I want to thank Chairman Calvert along with our friend and neighbor, Congressman Cook, on this issue which is, quite frankly, a matter of survival for two communities in my district. I submitted an amendment to this Appropriations bill to…

I certainly appreciate and thank my colleague, who has given his time in fighting fires in his capacity. I thank my colleagues, as well as the chairman and the ranking members for their work on this bipartisan bill. Mr. Chairman, once…

I rise as the designee of Congressman Polis, and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 85, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert…

This week marks the 49th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, where, on June 28, 1969, a group of bar patrons led by transgender women of color began to fight for LGBTQ equality. Over nearly 50 years, the LGBTQ community…

As an emergency medicine physician, I know firsthand what this devastating opioid crisis does to families, to individuals, to children, to parents. I have taken care of many who have come in overdosed, blue in the face, not breathing, many…

The States that didn't expand their Medicaid enrollment, you saw that there continued to be a disparity of patients between those States and States that expanded their Medicaid in their ability to seek treatment. So when we attempt to cut…

I appreciate the chairman and the ranking member and all those who are in support of this specific amendment, who will put our veterans above this bureaucracy and give them the care that they need by expanding their access to this burn pit…

Wonderful. This is a very easy, commonsense fix to a problem that our veterans face. They wait too long, they get fed up, they are not getting the followup that they need, and all this does is allows them to call the actual place where…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''…

I want to thank the chairman for not opposing. I also want to thank the ranking member for yielding me the time and allowing all of this to proceed. On behalf of those children with pediatric asthma, on behalf of our seniors with COPD…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 14, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)''…

As the designee of Mr. Carbajal, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by…

If there is a high enough suspicion with severe enough consequences, we must act.

We have found carcinogens in the smoke, carcinogens in the soil, metals found in lung biopsies in these patients.

If you have a high enough suspicion for a severe enough consequence, then you need to act, and you need to act now.

The evidence for an association between the development of specific respiratory diseases and exposures to combustion products was found to be inadequate or insufficient.

if we cannot disprove, then it is very possible that there is a link between the burn pits and the health effects that our veterans are facing.

The only plausible source was exposure to these burn pits.

Open-air burn pits pose serious health risks to our troops; yet, still to this day, our military uses them to dispose of waste and equipment--like human waste, plastics, computers, and jet fuel--on the battlefield. I am a board certified…

I want to thank the ranking member and the chairman for their support of my efforts to help veterans and servicemembers who have been exposed to burn pits. We have a responsibility to protect the health of our men and women in uniform and…

It is an honor to speak on the House floor today in recognition of National Police Week and to memorialize the officers lost in the line of duty. For me and for the communities that I represent, it is personal. Just 2 years ago, Officers…

I want to honor an incredible organization in my district that, for more than a decade, has served the community by providing information and resources to help children, the elderly, and vulnerable individuals protect themselves from…

Each day law enforcement officers all across our Nation risk their lives to keep our communities safe. Today at the 37th Annual Peace Officers' Memorial, we remembered the 21,541 fallen officers lost in the history of our Nation. It was an…

While serving our country, many of our brave men and women were exposed to large plumes of black smoke and cancer- causing toxins from the burning of waste, chemicals, and plastics in burn pits. Now veterans from across the country who…

Clean air to breathe and safe water to drink is not a privilege only for the rich and powerful but a right for everyone