Scott Peters

Substantial student loan debt not only is a burden for graduates, but it is diminishing purchasing power.

It was Congress that explicitly voted on this, that was not something that the President did.

The President's healthcare law was passed by Congress. And actually the particular thing you referenced, the gentleman referenced, is not one of my favorite aspects of it, but it was explicitly passed by Congress.

What we have here is, as a witness has suggested, is a failure of Congress, not something to criticize President Obama about.

We could have taken that up right here, maybe amended it, but we were prevented from that vote on the House floor.

We have not taken up the authorization for use of military force.

As every single one of the witnesses agrees that Congress could, if we decided to, take a hand and correct this imbalance.

I am not sure what else we would ask you to do. You have been admonished or exhorted by a number of Members of Congress, that Congress should act.

For every dollar you spend on preparedness you save about $4 on cleanup.

One of the first things we did after I was elected to Congress, we voted $60 billion off budget to deal with Hurricane Sandy.

My bill is short and simple. It will modify the current US Code to allow well trained Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) the opportunity to provide mental health services to veterans, and their families, through the VA.

This subcommittee works tirelessly to provide veterans the care they deserve, and this bill can help achieve that goal for which we all strive.

Thank you again Chairman Benishek, Ranking Member Brownlee, and Members of the Committee for your consideration of this bill today and for bringing attention to the important issue of providing veterans with the best possible prosthetic…

The bill simply opens up the employment eligibility for those who have the proper training.

We introduced rules there to allow small businesses to be eligible to compete for some of that business.

I was inspired by a leader in San Diego's Research Committee whose name was Duane Roth, who passed away from injuries sustained in a bicycling accident.

We have introduced a bill to cut red tape to allow startups or businesses with less than a million dollars in revenue to file their federal taxes annually instead of every quarter.

I am proud to represent San Diego, California, which was recognized by Forbes last year as the number one place to start--to launch a startup.

I do not think anything today has shown that there has been something illegal here.

I appreciate what Planned Parenthood has done to prevent STDs, to give cancer screenings to low-income women, and to provide contraceptive care.

I do observe that there is a sad and a cruel irony in those who say they are against abortion and trying to defund an organization that works so hard to prevent them.

As you have outlined, these threats are expanding. They are new, and they are essentially technological.

We would like to get our government to be functioning--a healthcare website that is functioning.

If we are focused on reducing spending, let's do it in a way that saves us in the long run.

Thank you for holding this hearing today on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, or NEHRP, an unfortunate acronym for an important program.