Statements
House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) delivered the following remarks at the Fiscal Year 2027 Department of Health and Human Services Budget Hearing:
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Thank you, Chairman Aderholt, for convening this hearing today on President Trump’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. And thank you, Secretary Kennedy, for taking the time to join us today, and answer our questions.
Secretary Kennedy, you and I spoke on the phone recently about this, but I want to commend you today on your recent efforts to reduce the amount of microplastics in American drinking water.
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), Ranking Member of the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on Quality of Life in the Military:
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Thank you for yielding, Judge Carter. Since we held this hearing last year, events have left me gravely concerned for the trajectory of quality of life priorities. We can’t discuss the well being of the men and women in uniform without touching on the ongoing war with Iran. I am incredibly saddened by the news that 13 service members have died and around 200 have been wounded since the start of the war. My condolences go out to the families, and the service members that lost friends and colleagues.