Yesterday I introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Justice for Jana Elementary Act to ensure that potentially radiation-exposed schools in my district are lifted up and not left behind.

Far beyond the monetary cost, I know the human toll that this high-risk area takes because I have lived it.

This is an extremely important hearing, one that, as you pointed out, Mr. Larson, 189,000 of my folks are affected by Social Security, including my momma.

the modern Democrat Party is wildly out of step with the American people on the question of abortion.

90 percent of Americans look at that position and say, we disagree.

Communist China, Iran, and North Korea, and the National Democrat Party, they all have the same view, those tyrannies, at least, are explicit, which is life has no value.

This radioactive contamination is in the creek water that runs right by the school.

Last fall the parents and students at Jana Elementary... learned that their school was potentially contaminated by radioactive waste.

I have introduced legislation that would direct the Army Corps to clean up the school, that would direct testing of the entire school district, and create, in the Department of Energy, a fund to clean up schools that are contaminated by…

This radioactive contamination is in the creek water that runs right by the school.

The Army Corps says it's DOE's fault. DOE says, oh, it's the Army Corps' fault.

The Army Corps says it's DOE's fault. DOE says, oh, it's the Army Corps' fault.

I have not gotten any responses from anybody, not from your Department, not from the Administration, nobody.

Last fall the parents and students at Jana Elementary... learned that their school was potentially contaminated by radioactive waste.

I am going to hold every nominee to your Department, every piece of legislation.

Let's just ban it. Let's ban it for all executive department officials. Let's ban it for Members of Congress. How about that?

My question to you then is, do you think that other senior members of your Department or any Department in the Executive Branch should own individual stock? Why shouldn't we just ban that, like we ought to ban it for Members of Congress?

I have introduced legislation that would direct the Army Corps to clean up the school, that would direct testing of the entire school district, and create, in the Department of Energy, a fund to clean up schools that are contaminated by…