I support this bill because rural communities in Southwestern Minnesota have critical water needs.

The Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act would provide dedicated annual funding for Lewis and Clark and projects like it.

That is not the case, and there are students who are being left in the lurch there.

I think that when you're accrediting an institution, there should be some look as to whether they're committing fraud in telling their students what their courses are about.

Weren't there courses that students would take and they wouldn't be able to get a job after?

Every year, I write the Appropriations Committee asking for more funding.

I think there is nobody probably in this room and certainly up here who doesn't agree that financial advisers ought to be acting in the best interests of their client.

The rule is in fact quite complex.

That is why I introduced the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act.

I strongly urge both industry and the agency to come together on strong voluntary standards that will protect people and also work for consumers.

I introduced a bill, the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Act.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Commissioners. I think you know I have done a lot of work in this area and we have had some success together with lead in toys as well as the safe pools, going way back. I really appreciate your work.

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I just hope we find a way in the next few weeks not to shut the Ex-Im Bank down.

Carbon monoxide is a silent, odorless killer that can strike at a moment's notice if the proper safeguards aren't put in place.