Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, I am Frank Murkowski, Governor of the State of Alaska, and Chairman of the National Governors Association Natural Resources Committee. The bulk of my ...
Chairman McCain and Senator Hollings, on behalf of the states, thank you for this opportunity to testify on the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy’s final report supporting development of a national ocean policy. My name ...
Mr. Chairman. On behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA), I want to express appreciation to you and ranking member, Senator Dodd, for your continuous work on behalf of the nation’s children and families. ...
Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Ray Scheppach, and I am the Executive Director of the National Governors Association. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of the ...
Introduction The Medicaid program is the largest and most important health care program in the country. It currently provides $300 billion per year in critical health care and long-term care services to more than 50 million ...
Chairman McCain, Senator Hollings, and members of the committee, my name is Ray Scheppach and I’m the Executive Director of the National Governors Association. Thank you for the opportunity to represent the ...
“Funding for First Responders: Ensuring That Federal Funds are Distributed Intelligently” Thank you Chairman Cox, Ranking Member Turner, and distinguished committee members for this opportunity to offer my ...
Madam Chair: I appreciate this opportunity to testify before the Senate Government Affairs Committee and thank you and Senator Lieberman for the thorough review you are conducting on this most important issue. The attacks of ...
Good morning. Chairman Petri, Ranking Member Lipinski, and members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today as Chairman of the National Governors Association to discuss what I believe is ...
The purpose of this statement is to reflect the views of the National Governors Association on the Draft Farm Bill Concept Paper prepared by the House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. We respectfully request that ...
Thank you for inviting me today to speak on behalf of the National Governors Association. As this Committee well knows, the state Medicaid programs bear most costs of long term care for our seniors and adults with ...
Mr. Chairman, Senator Stevens, and members of the Committee: The nation’s Governors appreciate this opportunity to discuss the issue of homeland security. Since September 11, states have responded in every possible way ...