Scott Peters

Technology allows much more return to keep happening than we might expect today.

I am grateful to the committee for their consideration of H.R. 1425, the State Health Care Premium Reduction Act.

Let's be honest. Stabilizing the individual marketplace may not be a bipartisan priority, but lowering healthcare insurance premiums and reducing out-of-pocket costs for working Americans certainly is.

Debt matters. Debt crowds out private investment.

Real tax reform would have promoted American growth and competitiveness.

I don't think the need for cleanup has dissipated.

The number of NPL sites has not been reduced. Isn't that our goal to get these things cleaned up and off the list?

Families coming to the United States seeking refuge and asylum are expected to be met with American welcome.

But the good news is there are solutions. We have seen major advances in energy efficiency, renewable energy, innovation, and other strategies to reduce greenhouse gases.

No, it is absolutely vital that the Congress and this country provide some bold national policies to get there and to tackle the challenges ahead.

We are facing the crisis of our generation. The climate crisis threatens all of our districts, all of our communities, as well as America's national security, our economic prosperity, the health of our families, and the world that our…

What I have learned here is that if it is not bipartisan, it won't pass. And if it is not bipartisan, it won't last.

There is a moral component to this too.

But let me be clear, feasible is not a euphemism for lack of ambition, it is just the opposite. Feasible means achievable.

I would suggest that a large part of our foreign policy should be the deployment and promotion of microgrids.

I think we need to provide workers in those sectors with a path to jobs that pay just as well or better.

We know we have to transition to a clean energy economy.

If it is not bipartisan, it won't pass. And if it is not bipartisan, it won't last.

Feasible means achievable.

We all know the causes of climate change. I respect and appreciate hearing from the witnesses. Now we need to identify the practical ways to stop it...

I do think it was progress to do the fire fix. I worked really hard on that to make sure that we weren't spending prevention money fighting fires

Is that something that strikes you as going to have an impact on your business, the notion that the committee would be working the refs?

I think it has done some wonderful things for democracy. It's democratized democracy in many ways.

It's hard for me to imagine he would have done nearly as well as he did without your platform and he's a master of using it.

One of the problems with everyone having their own facts is it's very hard to have conversations about difficult issues.