Congressman Blake Moore Questions Secretary Kennedy in House Ways and Means Committee

Congressional hearing · April 16, 2026

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Opening gratitude and fiscal remarks

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S1 (a lawmaker) thanked agency staff for seeking redundancies and tightening budgets in light of federal debt, saying Congress' $39,000,000,000,000 debt has forced agencies to 'tighten your belt' and praising the administration's focus on finding efficiencies.

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A lawmaker pressed an agency at a congressional hearing to implement H.R. 5343 so Medicare can provide temporary coverage for FDA-designated breakthrough medical devices while CMS completes its review; the agency said a rulemaking announcement is forthcoming.

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