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Let me, first of all, thank Chairman Lynch for yielding. And I want to commend Representative Butterfield for introducing such as outstanding resolution paying tribute to such an outstanding individual as Mr. Wilkins. As I listened to…

I appreciate the remarks from the gentleman from Pennsylvania, and it bears truth that Philly fans and Cub fans can unite on common goals. Madam Speaker, earlier this year, the House passed the No Child Left Inside Act, a bill and an…

I wish to take a moment to voice my strong support for a bill offered by the gentleman from Illinois and my delegation colleague, Mr. Quigley. H. Res. 860, supports two key environmental initiatives within Illinois: the Chicago Wilderness…

I am here on the floor today to speak in support of H. Res. 862 honoring the Illinois Math and Science Academy for its receipt of the Intel Corporation's Star Innovator Award. The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy is a school of…

I intend to work very, very hard with my colleague Senator Durbin to make sure that we strengthen this agency and strengthen its ability to protect America's children.

It's a tragedy, and it's shameful that the CPSC as we sit right now does not have a quorum to conduct the American public's business.

We have to change the laws in Congress, appropriate the money to get it done.

I believe that, again, that the toys that our innocent children play with, that those toys should have the utmost scrutiny before those toys end up in our homes.

Ms. Cowles, we only have a few moments. I just want to ask you in your testimony you mentioned the weak-kneed recalls.

I hope we can interest some people in it.

But we have to do more.

has thought been given about raising the renewable fuel standard to reflect the fact that we're actually doing better than we might have anticipated

I've said it many times but our dependence on foreign oil threatens not only our economic security but also our national security.

For these reasons, I was pleased to have cosponsored the renewable fuels standard that passed last year.

I have repeated many times that our dependence on foreign oil is not just an economic security issue but also a national security issue.

If you don't know, it would be great if you could get back to my office on it.

But you haven't issued any recommendations yet, but this is something that your office is investigating, at least, would that be accurate?