Doris Matsui

Americans have a right to control their information.

I hope that we will out of this committee be able to develop some key protections.

We can also include further incentives for broad deployment of both electric vehicle--EV--charging technology and for the purchase of zero-emission and electric vehicles.

As Co-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC), I want to emphasize how much of an opportunity we have here to meaningfully act on climate change through sound and sustainable infrastructure policies.

A broad, forward-thinking infrastructure plan... should focus on sustainability, healthy communities, and environmental protection.

We must support cleaner transportation policies, such as my Clean and Efficient Cars Act, to enforce robust fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards.

I want to emphasize how much of an opportunity we have here to meaningfully act on climate change through sustainable infrastructure policies.

A broad, forward-thinking infrastructure plan, such as the one SEEC put forward last Congress, should focus on sustainability, healthy communities, and environmental protection.

I introduced the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act this Congress to reauthorize a popular program that provides grants to help upgrade old diesel engines with cleaner technologies.

I am concerned about patient access issues created by the fact the Part D program does not currently have an out-of-pocket limit.

But on the other hand, you know, we have had experience with people with mental illness.

I just really hope that whatever process you decide to implement is really going to be very sensitive to that.

While it is important to focus on lowering the price of prescription drugs to patients and to ensure the sustainability of the Medicare program, we can't lose site of the need to protect beneficiaries' access to necessary medications.

Each of these dredging projects is essential to both the daily lives of our constituents and the regional economy.

I am pleased to join my colleagues in cosponsoring this legislation. Our internet economy has been the envy of the world, with good reason. The first site to ever go live on the world wide web did so in August 1991, less than 28 years ago…

I am in full support of continued dredging as well, because we need that, especially in the Port of Miami.

We urge you to fully consider these projects in formulating your FY 2020 budget request.

We should study this further and adopt uniform standards that will reduce the need for dangerous chemicals and furniture, and it's time we acted upon this.

Americans across this country are reeling from natural disasters that climate change is exacerbating, and it is only getting worse.

I am concerned if we do not do more we risk becoming overly reliant on technologies developed by foreign actors or standards that provide an unfair advantage to technologies developed in foreign markets.

I agree with the industry and consumer advocate consensus that CPSC should adopt California's Technical Bulletin 117.

I think this is such an important issue. I really do. I mean, this has been out there for quite a while and we really need to deal with this.

A year ago we said good-bye to Louise Slaughter, our dear, dear, friend. Louise Slaughter was a titan of Congress. She was unforgettable. When I first joined the Rules Committee after getting elected, I was immediately drawn to Louise…

We know that market competition lowers prices for consumers.

These cuts mean working single mothers in between jobs, families with a family member who suffers from addiction, and grandparents in long-term care facilities will have less access to care.