The House Ways and Means hearing opened with the moderator introducing four witnesses who are slated to testify on public‑health matters. Doctor Holben was identified as the chief medical officer of population health services at Novak Health. Miss Reichert was introduced as a pharmacist with family roots in the community. Mister Pudenz was named as the chief population health officer at Summit Health, and Mister Cornell was introduced as the vice president of federal affairs at Blood Cancer, United.

The moderator said written statements from the witnesses will be entered into the congressional record and that each witness will have five minutes to present oral remarks. No motions or votes were recorded in the opening segments. The introductions established the panel and the procedural expectations for testimony; substantive exchanges and questioning were not included in the provided transcript excerpt.

The hearing proceeded to move from introductions to the witnesses’ prepared remarks, with each witness allotted five minutes as announced by the moderator.