I just can't help but say, 'Thank God for Medicare and Medicaid.' Where would people in this country be without that coverage?
Anna Eshoo
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Anna A. Eshoo is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been an advocate for various issues including healthcare, technology, and environmental protection. Eshoo has played a significant role in shaping policies related to telecommunications and has been involved in efforts to improve access to healthcare for her constituents.
I was unable to be present during roll call vote number 649. Had I been present, I would have voted: on roll call vote number 649, YES. ____________________
It's hard to see these developments as anything but intentional efforts to weaken an important social safety net program.
We are not just States in America. We are the United States of America, so we need a policy that is going to serve everyone.
I consider this a moral issue. A moral issue. And why? Because we are talking about veterans. We are talking about the elderly. We are talking about domestic violence victims.
To have a program that has an unfathomable 45 percent in the last 3 years, that is what it has fallen by.
the FCC has prioritized the needs of companies over those of the American people.
California has obviously been in the news for something that is really sorrowful, these massive wildfires.
So there are certainly chemicals in fragrance that are linked to serious health effects and don't have to be disclosed.
Every day, Americans trust that the shampoo, the toothpaste, the deodorant, for some of us the makeup that is used, that this is all safe.
But if it is going to take FDA 7 years, then I don't even know what to say about that.
But we are really going to have a problem here, as far as I am concerned, if it is going to be 7 years.
I think just about everyone assumes that someone is reviewing what is being sold, and that it is safe.
I think if we are going to talk about labeling, we have got to use plain English.
I agree with you. And this is a--it is just an area that is wide open, and it really requires protocols, new laws, and all of that.
Just an FYI. The European Union has banned 1,400 chemicals, the United States has 11. So we have got work to do.
I think it is time to examine this, what I have just described, and that we look to strengthening the Federal standards to make sure the products used by virtually every American, every day, are safe, and I look forward to working with my…
But I do think that there are some things that, if they are carcinogens, they should just be banned.





