Henry Waxman

We need to find answers to these questions, and I hope the committee will continue its investigation even after the time you and I, Mr. Chairman, will be gone.

We do not know exactly what Takata and auto manufacturers knew about these defective airbags and when they knew it.

We know that at least five people are dead and dozens have been injured by these defective airbags.

Families all across the country expect the safety devices in their vehicles to work.

We need to make sure that companies and regulators can keep pace with innovation.

So what we are seeing is something that sounds good from a party that has no credibility to say that they are for more science information. What they would do is limit what EPA would be able to use to determine, based on the science, what…

To support the clinical trials as well as more widespread use of any therapeutics and vaccines that are proven to safe and effective...

I would disagree with that completely, Mr. Waxman, because having had considerable experience in the testing of therapeutic agents and vaccines...

Earlier this month, the administration requested $6.2 billion to enhance the U.S. Government response to the Ebola outbreak. The request included $400 million for NIH, FDA, and BARDA to support the development, manufacture, and testing of…

We must ensure that we establish a continuous operation and provide continuous funding.

Congress must act on this request promptly.

That is why I support President Obama's emergency request.

We have a responsibility to help end this outbreak, not only to help alleviate the suffering of those in West Africa but also to prevent this devastating illness from spreading further.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is a devastating public health crisis.

This year, the toxins forced the closure of a major drinking water system, leaving 500,000 people in the city of Toledo unable to use their tap water for two days.

Every year, toxins released from algal blooms prompt seasonal closures of shellfisheries around the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts in the United States.

Cyanotoxins can cause a long list of health impacts: liver damage, skin and eye irritation, gastrointestinal illness, neurological effects, cancer, paralysis and death.

Today's hearing focuses on a growing public health threat, cyanotoxins in drinking water.

I appreciate that our subcommittee is going to get a better understanding of this issue, particularly from both Federal and state regulators, who worked so hard to get this issue under control late this past summer.

This is hysterical. Rhetoric certainly induces a great deal of fear.

Some members called for quarantines and travel bans that experts had determined would be harmful.

This is a very important topic, and it is appropriate for Congress to learn about it because the American people want to know what is happening and want some answers.

If we are not able to stop the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the risks are very high that it would spread to other parts of Africa because of travel within Africa.

The key to protecting Americans from Ebola is stopping the disease at its source in West Africa.

It has now been 33 days since our last Ebola hearing, and since then, not one case of Ebola has been transmitted in the United States.