This policy will murder her.

As a Member of Congress who sits on both the Energy and Commerce and Homeland Security Committees, this legislation is particularly important to me.

Broadband has proved to be an equitable instrument to level the playing field for millions of Americans

While a major focus of the CFATS program is to safeguard chemical facilities against acts of terrorism, it is also imperative that we consider the multiple risks that the climate crisis presents.

It is our duty in Congress to ensure that the proper protections are in place to keep our constituents safe.

Women represent roughly 16% of the United States active duty force, 18% of the officer corps, and the 2,000,000 female veterans in our country represent the fastest group of veterans.

When they do, they deserve to know that they will receive the highest-quality, specialized care that we can provide - and that includes prosthetic items that are specifically designed for them.

I appreciate the opportunity to submit my statement for the record in support of the passage of my bill, H.R. 2681, concerning the availability of prosthetics for women veterans.

So something has to be done to at least plug that gap.

And if we continue to ignore it and not make those investments, then what we are doing is saying it is going to be OK to put our economy in continued decline because we don't have adequate infrastructure for the movement of goods across…

You are not going to develop your mass transit if you don't have a steady stream of funding, and that is a big concern to me.

This is a quintessentially bipartisan issue, and we should get together on this and stop the discussion.

I am sponsoring the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act with my friend, Congressman Steve Stivers.

I don't think we should tolerate that conduct much longer.

We can't wait for the wake-up call that we had on 9/11.

I urge Members on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense, bipartisan legislation.

I have high hopes that we will pass the bill and pass it on the floor and hopefully get it passed in the other body and have the President sign it into law.

Thank you for holding this very, very important hearing.