Chairman Cannon, Ranking Member Watt, distinguished members of the committee, my name is David Quam and I am the Director of Federal Relations for the National Governors Association (NGA). I appreciate the opportunity to ... Read More
Governor Sundquist, Governor King and Members of the Commission, I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on the National Governors Association’s Medicaid Reform proposal. On June 15, 2005, NGA released ... Read More
Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Thank you for requesting that we testify today on ways to address the significant challenges confronting the Medicaid Program. Today we are ... Read More
Mr. Chairman, Senator Baucus and distinguished members of the Finance Committee. Thank you for requesting that we testify today on ways to address the significant challenges confronting the Medicaid Program. Today we are ... Read More
Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is David Quam, and I am the Director of Federal Relations for the National Governors Association (NGA). I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today on behalf of ... Read More
Good morning Chairman Enzi, Senator Kennedy, and members of the Committee. I am Ernie Fletcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and I’d like to thank you for the invitation to testify on behalf of the ... Read More
Chairman Enzi, Senator Kennedy and members of the Committee, I am Kathleen Sebelius, Governor of the State of Kansas, and Chair of the National Governors Association Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee. I ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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. ... Read More
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 ... Read More
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 ... Read More