Jul 17, 2012
Of course, the main thing that makes sense at the moment is to deal with this SGR problem because it is--nothing else seems to work unless we take care of SGR.
Henry Waxman
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Henry Waxman is a former U.S. Representative from California, serving from 1975 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on health care, environmental policy, and consumer protection. During his tenure, Waxman played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a prominent advocate for climate change legislation. He chaired the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where he focused on issues such as tobacco regulation and health care reform.
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Jul 17, 2012
But I don't think we have got to push legislation to put a product back on the market in the face of such strong opposition by public health and physician organizations.
Jul 17, 2012
Let me ask, does anyone on the panel think that we should amend the Clean Air Act to allow sectors that have completely eliminated the use of methyl bromide to start using it again?
Jul 17, 2012
I would like to start by acknowledging and welcoming the bipartisan interest in transforming the Medicare physician payment system.
Jul 17, 2012
Mr. Murai, the California strawberry growers are by far the largest remaining users of methyl bromide in the United States.
Jul 17, 2012
Obviously, if you have two on each side, it doesn't produce a tie; it just means it is a balanced presentation and that is always a good idea so we hear both sides of the issue.
Jul 17, 2012
I am concerned about the provision of the bill that would allow growers to obtain methyl bromide without a critical use exemption for so-called emergency events.
Jul 17, 2012
I would actually recommend... we have the ability for patients to get albuterol very easily.
Jul 17, 2012
We want a health care system that works. We want some innovation, experimentation, but no one size fits all.
Jul 17, 2012
We must find a way to end the unsustainable system of cuts that loom over our physicians every year.
Jul 17, 2012
The whole idea of the protocol international agreement is that we are not going to give an advantage to other countries.
Jul 16, 2012
How sad a commentary is that on the confidence the Republicans have in the innovation and the technological capacity of the automotive industry?
Jul 16, 2012
These are significant benefits, but the House Republicans have already passed legislation that would block or imperil all of EPA's tailpipe standards and make Americans continue to spend more money at the pump, as well as exacerbate…
Jul 16, 2012
The single greatest weapon we have is increased fuel economy standards, and they are going to repeal that next week?
Jul 16, 2012
At that time, many of EIA's assumptions about vehicle technologies differed substantially from NHTSA and EPA projections.
Jul 16, 2012
For 18 months, the Republicans have tried to talk about energy policy without even mentioning, let alone addressing, the problem of carbon pollution and climate change.
Jul 16, 2012
The Republicans' approach is like trying to make America more secure without acknowledging the threat of terrorism.
Jul 16, 2012
Why should we export young men and women over to the Middle East when we can be exporting fuel efficient vehicles all around the planet made in America?
Jul 11, 2012
This Republican bill, it seems to me, is a terrible idea. It is just the latest Republican assault on clean energy.
Jul 11, 2012
It creates a winners list, potentially, of a few dozen projects that were submitted before the end of 2011.
Jul 11, 2012
No, that is the reasons people have said, if you accept that there is a need to support innovation, it doesn't make much sense in my view to cut it off now when you might have a new innovative project that comes up tomorrow that is better…
Jul 11, 2012
This program was created to support innovative energy technologies. That is its whole purpose.
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