Tony Cárdenas

Every time we insist on cutting resources from communities, the tragedy in Flint is bound to happen over, and over, and over again.

This is an atrocity that should not have ever happened. This is a reminder that when we are unwilling to invest in people's safety, Flint is going to happen again.

What happened in Flint is atrocious and gut wrenching but today we can't just talk about getting lead out of the water.

Let this be a lesson that the $2.5 million a year that the State of Michigan wanted to save is now a drop in the bucket.

Digital currency like Bitcoin lacks many of the features we usually associate with traditional money like the U.S. dollar.

If digital currencies are to be widely accepted at legitimate payments, they need to provide sufficient safeguards for their users.

Blockchain is this concept of a digital public ledger to track transactions.

Digital currencies lack some of the protections provided for more traditional financial products.

That is an investment in human capital and connecting your industry to the minds of the workers of the future.

One of the things that I am so proud to be an American is the fact that we have this reputation that when we embark on something and we dedicate ourselves to doing it well, it takes a long-term vision and a long-term commitment.

Access to reproductive healthcare for women and families is very, very important.

During a time where we continue to see attacks on the state level to restrict access to reproductive health, national investments in family planning, cancer screens, STD testing, and sex education are more important now than ever.

I am glad to see that the President understands the value of critical reproductive health programs like Title X.

the main concern of this committee is the safety and security of Americans and people in our country

I hope that we as the holders of the purse, Congress, will recognize that and realize that we are impeding on the safety of our American citizens.

We suggested a $300 million cap. No cap is good with us, too, but at least 300 million is what is proposed in GROW AMERICA to have a meaningful deterrent.

Would raising the per-violation fine and eliminating the cap on civil penalties improve safety in your opinion?

If you give us more demands without more resources, you get less safety.

The vast majority of what Planned Parenthood does is to keep mothers, children, and families healthy, and now there is an attack to even cut that.

I have been married for 23 years, and I am reminded every day by my wife how imperfect I am. I have been an elected official for 19 years, and I am reminded every single day by my constituents how more perfect we need to make our laws.

This is a bill that actually enhances the opportunity for responsible individuals to go ahead and say this is better.

I truly appreciate the committee's willingness to work on the bipartisan bill that would impact so many small businesses.

I appreciate the committee's willingness to hold today's hearing. I look forward to advancing the PACE Act, and continuing to build the committee's record of working successfully in a bipartisan fashion.

As a former small business owner myself, I recognize the struggle there is to live out and provide for the American dream for our employees.

I would be the first to admit that offering to some States the opportunity for a couple-of-year delay before this went into effect... is a move against healthcare reform.