Thank you very much.

there are national security implications for not doing the expansion and withdrawal that I think would be very detrimental.

I do want to stress that, yes----

there are some definite Natural Resources Committee issues here that we all respect, such as protecting the environment, Tribal consultation, energy development, access to hunting, and other kinds of issues.

Ranking Member Rob Bishop of that full committee and myself on this subcommittee and maybe a few others are on both committees.

I have the honor of representing the great State of Colorado. Unfortunately, Colorado is no stranger to gun violence. I was 14 years old when my high school was put on lockdown. Soon after, my classmates and I learned that, just a couple…

The president of the United States has shown us time and time again that he will always put his interests above the interests of the people that he serves and he has sworn an oath to defend.

over the last several months and last several weeks, the American people have watched Washington convulse in partisan accusations, investigations, and endless acrimony. That division reached its high watermark as the U.S. Senate carried…

Thank you for your testimony today, and, Dr. Balla, I think you could probably ask anybody up here on this dais about mass communications and mass-comment campaigns, because we all get that, and this is part of the process, and you say…

when I was in the second grade--which I did twice because I was dyslexic, so I don't know which year of the second grade it was, but one of those 2 years--we were asked to line up in order of whose family had been here the longest period…

Thank you, Director Wray, for your service. Thank you for being here today.

E-cigarette manufacturers have been negligent, at best, or intentional, at worst, in attracting young people to their products.

No state has a higher percentage of its teens currently vaping than my state of Colorado.

People are confused when it comes to the health and safety of e-cigarettes.

That is why Congress decided to act.

I look forward to bringing my bill, the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, to the floor soon.

It is long past time that the Food and Drug Administration move forward with reviewing the health and safety risks of the e-cigarette products that are currently on the market.

I would just say, I think the Committee would very much benefit, to the extent you are willing to indulge us in a classified setting, a Hearing on the developments.