Elizabeth Esty

There is no safe dose of dioxin.

These are bills that ensure that we are keeping faith with our veterans and keeping economic pace with the reality of what things cost in America today.

Thank you, Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Napolitano, for convening this hearing today on an incredibly important topic, and as you may have gathered, rare in this place these days, one of bipartisan support.

The United States has a leadership role in basic science, and we have to follow that where it takes us.

Maybe we could have a hearing on this issue because I think it is really important

The most important thing that Congress could do is not take steps to create additional silos

I would rather rely on scientists who have a better sense of where the science may be going.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rogers of Kentucky). The gentlewoman has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I think you are really on the leadership edge of this, Congresswoman Esty, and we can do something so that by the next hearing I'll have a better answer.

That is just shameful and wrong. And we absolutely need to have a system where that can't happen.

Some people suggest that regulations to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants are unnecessary because climate change does not exist or human activity does not contribute to it, but simply ignoring a fact does not make…

The social cost of carbon is a metric used to value the damage caused by emitting 1 ton of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a year.

If there are too many missions, none will be achieved. And that is a great loss not to just this country but really to the future of the human species.

And we are delighted for your leadership and your insight to help us guide important decisionmaking in this committee.

Thank you, Chairman LoBiondo and Ranking Member Larsen, for inviting me to participate in today's hearing.

So as we move forward I would welcome your thoughts on whether we can use the technology to help solve this problem.

I think we are all on the same page and I think it is going to be up to us in Congress to prioritize these issues to better serve veterans.

And I think that might be something we want to explore in more detail.

This issue about continuous improvement and lean does depend on ownership.

Thank you all for your service and your commitment to work together with us to serve veterans better.

I want to understand some of the issues and delays that do remain and I look forward to working with you to improve the claims process going forward.

I am happy to be here today as the Ranking Member designate of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and I am looking forward to working with all of you to ensure that the veterans that we are honored to represent…

Once again, I thank Congressman Comstock, Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson, and our Chairman Lamar Smith, and I would urge my colleagues to support this worthwhile piece of legislation. It is wonderful to be able to start out the…

Again, I thank my esteemed colleagues for their leadership on this, in particular, Representative Comstock from Virginia and the ranking member. This is a very laudable bill that plays an important role in inspiring the next generation of…

I think it would be pennywise and pound foolish for us to try to support in name this initiative and not actually secure vital funding.