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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

The bottom line is that we need to make sure that our utilities and government regulators are taking an all-hazards approach.

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Haley Stevens
@haleystevens· Democratic · MI· Jan 27, 2020

We have an emergency going on in America right now. The U.S. has the worst maternal mortality rate among developed countries despite an improvement in global maternal mortality.

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Haley Stevens
@haleystevens· Democratic · MI· Jan 27, 2020

California was one of the early states to actually create what essentially is now one of our maternal mortality review committees.

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Tim Walberg
@timwalberg· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

This issue, a matter of literal life and death for women, demands a serious and thoughtful response.

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Brenda Lawrence
@brendalawrence· Democratic · MI· Jan 27, 2020

I'm here today as co-chair of both the Democratic Women's Caucus and also the entire bipartisan caucus for this Congress.

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Carl Levin
@carllevin· Democratic · MI· Jan 27, 2020

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, when we remember the Holocaust, we look backward and forward. We look backward to remember those who perished, 6 million Jewish men, women, and children, every one of…

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

There is no question that the biggest driver of the recent wildfires is decades of mismanagement of our nation's forests.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

Yes, climate change is, indeed, playing a role, but the evidence suggests that our direct impact to the land and the ways that we manage our forests has a lot to do with the situation that we are facing today.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

It is crazy to think about living in a modern society where one must constantly worry about whether the lights are on.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

Wildfires are not a new phenomenon. Before the pioneers settled in the West, wildfires were much more widespread and they burned many more acres than they burn today.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

These proactive blackouts are simply not sustainable.

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Fred Upton
@fredupton· Republican · MI· Jan 27, 2020

There are many of us that believe there is no question that the biggest driver of the recent wildfires is decades of mismanagement of our nation's forests.

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Tim Walberg
@timwalberg· Republican · MI· Jan 16, 2020

I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.J. Res. 76, certainly not because I want to defraud students, certainly not because I want to protect scam education institutions--not at all. The…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 15, 2020

I think it is really important to note that this came about because the last report that we could find on age discrimination in this particular area is from the 1970s. It is about time that we bring this forward. We could not find anything…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 15, 2020

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end, add the following: SEC. 5. REPORT BY THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. (a) Report.--With…

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Rashida Tlaib
@rashidatlaib· Democratic · MI· Jan 15, 2020

I thank the gentleman for his incredible leadership. It is a blessing here. This administration's rogue attempt to start a war with Iran has endangered countless lives around the world. We are farther away from global peace and bringing…

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