"this completes the questioning from members of the subcommittee, but we are always happy to welcome members of the full committee"
"I was pleased, Dr. McLain, to hear you say that the Agency is developing the PFAS drinking water standard for submission later this year, because it has been stalled for some time."
"I am sure you believe that, too, since you are the Secretary of Energy."
"I think it is really important, as we have these discussions, that we not conflate all of our different environmental remediation laws."
"We have some right in my congressional district in Denver."
"I think all of us agree, including, apparently, the Republicans' witness, that polluters should have to pay to clean up the sites."
"It was unclear to regional staff, who are the ones who carry out the work, what the Agency's goals and objectives were."
"this really is a national crisis, as we keep hearing, and it is not going to be getting any better."
"if you are Type 1 diabetic and you take insulin, if you don't get your insulin, you die."
"prices for the most commonly prescribed insulins went up from $20 to over $200--$250--a vial, which is more than a 700 percent increase."
"I have had so many people tell me they were working four jobs to get their insulin."
"What good is having amazing drugs if many of my constituents can never afford them?"