Raul Ruiz

Last year, I traveled to Puerto Rico and saw firsthand the disastrous consequences of Hurricane Irma and Maria, and I left the island heartbroken.

So does this not, perhaps, strike you as a weakness with the current system, that you are not required to notify the FTC of a potential violation of your own consent decree with them and that you did not have clear guidelines for what you…

So, from what we have learned over the past 2 days of hearings, it just doesn't seem like the FTC has the necessary tools to do what needs to be done to protect consumer data and consumer privacy, and we can't exclusively rely on companies…

I am also taking a broad view, as a Congressman here, to try to fix this problem.

We, as Congress, have a responsibility to figure out what went wrong here.

The fact is, Mr. Zuckerberg, Facebook failed its customers.

My bill, H.R. 1581, the Tribal Digital Access Act would help close the digital divide in Indian country.

The bipartisan Rural Wireless Access Act would help the FCC provide targeted Federal assistance.

We must do more to bridge the digital divide.

In today's digital age, access to high speed internet is simply essential.

That's not meaningful consultation. That's what I've heard over and over again where they have Native American interest or they invite a Native American to a room just to check a box.

But the actions speak louder than words, and the actions do not show that.

Living in close proximity to environmental hazards yet not being meaningfully consulted in the government's mitigation planning threatens the health and well-being of tribal members who rely on resources like rivers for survival.

The American public and this committee are all wondering which specific proposals Administrator Pruitt unilaterally decided to streamline and I hope today's hearing will shed some light.

Administrator Pruitt's unilateral decision to streamline the process raises some serious transparency concerns.

Since 1980, the Superfund program has cleaned up hazardous sites and helped corporations such as landfill operators, chemical companies, and manufacturers--hold them accountable for polluting communities across the country.

I know that Congresswoman Chu has been working on legislation that would direct SAMHSA to publish best practices for operating recovering housing.

Instead of taking away health insurance or coverage for mental health services, that we will take care of our patients.

I think it's very important that we do get a grasp on the severity and the intensity and the frequency of these type of illnesses, because we need to prioritize how we're going to address the mental health/addiction opioid crises that we…

I do think that the mission of the EPA was charged by the people to protect the health and the environment of the American people.

Isn't it true that the Bush EPA agreed that there are no safe thresholds for fine particle pollution related health effects including premature death in the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule?

Fine particle pollution is harmful to human health and can be deadly even at the very low concentrations.

I would have loved to have seen that. Absolutely.

My proposal is to have field command posts with all the different stakeholders to address local issues

So your answer is no because every different groups are working in silos and what we need is a coordinated response with leadership from the top.