Mark DeSaulnier

So stigma isn't just some amorphous that we should ring our hands about; it's reinforced by policy that we set.

This is one of the really important things, I think, for your committee and our committee to work together on.

The importance of the hearing yesterday.

Just because a Member of Congress doesn't think their bill will happen immediately shouldn't inhibit them from introducing it.

Like Mr. Raskin, I am a survivor of cancer. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Senator Durbin said to me recently, because he knows of my health challenge, he says, 'How is your health?'

Not to me; it keeps me alive.

I said, 'Fine, Dick, I have a pill in my pocket that I take every day that keeps me alive.'

The United States is number one in cost as a percentage GDP and as a cost per capita, almost twice other developed countries per capita for cost of healthcare.

Congress does have a role in governing the Department of Education.

We urge you to fully consider these projects in formulating your FY 2020 budget request.

People are suffering right now in terms of what we are telling them. And rather than bait and switch, we should help them as much as possible, I am sure you agree.

Each of these dredging projects is essential to both the daily lives of our constituents and the regional economy.

I tell my kids that their kids are going to grow up in a world where Chinese cars are probably going to dominate the world.

I sense some level of frustration. I will also tell you, you are two of my heroes.

Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, you're a Cabinet member. The buck stops with you.

I look forward to hearing more about the details and the rationale for the Fair Chance Act from our witnesses.

If you have some fire burning in you, you had better have it at full flame, because every day people are dying.

There is plenty of evidence-based research about the investments we need to make in this country to stop this crisis.

There needed to be some congressional action to help improve the authorities that EPA had.

Some of those performance standards asked you and the National Academy of Sciences to help with best practices in this regard, to make sure that the efforts we have made actually show real results as soon as possible.

Because he won the Presidency.

On the land-use side, anybody, one of the challenges to VMT in a place like the bay area is we have got working people who are starting families and they are traveling 2 hours, mega commutes, in and out of the region.

But airports now, they put a per passenger fee on everyone that comes in. That is crazy.

One important strategy for transportation and housing policy is transit-oriented development.