I don't think there is any dispute in the language that there would be--and I am just making sure I say it properly--that there is an issuance requirement and enforceable permits that--in this draft language.

Most people think of federal law when it comes to environmental protection and we have passed many important environmental laws over the years.

I would like to call the hearing to order, and ask folks to maybe get the anteroom doors, so that we can start.

The long-term discussion on Medicare is a discussion that continues to, I think, get everybody's attention.

It is long past time to resolve these issues and indeed move forward.

It is time this bill gets passed, and I am particularly pleased, from what I am hearing from the other side and from the EPA is that this may very well be the year to do it.

The infrastructure issue really is critical, so you are saying that the technology is all there, but--and Maryland has made a commitment.

Let me just ask you this, because obviously it is my view that everyone should have access to rear visibility and other safety features.

Now that we have other manufacturers is there anyone who doesn't agree that some sort of a national certification or standard of competency would be helpful, so that is a good direction to go in.

This is the subcommittee's third hearing of the year and the third in our series on manufacturing--a critical sector of our economy that creates good jobs for American workers.

the most surefire way is to have these rearview cameras.

I mean, we would have press conferences every 6 months or so, and parents and grandparents would come holding pictures of their children that they had literally killed.

I was the lead sponsor, along with my Republican colleague Peter King, of the Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act of 2007.

There are many members of Congress, including some people on this committee, who are concerned that senior citizens and veterans who receive their prescriptions by mail would be adversely affected.

Thank you very much.

These kinds of systems could reduce by 95 percent those accidents.

Much of the growth in adolescent consumption is attributable to marketing, which frequently targets youth through youth-oriented media.

We should ask ourselves three questions every day: How do we make America a magnet for new jobs?