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We designed the food system to be what it is today.

All right, everyone. Fasten your seatbelts. I have read all the testimonies. These are extraordinary declarations of the State of our American nutrition, and I am excited about them.

It is time to bring everyone together again to reimagine our national food system for the next 50 years.

My experience in this is the fact that I was a mayor of a city. I cut my city government by 25 percent.

We need to figure out what is causing the fires and put them out rather than only focusing on the downstream treatment.

I first want to say before my colleague leaves--I know he has a packed day--when I came to the U.S. Senate, I found a friend, I found a mentor, and I found a leader on issues of justice. The incredible friend I have in the Senator from…

Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and it is time to bring some sunlight to small business credit as well.

I hope that you do, in order to make sure we do not have millions of errors in this transfer.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. It is good to have something bipartisan on this floor, I will tell you that. Mr. Speaker, during this devastating pandemic, our Nation's first responders have stood heroically on the very front lines…

The past 18 months have been difficult for our communities, difficult for all Americans. It has been especially unbearable for our men and women in uniform. These brave individuals have protected us at our lowest moment. The least we can…

I do hope that the agency will be more responsive because I got nothing under Director Kraninger for all the years she was there.

The original TSCA simply did not give EPA the tools it needed to address the risk, even though we had known the dangers of asbestos for decades.

I appreciate you coming back to the committee to testify today, and the work you are doing to implement the reforms that we worked so hard to put in place.

It is important to me that his environmental legacy be honored in the implementation of the critical reforms that are made in his name.

I am very hopeful that, under the Biden Administration, the TSCA office can operate free of political interference.

Unfortunately, the Trump Administration's implementation of this law was tainted by secrecy and undue political influence.

giving EPA the tools to finally address this asbestos risk was an important goal of our TSCA reform work.

Thanks to the tireless work of Representative Dingell, and the steadfast support of Representative Upton.