i yield back the rest of my time. >> thank you senator isackson. senator murry. >> both of your testimony speaks strongly to a greater need for 340 b program integrity. and i support the efforts by hrsa to ensure 340b resources are being used to help safety net providers stretch their scarce resources to serve those in greatest need as you stated was the goal. miss maxwell. did the affordable care act require regulations to make sure drug companies were charging the appropriate amount or ceiling price for these drugs and to hold them accountable for over charging? >> yes, it did. and it was outlined in court. >> when was the regulation finalized? >> january of 2017. >> why hasn't it been implemented. >> since finalizing the rule. hrsa delayed the effective day. as you mentioned multiple times. and proposed to delay the effective date to july of 2019. >> to the delay, the trump delay of continuing to implement that is having an impact. and i notice they delayed it again last week. the same week as i said the president said he was cracking down on ph

we passed seven bills this last year with johnny isackson's leadership to get you guys rolling. can you tell me what we're doing? because i'm telling you, it's killing the va. >> we are using targeted incentives as much as we can. we're also just about to launch the first ever deployment of public health service commissioned officers to work in different facilities in the system. and may have allowed more coming for short periods of time. which i think would be a big boom to some rural areas. respectfully, senator, tele health is a real person. and in particular, for mental health, for many veterans and other patients, it's actually more acceptable -- >> i would not argue with you, dr. clancy on mental health. but what i would argue on is we've got a caring for our veterans act bill that has a component that will shut down nonused facilities. and mental health aside, i take your point there, i don't think i want to go in and get a physical on a tv screen. >> no. some things you have to be there for. the other thing, i would say we gave you an accountability bill. mr. reeves talk