Katie Porter

I know that Members on this Subcommittee care a lot about this issue, and I know that Subcommittee Chairwoman McClain does too.

We cannot fire or attack someone and expect formula contaminations and shortages to just go away.

A 21st century nation deserves a 21st century government.

The government needs to catch up to the rest of the world here.

At a time when debate around permitting reform has become so charged, it is really encouraging to see Republicans and Democrats can find something to agree on.

If it is truly our No. 1 priority in Congress to streamline permitting while still protecting the environment, it can start with my bill.

My bill includes permitting reform. Yes, I am a Democrat willing to talk about one of Republicans' favorite issues.

Ms. Porter's bill, H.R. 2689, would require that the Department of the Interior issue permits electronically.

We owe them and their families not only a careful examination of the true causes of the opioid crisis, but the action that addresses the roots of the problem.

President Biden's border crisis is enriching China and the cartels as they partner together to traffic deadly fentanyl to the United States.

If pandemic migration restrictions did not cutoff the fentanyl supply that is killing Americans, I think we can safely stop blaming immigration for what is a cartel problem.

I was unable to be present to cast votes today. Had I been present I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall 193 and ``yea'' on rollcall 194. ____________________

The best tools the United States and China have to address these issues are the ones that we unlock cooperatively, but we also need to be prepared to act alone, especially if the Chinese Communist Party does not or will not do its part.

At the end of the day, the Chinese Communist Party needs to recognize and own its role in failing to stop a crisis that is claiming too many lives.

Republicans and Democrats both should, and I believe do, want to address the devastating fentanyl problem.

Do you think a $10,000 bond for oil and gas is good enough given these costs?

For far too long, oil and gas have skipped out on their responsibilities, leaving abandoned and orphaned wells all over our public lands.

The last time BLM updated it was 1960.

I hope that you will force oil and gas companies to pay to clean up their own messes and update the bonding requirement for extraction.

What I have heard is that there is about $900 million a year that you are still short in the Great American Outdoors Act.

What else does the National Park Service need from Congress to make all national parks accessible to every visitor?

Let's get this right, Democrat or Republican. This stuff gets on everyone's nerves.

Look, corporate America needs to be held accountable for putting children in danger to boost their profits.

There is about $900 million a year that you are still short in the Great American Outdoors Act.

We do not even have the agencies that are responsible for enforcing child labor laws.