WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
As delivered.
"As a key leader in the Trump Administration and the Make America Healthy Again movement, you have given voice to the reality that Americans do not believe that the health care status quo works for them. Despite spending $5.3 trillion annually on health care, more than 6 in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease. That has cost us dearly - in terms of our health, quality of life, as well as taxpayer dollars.
"Thank you fo...