The legislation will ensure that EPA's program offices conduct chemical assessments in a timely manner consistent with the best available science.

This letter acknowledges that IRIS has had a, quote, 'routine lack of transparency in the program, as well as failures in efficiency and direction that have mired the credibility of the program,' close quote.

Unfortunately, IRIS has evolved into a program plagued by inefficiencies and a lack of transparency, resulting in questionable science that can have a significant impact on the marketplace.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity to speak on behalf of my bill, the Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act.

This legislation ensures that chemical assessments conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be transparent, reliable, and useful for program offices to carry out EPA's core mission of protecting human health and the…

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Saving for retirement is our job as individuals. Fixing retirement programs is your job as members of Congress, and I respectfully suggest that we all get down to business.

I am not in favor of fixing Social Security by raising or eliminating the so called tax max on payroll taxes.

We have to start thinking about things from a generational perspective.

A system that is in worse shape than Detroit's pension systems is not fundamentally sound.

How much worse does this problem have to get before both political parties step up to the plate and fix Social Security?