You don`t have to undo the filibuster to find ways around the filibuster and prevent Mitch McConnell from using it as a tool of minority special interest rule.

Let's not forget the upwind pollution that is coming into our downwind States.

I don't subscribe to the formulation that you should not do anything because of that.

Abortion is healthcare, plain and simple. A person's decision on whether to become a parent is one of the most important that they can make in their life. A woman's decision on whether or not to have an abortion should be hers alone…

I trust people to make decisions about their body.

Across America every day, this fundamental right to healthcare is being dismantled by politicians, usually men, pushing false narratives to control women's bodies.

This is rather novel for these types of organizations.

The nation that my Republican colleagues want is terrifying. A handful of unelected, unaccountable, far-right Supreme Court justices encouraging States to seize control of the bodies and decision-making power of women across America.

The subcommittee will come to order.

I appreciate it, because there are--we have in Rhode Island a major water system.

I was pleased to see the President included it in the '23 budget EPA's State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program.

today I wish to recognize the dedicated public service of Michele Mackin, who retired on April 30 as managing director for contracting and national security acquisitions with the Government Accountability Office. For 34 years, Michele has…

Environmental justice is a critical issue.

soaring fuel prices are impacting every corner of the globe and hitting the pocketbooks of American families and businesses. Today, a gallon of gas costs $4.52--nearly $1.50 more than a year ago. From food to clothing to rent, growing…

I think the daily temperature would probably be in the hundreds of degrees in our terrestrial States if it weren't for the ocean providing this enormous amount of cooling work that it has done to take some of the sharp edge off of the…

I also believe China is watching and getting the message as well that you shouldn't be messing with us.

We have to reauthorize the STAR (Childhood Cancer Survivorship, Treatment, Access, and Research) Act. It is the best thing we have done in a long time, with respect to childhood cancer.

I think they are all important. They all need work, as you know, from our other hearings as well.