Katie Porter

This opinion, like the draft opinion, trampled on our liberty. This is a freedom issue. This is an issue about who gets to make decisions about your body, about your education about your trajectory in life, and it should be up to every…

Our Nation's populations of fish and wildlife are dwindling. To save threatened and endangered species, we need the bipartisan Recovering America's Wildlife Act which will boost science-based conservation efforts. The United Nations has…

Our Nation is failing people with post- traumatic stress disorder. During June, PTSD Awareness Month, we must commit to doing better. Mental health affects many across our Nation, but I rise today to shine light on the brave young people…

When the pandemic closed schools and left millions of children without meals they needed, our government took action. Emergency waivers eliminated income caps and gave meal providers flexibility in delivering food. Even now, with schools…

The greater our delay in taking action on climate change, the higher the price tag will be for families and our economy. Last week, Californians suffered through an intense heat wave. Temperatures went over 100 degrees in parts of our…

I encourage Elanco to work with the EPA to get this data, and if they won't, then Seresto will have to come off the market because too many families have suffered already.

The EPA encouraged both your predecessor, Bayer, and your company, Elanco, to update the warning label.

Bayer refused, saying that that change might have, quote, 'an adverse impact on sales.'

I trust the people at the EPA.

Does the label in the United States have language like 'highly toxic' or 'poison,' yes or no?

Over 300,000 mail carriers serve our communities, delivering for us 7 days a week. Unfortunately, these dedicated public servants have increasingly become targets for criminals. Criminals will steal a carrier's mailbox key and then use…

All government officials must be held accountable, especially those entrusted with the power to interpret our country's laws. Repeated scandals and lax ethics requirements for Federal judges are eroding Americans' confidence in the…

A consumer product that causes this much harm to the public, would normally be subject to a recall.

We cannot have different facts. We have a duty to debate the merits of proposal.

Congress must follow California's lead.

Democracy is about majority rule, not minority rule. That’s definitional to winners and losers in elections.

I think worse than that, sir, you will see millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens become felons overnight for nothing more than having scary looking features on firearms.

Victims of gun violence also deserve their day in court. They deserve justice. I yield back.

Instead of regulating guns like any other consumer product, Federal law protects gun manufacturers.

During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we recognize that diversity is more than a cultural exchange that enriches our Nation. It is a tool that we can use to save lives. Despite being the fastest-growing minority group in…

The buck stops with us.

As a Member dedicated to oversight work, my experiences have shown me firsthand that our oversight committees are not sufficiently funded to actively monitor our federal programs and agencies.

The American people expect better stewardship of their taxpayer dollars, and they deserve more in the effort to prevent fraud and reduce waste.

I think what we see from that is, when we have competing permits on public land...

It is time to act today to reform the mineral law so that we set ourselves up on a good path.