIN
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U....
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"including vaccines, in our system. I will conclude with two thoughts. Health care consolidation has led to higher costs, decreased access to care, and universal frustration. And to truly reduce the cost of health care, we must invest in health, and health starts with primary care. Thank you for the opportunity to be here today, and I look forward to your"
Testimony MS. ELIZABETH MITCHELL
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U....
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"Thank you Chairman Guthrie and Griffith Ranking Members Pallone and DeGette, and members of the committee. Sincere thanks for the opportunity to testify today and to share the experiences of large, self-insured employers and public purchasers of health care as they seek to reduce health care costs, improve quality and increase access and affordability for their employees. Over 180 million Americans receive health insurance coverage through their employer, and they rely on the commercial market..."
Testimony MR. R. SHAWN MARTIN
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the U....
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Mar 18, 2026
"Somewhere between 60 and 18 percent of family physicians work in a community health center. They are the prominent physician workforce along with their clinician colleagues in community health centers. And we view the role of community health centers as becoming more important in particularly rural communities, other underserved communities as the marketplace become, as the loss of independent practices, we see community health centers filling a lot of that primary care need. So similar to..."
Testimony SANDERS, BERNARD
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"three Democrats who served under Trump, Obama, George W. Bush, Clinton, and George H. W. Bush have told us. In an op-ed they wrote in the Washington Post, that's what these guys wrote, a few months ago they said, quote, the actions of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. are endangering the health of the nation. He has rejected science, misled the public, and compromised the health of Americans, end quote. That is Republicans and Democratic former Surgeon Generals. So Mr...."
Testimony MARSHALL, ROGER
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"her publications, and getting to know her, and hearing her thoughtful vision for improving the health of Americans. Dr. Casey Means is a uniquely qualified, Stanford-trained physician who began surgical training at Oregon Health and Science University, where she excelled in clinical performance and patient care for underserved populations before leaving that traditional system. Like many of us, she was disillusioned by its focus on treating symptoms versus addressing the real causes. She left..."
Testimony MARSHALL, ROGER
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"She's appeared on over 200 podcasts. She's a faculty course director at Stanford. She's been featured in articles in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, New York Times. She inspires, educates on complex health issues. She's poised to shift us from reactive sick care to proactive health care, emphasizing metabolic health to truly make America healthy again. Her entrepreneurial spirit and clinical background would drive solutions, prioritizing outcomes over bureaucracy, aligning with the making to..."
Testimony MARSHALL, ROGER
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"And I'm not expecting you to commit to this today, but at least to I've consider what type of warning label we should put on social media and at what age. We have tobacco warnings that it could be hazardous to your health, that alcohol could be hazardous to your health. In my humble opinion, social media, for all of us, but especially young minds, can be hazardous to your health. So I'm asking you if you would just consider putting some type of a Surgeon General's"
Testimony CASEY MEANS, MD
Hearings to examine the nomination of Casey Means, of California, to b...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Feb 25, 2026
"It's not one that worked actually thought much about in this specific context, but a core and passion of mine and what I hope to bring to the role is really advocating for understanding how our environmental exposures are affecting our health. It's been understudied, and there's a huge commitment from the NIH, the Whole Person Health Initiative, and through Dr. Jay Bhattacharya's work to look at how these cumulative environmental exposures are affecting our health, and that's something that I..."
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Pr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Subcommittee will come to order. The chair recognizes himself for a five-minute opening statement. First, I want to recognize the bipartisan bill that we were able to pass last week that included many important health care provisions and lowered health care costs for all Americans. Today, we will discuss health care costs and patient access challenges by examining affordability across the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. I am proud of this subcommittee's work, but there is still more to be..."
Testimony SPEAKER_24
Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: An Examination of the Pr...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Thank you for conducting this hearing and invitation to testify. My name is Douglas Hoy, and I'm the CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association. NCPA represents the family owners of nearly 19,000 independent community pharmacists and long-term care pharmacies providing vital health care services. More than any industry segment, community pharmacists are the front line of health care in America. Local pharmacists are medication experts and the most accessible health care..."
Testimony GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN E.
Hearings to examine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of med...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Mr. Feist is the CEO and co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation and recently served as the CEO of the University of Virginia Physicians Group. Mr. Feist has previously testified to support mental health legislation for health care workers in the front of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. His advocacy efforts resulted in the passage of the first federal law focused on improving and well-being of health care workers, the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider..."
Testimony COREY FEIST
Hearings to examine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of med...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"Our foundation created a technical assistance program to accelerate the initiative. We improved access to mental health care for more than 3 million health workers by supporting over 70 licensing boards and over 2,000 hospitals and care facilities, and removing intrusive mental health questions from licensing and credentialing applications. We are also proving that administrative burden can be reduced while job satisfaction and patient experience"
Testimony ALMA LITTLES
Hearings to examine how Washington's rules drove physicians out of med...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Feb 11, 2026
"to the stress that they feel from that. So when you're asking about how that documentation specifically is affecting students wanting to go into rural practice among the whole list of other factors that prevent them from doing that, that is certainly one of them. And so the cost of the electronic health record, the complexity of using the electronic health record, the fact that the electronic health record isn't communicating with the physicians they're referring patients to in nearby urban..."
Testimony ANDY SCHNEIDER
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"A January 2025 KFF tracking poll found that 77% of voters had varied or somewhat favorable views about Medicaid, including 63% of Republicans and 81% of independents. In my written testimony, I discussed the role of Medicaid in our health care system, its importance to children and families, the harm that last year's budget reconciliation bill will do to millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for access to health care and protection against high health care costs, and the reasons for..."
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"And am I correct that when you lose revenue at a rural clinic or hospital and it shuts down that it affects everyone in the community because there isn't often another clinic or another hospital? And therefore people might have to go a long distance to get health care so they could have great health insurance but their health care is still compromised? Well, and I wanted to understand this question about"
Testimony CASSIDY, BILL
Business meeting to consider S.5038, to prohibit the transfer of the f...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 30, 2026
"That concludes consideration of S2511. We'll now begin consideration of S3097, the Health Information Privacy Reform Act. I thank Senator Hassan for co-sponsoring, ensuring that patients have robust privacy protections in place is essential to take full advantage of modern technology. Currently, Americans have few legal protections and control over their health information captured by devices. My bill would create a framework so that health data that is not covered by HIPAA is subject to robust..."
Testimony CASSIDY, BILL
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georg...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 23, 2026
"You don't need to hear my elegant words, although you're quite welcome to do so. I see Coach is kind of planted. He wants to hear the pep talk. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order. The nation faces enormous public health challenges. Measle cases are at a 35-year high with half a year left for them to rise even more. This due to deliberate attempts to undermine faith in traditional public health measures by those who know nothing but push..."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"I oppose this bill and urge my colleagues to oppose it as well. The next bill and seventh, next and seventh bill we'll consider is the Reinforcing Underserved Rural and Local Health Care Act, the Rural Health Care Act. This bill would allow employers to misclassify health care workers as independent contractors and effectively strip them of their worker protections and benefits that their co-workers enjoy, such as access to overtime pay, unemployment insurance, workers'"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"Voluntary Biennial Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the YRBS, which has been conducted since 1991 using sampling of 9th through 12th graders. The CDC uses the survey to understand health and mental health-related behaviors, as well as issues such as weight, obesity, and asthma, and to identify and evaluate programs to improve adolescent health. Opt-in requirements hinder participation in surveys in general and also affect who participates in the"
Testimony SPEAKER_06
H.R. 8781, "Title IX Clarification Act of 2026"; H.R. 4986, "Parents O...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"No. recognized for five minutes. Thank you Mr. Chairman. Although the bill is titled Rural Health Care Act, the bill will not actually improve access to health care in rural communities. The bill simply allows employers to misclassify health care workers as independent contractors and effectively strip them of their rights and protections under our labor and employment laws such as access to overtime pay, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, and the right to collective bargaining...."
Testimony SPEAKER_06
Legislative Hearing on: • H.R. 7332 (Rep. Matsui), “Whale CHARTS Act o...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 21, 2026
"and coordinated response from state and federal animal health officials, these efforts are helping ensure that cases are identified, contained, and addressed with urgency and a clear plan of action. It is also critical to emphasize that new world screwworm is an animal health issue, not a food safety issue. America's food supply remains safe, wholesome, and secure, and the Safe Cattle Act is about supporting ongoing animal health and eradication efforts so that producers, animal health..."
Testimony TUBERVILLE, TOMMY
Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Armed Services Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"convenience. It is essential to managing chronic conditions, recovering from injuries, maintaining mental health, and ensuring overall fitness for duty. As Congress continues to oversee military health care spending, we must strike the right balance between controlling costs and maintaining access. Savings achieved on paper are not real savings if they result in delayed treatment, reduced readiness, or additional health care costs down the road. I'm particularly interested in how the pharmacy..."
Testimony SPEAKER_15
H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and ...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"mental health is just as important as physical health. And isolation and loneliness have significant impacts to a person's well-being and to their mental health. This bill protects a person's mental health while also ensuring their physical health remains at a reduced"
Testimony SPEAKER_10
H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and ...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"introduced by Representative Moran. Representative Moran's legislation advances the goals established in President Trump's great health care plan by shining a light on large health insurance companies' finances and ensuring seniors have clear information when choosing their health care coverage. I'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from Moran, Mr. Moran, for an opening statement. Thank you. I now recognize the Ranking Member from Massachusetts. Thank you,"
Testimony SPEAKER_13
H.R. 9641, H.R. 3108, H.R. 9642, H.R. 9468, H.R. 3514, H.R. 9644, and ...
house Ways and Means Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"We're borrowing so far this fiscal year about $90,000 a second. I understand Congress loves to spend money, but at some point here we're going to have to deal with the reality that the bills we're working on here, we have to find a way to change the cost of delivering services, particularly health care services, not just have debates on we've turned health care into financing, not health. And take a look at your most current budgetary updates, and the spending is still"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Ma...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I mean, like, what in the heck's going on there? Turmoil at the top of the nation's top public health agency is not good for the health of the American people, and it raises questions about how other public health and medical agencies like ASPR operate. We need unbiased leaders who make decisions based upon science, not politics or"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Ma...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"Engineering and her M.D. from Brown University, an M.P.H. from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland. Thank you for being here and thank you for your dedication to public health and military service. Thank you, Dr. Schwartz. Next, we are joined by Mr. Sean Coffman, nominee to be the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, or ASPR. Mr. Coffman earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health degrees from San Diego..."
Testimony MURKOWSKI, LISA
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brett Matsumoto, of Ma...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"It requires our tribal communities to rely on close coordination with ASPR, with the Indian Health Service, Tribal Health Systems, the Public Health Service Commission Corps, which I appreciate your leadership there, Dr. Schwartz, but there's just a lot of challenges. The challenges come with geography, limited health infrastructure, workforce"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"I mean, like, what in the heck's going on there? Turmoil at the top of the nation's top public health agency is not good for the health of the American people, and it raises questions about how other public health and medical agencies like ASPR operate. We need unbiased leaders who make decisions based upon science, not politics or ideology, and are committed to protecting children's"
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"2021. She earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and her M.D. from Brown University, an M.P.H. from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland. Thank you for being here, and thank you for your dedication to public health Thank you, Dr. Schwartz. Next, we are joined by Mr. Sean Coffman, nominee to be the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, or ASPR. Mr. Coffman earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health degrees..."
Testimony MURKOWSKI, LISA
Hearings to examine the nominations of Sean Kaufman, of Georgia, to be...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 15, 2026
"It requires our tribal communities to rely on close coordination with ASPR, with the Indian Health Service, Tribal Health Systems, the Public Health Service Commission Corps, which I appreciate your leadership there, Dr. Schwartz, but there's just a lot of challenges. The challenges come with geography, limited health infrastructure, workforce"
Testimony SPEAKER_00
Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackl...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jul 14, 2026
"My name is Abigail Echo Hawk. I'm a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. I'm the Executive Vice President of the Seattle Indian Health Board and Urban Indian Health Program in Seattle, Washington, where I also direct the Urban Indian Health Institute, the nation's only national tribal epidemiology"
Testimony BRAD WOODHOUSE
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"Thank you so much. Chairman Allen, Ranking Member Desaulniers, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Brad Woodhouse. I'm president of Protect Our Care. Our mission is to make high-quality, affordable health care a right and not a privilege for every American. I'm here today because that mission is under direct threat. We are facing a health care affordability crisis in America. HR1 made the largest cuts to health care in American..."
Testimony BRAD WOODHOUSE
“Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jul 1, 2026
"which will rip life-saving coverage away from 15 million Americans, including seniors, children, and people with disability. That same bill handed out $1 trillion in tax breaks to the top 1 percent and $730 billion in tax breaks to corporations. Today, not even a year later, 8 million people have already lost health care. But that's not all. Costs are skyrocketing for millions of Americans. Families are being forced to make impossible choices between paying for groceries and seeing a doctor...."
Testimony SPEAKER_10
H.R.4398, the “Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Account...
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Jun 30, 2026
"that Secretary Collins made at the beginning of this fiscal year. I'm here today to voice Common Defense's emphatic support for the VHA Personnel Transparency and Accountability Act, which is a discussion draft that was inspired by our work in analyzing VHA job cuts. Congress cannot hold VA leadership accountable without persistent transparency on facility level staffing. This bill would close that gap. I'm Alex Rich and I'm the data director at Common Defense. We're a veteran-led progressive..."
Testimony ONDER, ROBERT F.
H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Pro...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026
"do you seek recognition mr. chairman I have an amendment at the desk the clerk thank you mr. chairman today we are considering HR 9 2 2 8 health data access transparency and affordability act this legislation is based on a simple principle employer-sponsored health plans should have access to the information they need to oversee the health plans they sponsor so workers and their families are receiving high quality affordable care employer health plans provide health care coverage for over 135..."
Testimony MURKOWSKI, LISA
Hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Dire...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"You know there's a lot of work ahead of you. We continue to face significant challenges, including workforce shortages, behavioral health needs, aging health facilities, and ensuring that tribal self-determination remains at the center of federal Indian health policy. And these are issues that not only require sustained attention, but real partnership throughout it"
Testimony SMITH, TINA
Hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Dire...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"During a time of great tumult in the department, this administration has gutted public health, health research, mental health programs, which, in my view, has caused real harm to Native And as you have said, the Department of Health and Human Services touches all aspects of life for Native people, it's not just the IHS. So I'm trying to reconcile this, and I want to ask a couple of questions to try to get at"
Testimony MR. MARK CRUZ
Hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Cruz, of Oregon, to be Dire...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Jun 24, 2026
"especially when you compare it to private or other models, is we really want to make sure that IHS's patients are not impacted by having this antiquated legacy system. So that's something I'm eagerly looking forward to learning more about, engaging with the Indian Health Service team and coming up with solutions to bring Indian Health Service into the next generation and provide modern, clean and safe health options. Secretary Kennedy,"
Testimony GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"We also have Mr. Sean Greminger, who is President and Chief Executive Officer for National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. Mr. Benedict Eppolito is Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Christopher Whaley is the Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Health Policy through Research and Associate Professor of Health Services Policy and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. And Ms. Sophia Tripoli, who is Senior Director of Health Policy at..."
Testimony PALLONE, FRANK
"Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to I...
house Energy and Commerce Committee · Jun 10, 2026
"About half of Americans have reported difficulty affording health care, and too many families have to delay or forego necessary care due to rising costs. Meanwhile, health care consolidation and private equities' increased role in our health care system is driving up the prices of health care services for families. I'm concerned about the growing influence of private equity and its impact on costs in patient care and health"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land in...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"On behalf of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, I appreciate the opportunity to provide testimony, and ANTHC is in full support of this legislation. As Representative Begich mentioned, ANTHC is a tribal health organization that provides public health, health care, sanitation, programming, and services to all 229 tribes in Alaska, and all Alaska Native and American Indian people that reside in our"
Testimony SPEAKER_02
Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land in...
house Natural Resources Committee · Jun 9, 2026
"Kuyana, thank you for your time. Sure. Thank you. So in our tribal health system in Alaska, we have seven large regional tribal health organizations, and then, you know, our direct health care in our remote villages is done by health aides. So typically if a child, or any person, but most of the time it's a child, gets seen at a health clinic with a dog bite, they're going to call"
Testimony BEAN, AARON
Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026
"That's something that maybe we do agree on. Both sides of the aisle says we have to do better. What if Americans took charge of their own health care by having the money to do so? I've got a bill, HSA's for All Health Savings Account, where people, just like their retirement, they can put money aside for health expenses to make that happen. Mr. Secretary, is that bill, is that a good idea or a great idea, the Bean Bill of Health Savings Accounts for"
Testimony MARCO RUBIO
Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Appropriations Committee · Jun 2, 2026
"The second is in terms of how we procure aid and how we provide it. We are still the world's largest aid provider. And I mean, by far, like there isn't a close second. But we don't want aid to solely be judged by how much you spend. We want it to be judged by what its results are. And I think we can talk about it today. But there are a couple of points that I would raise that I think are very promising. The first is we've now entered in the global health strategy over 32 health compacts with..."
Testimony WALBERG, TIM
"Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining"
house Education and Workforce Committee · May 8, 2026
"But the work does not stop there. We must ensure worker protections keep pace. For example, in July of 2025, MSHA created the Compliance Assistance and Safety and Health or CASH program to support the anticipated surge in mining productivity following President Trump's executive orders. MSHA also continues to award millions of dollars in grants to support mine safety and health training across the United States. These investments in safety and health paid off. In 2025, the mining industry..."
Testimony SPEAKER_07
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"You are moving those programs at an unknown cost to the Department of onto a grant system administered by yet another agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, a grant system that has experienced significant technical difficulties and issues last year that created delays for programs like Head Start and community health centers, a system the Department of Health and Human Services has described itself as antiquated. This is a waste of taxpayer resources that creates additional..."
Testimony BALDWIN, TAMMY
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fi...
senate Appropriations Committee · Apr 28, 2026
"You are moving those programs at an unknown cost to the Department of onto a grant system administered by yet another agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, a grant system that has experienced significant technical difficulties and issues last year that created delays for programs like Head Start and community health centers, a system the Department of Health and Human Services has described itself as antiquated. This is a waste of taxpayer resources that creates additional..."
Testimony SPEAKER_20
Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026
"Yeah, let's talk about that in a minute, but bottom line is what we would like to see is a broken health care system improved. Most of us believe that health care is a human right, that all people should have health care, and that we need public health policies which keep our kids and all people healthy, not moving us in the other direction. Thank you, Mr."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hidden Wounds: Effectively Supporting Veterans with TBI
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 5, 2026
"11, 2001 was actually screened for possible TBI and then in order to, and then evaluated by a specialist to ensure that their medical record was documented with a specific diagnosis and that individualized treatment plan. We've leveraged emerging findings showing that we do know veterans with TBI compared to their civilian counterparts have a higher comorbidity of mental health conditions and so that has led our efforts to beef up our mental health integration within our TBI and polytrauma..."
Testimony SPEAKER_09
Hidden Wounds: Effectively Supporting Veterans with TBI
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 5, 2026
"skilled treatment is focused on improving the veteran's symptoms, improving their functional ability and their ability to communicate or participate in community activities. And then when that's ended, we help transition veterans toward wellness activities because we know very well that long-term brain health is affected by a number of factors. And so in mitigating the chronic effects of a traumatic brain injury, it's essential to transition into a long-term brain health wellness plan or brain..."
Testimony KIGGANS, JENNIFER A.
Delivering for Veterans and Caregivers: Year One of the Dole Act
house Veterans' Affairs Committee · Mar 4, 2026
"Testifying before us today, we have Dr. Thomas O'Toole, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Health for Clinical Services at the Veterans Health Administration, Dr. Mark Koeniger, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Health and Patient Services at the Veteran Health Administration, Mr. Kenneth Smith, Executive Director, Education Services at the Veterans Benefit Administration, and we also have Sharon Silas, Director of Health for the Government Accountability Office. Will the witnesses please..."
Testimony KING, ANGUS S., JR.
Hearings to examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 4, 2026
"veterans participating. The bad news is there are 9 million veterans that are enrolled with the VA, so there's plenty of room where I think there are people who could take advantage of these programs who basically just don't know they exist or what steps they might take to avail themselves of this opportunity. So I see this as a really a part and parcel of the health care provision of the VA. We talked with the previous panel about mental health and just the general health benefits of these..."
Testimony BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran'...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025
"All Americans are struggling with the increased costs of rent, food, electricity, and yes, health care, most especially health care insurance, which is why we, as Democrats, are standing firm that there has to be an extension of health care insurance tax credits or subsidies past the end of the year. And the administration, rather than curbing costs for the average American worker, including veterans, is prioritizing historic cuts, and I mean unprecedented cuts in SNAP, Medicaid, and health..."
Testimony BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran'...
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025
"1%, 2.6 billion. They don't have the money. Those costs have not been accounted for in the department's funding requests or factored into Secretary Collins' plans for further cuts in VA resources. If veterans are not eligible for VA care, there's a real fear that they will simply lose access to health care completely. Are veterans losing access to health care? Our veterans losing access to health care seems unacceptable to me, but it's going to happen. Given the health care and cost of living..."
Testimony DUANA PATTON
Hearings to examine how the Older Americans Act uplifts families livin...
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 5, 2025
"aging. We are social care experts and often the front door to aging services, receiving referrals from caregivers, physicians, and community partners, usually at a time when a person is facing a new or increasing risk related to aging. The core services we provide include nutrition, supportive services, caregiver support, health and wellness, and elder rights. Our person-centered approach recognizes the health of the person and focuses on interventions that will foster better outcomes. A good..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.1782, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of mental or physical disability in cases of organ transplants,...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jun 17, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_06 "Community health centers are the best tool that we have at this moment. I'm delighted to work with the Senator from Kansas. Let's improve community health centers. But right now, they are in desperate financial shape. They need help. So again, all this bill does, it doesn't solve every health care crisis in America. It addresses the major tool that we have for primary health care, that is community health centers. It allows them to serve more people. It helps us get doctors and nurses into rural and underserved areas by increasing the National Health Service Corps. And it also allows us to..."
Hearing "Bad Medicine: Politics, Unions, and Antisemitism in Health Care"
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · May 20, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
DESAULNIER, MARK "Thanks. I want to ask that question in the context of Congressman Frank because of his quote is that prejudice is based on ignorance. So let's talk a little bit about, I'd like to ask you a question of the effect of the actions of H.R. 1 on what is already a pretty discriminatory biased health care system for all of the greatness of the American health care system, and I agree with everything everyone said about as a consumer of health care in my life, particularly recently, we want the best and the brightest working as a team when you go into that emergency room. So let's talk about the..."
Hearing Various Measures
house Small Business Committee · May 20, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
WILLIAMS, ROGER "Thank you. And I now recognize myself to speak on the bill and the amendment. One of the biggest challenges facing small business today is the rising cost of providing employee health care benefits. In the first Trump administration individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements known as ICHRAs were made available to employers to offer flexible tax advantage health insurance coverage by allowing them to reimburse employees for the cost of premiums for their individual health coverage. Offering flexible affordable health care insurance plans will increase the attraction of small..."
Hearing “Direct Contracting: A Prescription for Lower Health Care Costs”
house Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · Jul 1, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BRAD WOODHOUSE "Thank you so much. Chairman Allen, Ranking Member Desaulniers, and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Brad Woodhouse. I'm president of Protect Our Care. Our mission is to make high-quality, affordable health care a right and not a privilege for every American. I'm here today because that mission is under direct threat. We are facing a health care affordability crisis in America. HR1 made the largest cuts to health care in American history to fund tax breaks for billionaires and big corporations. And the subject of today's hearing, put..."
Hearing "Lowering Health Care Costs for All Americans: Examining Policies to Increase Health Care Transparency."
house Health Subcommittee · Jun 10, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
GRIFFITH, H. MORGAN "We also have Mr. Sean Greminger, who is President and Chief Executive Officer for National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. Mr. Benedict Eppolito is Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Dr. Christopher Whaley is the Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Health Policy through Research and Associate Professor of Health Services Policy and Practice at Brown University School of Public Health. And Ms. Sophia Tripoli, who is Senior Director of Health Policy at Families"
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 6917 (Rep. Titus) To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute Indians. H.R. 8473...
house Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee · Jun 9, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_02 "On behalf of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, I appreciate the opportunity to provide testimony, and ANTHC is in full support of this legislation. As Representative Begich mentioned, ANTHC is a tribal health organization that provides public health, health care, sanitation, programming, and services to all 229 tribes in Alaska, and all Alaska Native and American Indian people that reside in our"
Hearing Hidden Wounds: Effectively Supporting Veterans with TBI
house Health Subcommittee · Mar 5, 2026 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
SPEAKER_09 "11, 2001 was actually screened for possible TBI and then in order to, and then evaluated by a specialist to ensure that their medical record was documented with a specific diagnosis and that individualized treatment plan. We've leveraged emerging findings showing that we do know veterans with TBI compared to their civilian counterparts have a higher comorbidity of mental health conditions and so that has led our efforts to beef up our mental health integration within our TBI and polytrauma teams and we're really trying to, in that effort, normalize or de-stigmatize the fact that mental health..."
Hearing Hearings to examine a grateful nation, focusing on maximizing veteran's success after service.
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Nov 5, 2025 · Transcript · 2 transcript matches
BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD "All Americans are struggling with the increased costs of rent, food, electricity, and yes, health care, most especially health care insurance, which is why we, as Democrats, are standing firm that there has to be an extension of health care insurance tax credits or subsidies past the end of the year. And the administration, rather than curbing costs for the average American worker, including veterans, is prioritizing historic cuts, and I mean unprecedented cuts in SNAP, Medicaid, and health care coverage. Americans often don't"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"What we will see and lay it out is essentially, when we're looking at the rising costs in Medicaid, it's essentially because the rising costs of health care per person in every aspect of health care, that is in individual insurance provided through Medicare and also through private"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"We've already wiped out under what Trump called the big beautiful bill and we called the big ugly betrayal health care for 2 million children and 8 million people. And certainly, the 2 million children who have been booted off Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program, CHIP, they weren't committing health care fraud. But I'll tell you what they were"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"regardless of what type of insurance you have. So proceeding to, well, take away health insurance for the less affluent actually has a profound impact on everyone's ability to have health care treatment. And you know where it's really"
Testimony MERKLEY, JEFF
Hearings to examine the reality of Medicaid.
senate Budget Committee · Aug 4, 2026
"well, there's another clinic or hospital nearby. But when you do it in a rural area and the next clinic or hospital is 70 miles away or 100 miles away, that's certainly out west, that's not uncommon at all, then you're having a profound impact on the health of the entire community. If you have a health attack or that is a heart attack or a stroke, you don't have time to drive 100 miles to see a doctor, get to a hospital, get to emergency room. As of April of this year, 216 hospitals and clinics..."
Testimony MURKOWSKI, LISA
Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests ...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"provide the tribe with a continuing share of revenue from any future development of the exchanged Bull Mountain mineral interests, and complete a related land exchange to improve public access. The Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act from Senator Rounds would extend the period for notifying the Indian Health Service of emergency care received outside the IHS system from 72 hours to 15 days. This common sense change would help ensure that Native patients are not denied payment for..."
Testimony DANIEL TRAVIS
Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina,...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026
"and we maintain a healthy trade surplus. A landmark health agreement signed under the American First Global Health Security Strategy is protecting both Americans and Sierra Leoneans' lives while demanding accountability and co-investment from Sierra Leone, fostering a freedom from dependency. And a pipeline of American-led projects, such as agreement between Acro Corporation of Pennsylvania to design and build a bridge across the Sierra Leone River connecting Freetown with its international..."
Hearing the Full Committee to consider the following: 1) H.R. 6610, Pharmacists Fight Back [in Federal Employee Health Benefit Plans Act]; 2) H.R. 9720,...
house Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Jul 22, 2026 · Transcript
GARCIA, ROBERT "bipartisan bill and I now yield to the ranking member. Thank you Mr. Chairman. I also support this bill and I think it's clear that the American people are facing an affordability crisis and the price of nearly everything has gone up. Groceries, gas, housing, health care, and families are definitely struggling to make ends meet. It's important for Congress to continue to address the cost of health care by addressing every part of the health care system. Now pharmacy benefit managers of course are companies that manage drug benefits on behalf of health insurance companies and federal health..."
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: H.R. 1010 (Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act” or the...
house Indian and Insular Affairs Subcommittee · May 21, 2026 · Transcript
MS. MIKAH CARLOS "legislation because it provides a straightforward and common-sense fix that will help ensure tribal patients can access emergency medical care without being burdened by unrealistic and administrative requirements during moments of crisis. We appreciate the subcommittee's leadership on this issue and urge swift advancement of this legislation. The federal government maintains a unique legal obligation to provide health care for all American Indian and Alaskan Natives, grounded in treaties, statutes, U.S. Supreme Court decisions, and the federal trust responsibility. The Indian Health Service..."
Hearing Hearings to examine aging with purpose, focusing on the positive impact of seniors in today's economy.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Dec 10, 2025 · Transcript
RACHEL GRESZLER "The Modern Worker Empowerment Act is another bill that would make it easier for seniors to transition from traditional employment into flexible contract-based work. And Senator Scott's Health Freedom Accounts proposal would allow individuals, including seniors, to directly receive federal health care subsidy and health savings accounts that they own and that they can use for future health care costs instead of that money going to insurers, even if they don't spend it on health care. Nothing I'm advocating requires any more or any less government"
Hearing H.R. 9098, the Congressional Records Protection Act; H. Res. 1394, Condemning prosecution policies that give preferential treatment to foreign...
house Judiciary Committee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
CROCKETT, JASMINE "So if you want to protect children and youth, maybe consider what is actually happening. You are absolutely not protecting their mental health, and you're absolutely not providing mental health resources, because we know that Republicans hate to put money into mental health, but they blame every travesty that we see on mental health. We also know that measles, which unfortunately have started to kill children in this country because it's back on the rise, y'all haven't decided to have a hearing or pass a bill to make sure that we could eradicate measles, which was eradicated before the..."
Hearing Delivering Quality and Modern Healthcare to Michigan's Veterans and Servicemembers
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Jun 12, 2026 · Transcript
DR. MARK HAUSMAN "But what's important is there was actually some groundwork that was laid here in the state of Michigan up to that point, and conversations have taken place since then that I think will allow us to get some key providers, you know, ready and preparing to participate sooner than later. Specifically, we have been engaging with Trinity Health and University of Michigan, as well as Henry Ford and Ohio Health, so right there are four larger health systems that would make a huge impact in terms of, you know, volume of care that they provide and of course improving the efficiency and the experience..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.5038, to prohibit the transfer of the functions of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services,...
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 30, 2026 · Transcript
CASSIDY, BILL "That concludes consideration of S2511. We'll now begin consideration of S3097, the Health Information Privacy Reform Act. I thank Senator Hassan for co-sponsoring, ensuring that patients have robust privacy protections in place is essential to take full advantage of modern technology. Currently, Americans have few legal protections and control over their health information captured by devices. My bill would create a framework so that health data that is not covered by HIPAA is subject to robust privacy protections. We have a manager's amendment to S3097. I move to adopt in the nature of a..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider the nomination of Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Jul 23, 2026 · Transcript
CASSIDY, BILL "You don't need to hear my elegant words, although you're quite welcome to do so. I see Coach is kind of planted. He wants to hear the pep talk. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order. The nation faces enormous public health challenges. Measle cases are at a 35-year high with half a year left for them to rise even more. This due to deliberate attempts to undermine faith in traditional public health measures by those who know nothing but push their ignorance as fact. CDC needs someone who understands that the way to prevent vaccine-preventable..."
Hearing Legislative Hearing on: • H.R. 7332 (Rep. Matsui), “Whale CHARTS Act of 2026” • H.R. 7466 (Rep. Jackson of TX), “SAFE CATTLE Act” • H.R. 8876...
house Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee · Jul 21, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_06 "and coordinated response from state and federal animal health officials, these efforts are helping ensure that cases are identified, contained, and addressed with urgency and a clear plan of action. It is also critical to emphasize that new world screwworm is an animal health issue, not a food safety issue. America's food supply remains safe, wholesome, and secure, and the Safe Cattle Act is about supporting ongoing animal health and eradication efforts so that producers, animal health officials, and federal agencies can expand on their unified response. The legislation would establish a..."
Hearing Hearings to examine the TRICARE pharmacy program.
senate Personnel Subcommittee · Jul 15, 2026 · Transcript
TUBERVILLE, TOMMY "convenience. It is essential to managing chronic conditions, recovering from injuries, maintaining mental health, and ensuring overall fitness for duty. As Congress continues to oversee military health care spending, we must strike the right balance between controlling costs and maintaining access. Savings achieved on paper are not real savings if they result in delayed treatment, reduced readiness, or additional health care costs down the road. I'm particularly interested in how the pharmacy program supports preventive care, injury recovery, behavioral health, and overall force readiness. We..."
Hearing Oversight Hearing on “Innovative Technologies and Initiatives to Tackle the MMIP Crisis in Indian Country”
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 14, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_00 "My name is Abigail Echo Hawk. I'm a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. I'm the Executive Vice President of the Seattle Indian Health Board and Urban Indian Health Program in Seattle, Washington, where I also direct the Urban Indian Health Institute, the nation's only national tribal epidemiology"
Hearing H.R. 8476, "No Antisemitism in Education Act of 2026"; H.R. 4795, "Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act of 2025"; H.R. 9203, "Student...
house Education and Workforce Committee · Jun 25, 2026 · Transcript
ONDER, ROBERT F. "do you seek recognition mr. chairman I have an amendment at the desk the clerk thank you mr. chairman today we are considering HR 9 2 2 8 health data access transparency and affordability act this legislation is based on a simple principle employer-sponsored health plans should have access to the information they need to oversee the health plans they sponsor so workers and their families are receiving high quality affordable care employer health plans provide health care coverage for over 135 million Americans the employers sponsoring these plans and the fiduciaries risk and the fiduciaries..."
Hearing Hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
house Ways and Means Committee · Jun 4, 2026 · Transcript
BEAN, AARON "That's something that maybe we do agree on. Both sides of the aisle says we have to do better. What if Americans took charge of their own health care by having the money to do so? I've got a bill, HSA's for All Health Savings Account, where people, just like their retirement, they can put money aside for health expenses to make that happen. Mr. Secretary, is that bill, is that a good idea or a great idea, the Bean Bill of Health Savings Accounts for"
Hearing Oversight Hearing – Department of Justice
house Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Jun 2, 2026 · Transcript
MARCO RUBIO "The second is in terms of how we procure aid and how we provide it. We are still the world's largest aid provider. And I mean, by far, like there isn't a close second. But we don't want aid to solely be judged by how much you spend. We want it to be judged by what its results are. And I think we can talk about it today. But there are a couple of points that I would raise that I think are very promising. The first is we've now entered in the global health strategy over 32 health compacts with countries around the world. And these health compacts basically are the countries that are signing..."
Hearing "Protecting Workers and Powering America: The Future of Mining"
house Education and Workforce Committee · May 8, 2026 · Transcript
WALBERG, TIM "But the work does not stop there. We must ensure worker protections keep pace. For example, in July of 2025, MSHA created the Compliance Assistance and Safety and Health or CASH program to support the anticipated surge in mining productivity following President Trump's executive orders. MSHA also continues to award millions of dollars in grants to support mine safety and health training across the United States. These investments in safety and health paid off. In 2025, the mining industry experienced its lowest total injury rate in"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
senate Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_07 "You are moving those programs at an unknown cost to the Department of onto a grant system administered by yet another agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, a grant system that has experienced significant technical difficulties and issues last year that created delays for programs like Head Start and community health centers, a system the Department of Health and Human Services has described itself as antiquated. This is a waste of taxpayer resources that creates additional complexity and significant risks for our states and schools, particularly rural"
Hearing Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Education.
senate Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee · Apr 28, 2026 · Transcript
BALDWIN, TAMMY "You are moving those programs at an unknown cost to the Department of onto a grant system administered by yet another agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, a grant system that has experienced significant technical difficulties and issues last year that created delays for programs like Head Start and community health centers, a system the Department of Health and Human Services has described itself as antiquated. This is a waste of taxpayer resources that creates additional complexity and significant risks for our states and schools, particularly rural"
Hearing Hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Health and Human Services.
senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee · Apr 22, 2026 · Transcript
SPEAKER_20 "Yeah, let's talk about that in a minute, but bottom line is what we would like to see is a broken health care system improved. Most of us believe that health care is a human right, that all people should have health care, and that we need public health policies which keep our kids and all people healthy, not moving us in the other direction. Thank you, Mr."
Hearing Delivering for Veterans and Caregivers: Year One of the Dole Act
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Mar 4, 2026 · Transcript
KIGGANS, JENNIFER A. "Testifying before us today, we have Dr. Thomas O'Toole, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Health for Clinical Services at the Veterans Health Administration, Dr. Mark Koeniger, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Health and Patient Services at the Veteran Health Administration, Mr. Kenneth Smith, Executive Director, Education Services at the Veterans Benefit Administration, and we also have Sharon Silas, Director of Health for the Government Accountability Office. Will the witnesses please stand and raise their right"
Hearing Hearings to examine veteran health and healing through adaptive sports.
senate Veterans' Affairs Committee · Feb 4, 2026 · Transcript
KING, ANGUS S., JR. "veterans participating. The bad news is there are 9 million veterans that are enrolled with the VA, so there's plenty of room where I think there are people who could take advantage of these programs who basically just don't know they exist or what steps they might take to avail themselves of this opportunity. So I see this as a really a part and parcel of the health care provision of the VA. We talked with the previous panel about mental health and just the general health benefits of these programs, so I would hope you might work with your health counterparts and just try to really multiply..."
Hearing Hearings to examine how the Older Americans Act uplifts families living with aging-related diseases.
senate Aging (Special) Committee · Nov 5, 2025 · Transcript
DUANA PATTON "aging. We are social care experts and often the front door to aging services, receiving referrals from caregivers, physicians, and community partners, usually at a time when a person is facing a new or increasing risk related to aging. The core services we provide include nutrition, supportive services, caregiver support, health and wellness, and elder rights. Our person-centered approach recognizes the health of the person and focuses on interventions that will foster better outcomes. A good example of that is Ms. Gray. Ms. Gray was referred to our AAA following a hospital stay for a chronic..."
Hearing Business meeting to consider S.239, to take certain mineral interests into trust for the benefit of the Crow Tribe of Montana, S.1055, to amend...
senate Indian Affairs Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
MURKOWSKI, LISA "provide the tribe with a continuing share of revenue from any future development of the exchanged Bull Mountain mineral interests, and complete a related land exchange to improve public access. The Indian Health Service Emergency Claims Parity Act from Senator Rounds would extend the period for notifying the Indian Health Service of emergency care received outside the IHS system from 72 hours to 15 days. This common sense change would help ensure that Native patients are not denied payment for emergency services because they could not meet an unreasonably short administrative"
Hearing Hearings to examine the nominations of Peter McCoy, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Daniel Travis, of California, a Career...
senate Foreign Relations Committee · Aug 5, 2026 · Transcript
DANIEL TRAVIS "and we maintain a healthy trade surplus. A landmark health agreement signed under the American First Global Health Security Strategy is protecting both Americans and Sierra Leoneans' lives while demanding accountability and co-investment from Sierra Leone, fostering a freedom from dependency. And a pipeline of American-led projects, such as agreement between Acro Corporation of Pennsylvania to design and build a bridge across the Sierra Leone River connecting Freetown with its international airport, has the potential to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. exports and cement..."
Hearing Examining Biosecurity at the Intersection of AI and Biology
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Dec 17, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Jassi Pannu, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Hearing Examining Policies to Enhance Seniors’ Access to Breakthrough Medical Technologies
house Health Subcommittee · Sep 18, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Diana Zuckerman, National Center for Health Research
Hearing Oversight: Beyond the City Limits: Delivering for Rural Veterans
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Jul 25, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Staci Williams, Veterans Health Administration; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing Ensuring Patient Safety: Oversight of the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant System
house Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee · Jul 22, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Raymond Lynch, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hearing “Better Meals, Fewer Pills: Making Our Children Healthy Again”
house Health Care and Financial Services Subcommittee · Sep 9, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Dorothy Fink, M.D., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hearing Examining Opportunities to Advance American Health Care through the Use of Artificial Intelligence Technologies
house Health Subcommittee · Sep 3, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Andrew Toy, Clover Health
Hearing Oversight: Advancing VA Care Through Artificial Intelligence
house Technology Modernization Subcommittee · Sep 15, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Evan Carey, Veteran Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hearing “Transgender Lab Rats and Poisoned Puppies: Oversight of Taxpayer Funded Animal Cruelty”
house Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee · Feb 6, 2025 · Request transcript
Witness: Paul Locke, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering / Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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