Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the life of one of my constituents, Michelle Vo, who lost her life in Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas. Michelle was described by her friends and family as an ambitious, hard worker, known for her…

Mr. Speaker, I can't believe Congress has closed legislative business for the week without addressing a critical deadline that will impact the health of our country. On September 30, authorization for the Community Health Centers and the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of 800,000 DREAMers abandoned by this administration. Any doubt about the administration's senseless cruelty was put to rest on September 5, when they chose to end DACA. Immigrant youth and their families…

The U.S. Government created a nuclear waste problem 75 years ago, and we have a responsibility to finally clean it up.

I think over the years we have seen Republicans and Democrats agree that conserving America's ocean fish makes good economic and environmental sense.

And if you think this potential environmental disaster couldn't get any worse, you're wrong.

It would be almost impossible to find a dumber, more dangerous, more completely irresponsible place to dump nuclear waste than West Lake Landfill.

Waiting for a nuclear waste crisis is a recipe for disaster, and I'm glad that this subcommittee is here today to explore this issue further.

the deal that was made was we paid the Federal Government to remove it, and it's not being removed.

I believe that safety needs to be the top priority in selecting a permanent site for our nuclear waste.

It is my hope that this Committee continues that tradition of bipartisan support for the MSA, and preserves its legacy of success by opposing any efforts to weaken the law.