Tony Cárdenas

Why does Scott Lloyd still have a job at Health and Human Services?

I am proud to represent California but also equally proud of the fact that California has led the way...

I am extremely troubled by reports that your frequent travel to and from Oklahoma occurred at the expense of the U.S. taxpayer.

I hope that future dialogue doesn't span 10 months between these opportunities.

So you just described some good practices of pay now rather than pay later.

I constantly think about our responsibility as a community, whether it is private-public sector, et cetera, private property, public property, is pay now or pay later.

What I would like is for my office and this committee to receive copies of that trail.

What I would like to request of you, Mr. Chairman, and also the Ranking Member Schakowsky, that we ask for a specific hearing of this committee.

I appreciate right-sized regulations that balance public good, short-term and long-term, with economic cause and effect.

These bills are delaying EPA rules, and they are hurting--in my opinion, hurting companies by creating unpredictable changes in our standards.

I think that we have the capability of doing that.

I would to thank you for holding today's hearing and allowing the committee to shine a light on a program that is helping to improve the lives of so many medically vulnerable Americans.

Too often in these discussions, we lose track of the real-world effects of our decisions. The conversation today is not about some obscure policy provision. It is about real people with real needs.

I just want to register some questions that I have, and concerns, to the merger between Sinclair and Tribune.

I think it is important that we not make the mistake as legislators to leave gaps that could perhaps take years for us to finally say oops, we should have closed that the first time.

I love the fact that the U.S. has always had the most innovative and the strongest auto industry in the world.

Yes, but with all due respect, state flexibility is something that is thrown around a lot.

I used to be a state legislator. I used to be the budget chairman.

But with all due respect, if I were a single mother with two children and people are telling me, reevaluate your family situation...

Southern California remains to this day one of the great American hubs of innovation in manufacturing.

It is exciting to hear from so many great American companies that are providing technology and jobs of today and tomorrow.

This national policy must drive innovation, boost economic growth and ensure the protection of every American's personal information.

The reason I came to Congress is effect change that directly helps our communities.

FinTech innovation has the potential to help fix this.

We can and should be doing more to prevent human trafficking and we can.