Marsha Blackburn
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investigations, and I think they're defunded right now during this shutdown, are trying to find some of these traffickers, rescue these children, and return them to their families.
These two bills allow the collection of DNA and fingerprints.
so that we can stop this repeat trafficking of children.
And I want you to talk for just a moment about the importance of having this legislation on the books and how you were using this to help break these global trafficking rules.
Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you so much for being with us today.
And I have no doubt that you will be confirmed and you are going to do such a solid job for the people of this country.
And I do have several issues I wanted to talk with you about and didn't have time to cover them all when we met prior to the meeting.
But rural health care is very important to me and the people of Tennessee.
78 of our 95 counties are rural counties.
Now, over the last few years, we've seen
hospital closures.
So we have focused on access in rural areas and my rural health agenda, which is bipartisan, focuses on innovation, telehealth access points.
It focuses on work shortages and also Senator Warner and I have together focused on making certain that we address the area wage index and do that fairly.
for our citizens that are in rural communities.
So I would like a commitment from you that when confirmed, you and your CMS administrator will work with us to make certain that the area wage index is balanced and that it is fair to rural areas.
We we look forward to that.
Also, you and I, before you came forward as the secretary, the nominee, we had talked in years past about over medicating youth.
and concerns over that.
And I was looking at a report from TennCare, which is our Medicaid program in Tennessee.
And I was concerned when I saw a number that TennCare had spent $90 million in 2024 alone on ADHD.
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