"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."
"Our legislation improves the early warning reporting system by making more reported information public and ensuring that NHTSA receives significantly more information for manufacturers on any fatal in..."
"Our bill provides more resources to give them the additional enforcement authority and increases the fines for manufacturers that violate vehicle safety laws."
"But yesterday Takata responded that, quote, 'the currently available reliable information does not support a nationwide determination of a safety defect,' end quote."
"Well, the confusing, contrary, uncertain, and sometimes purely nonsensical information that comes from Takata is confusing to drivers."
"Today's hearing is about the Children's Health Insurance Program. This is a rare program in Washington that has enjoyed bipartisan support since its inception in 1997."
"Hon. Henry A. Waxman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California, opening statement."
"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 th..."
"Today's hearing focuses on a growing public health threat, cyanotoxins in drinking water."
"Cyanotoxins can cause a long list of health impacts: liver damage, skin and eye irritation, gastrointestinal illness, neurological effects, cancer, paralysis and death."
"Every year, toxins released from algal blooms prompt seasonal closures of shellfisheries around the Pacific, Gulf, and Atlantic coasts in the United States."
"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."