Lisa Blunt Rochester

This hearing is vital. And we want you to know that we see you, we hear you, you are our family.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 223, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)''. Page 223, line 22, after…

I encourage my colleagues to support H.R. 2740 and this commonsense amendment. It will ensure that we have the best information available to help all communities, both rural and urban. Madam Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 43, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1)''. Page 43, line 2, after the dollar…

There is no better way to honor him than standing up for families and children across our country.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. And thank you so much to the panel. A special note of thanks to the parents, and especially Ms. Ellis.

Holding the patients harmless should be the crux of any legislative solution that Congress puts forward.

As a parent, I sit before you and think about all the parents across the country, all the families.

Delaware is a hundred million dollars short on an annual basis.

I also want to thank the witnesses. This was a really great panel of witnesses.

In closing, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and also support the underlying bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

It is obvious by the interest on both sides of the aisle and the fact that this is actually something that we agree on, that we all recognize that there is not one simple fix, or one simple solution, and that this is a very complex issue.

To me it seems obvious that excluding those hazards and those exposures undermines the validity of your risk evaluation and amounts to considering non-risk factors, which is prohibited under TSCA.

Based on the scientific evidence available at the time, EPA determined in 1989 that a ban on asbestos was necessary to protect human health.

I just want to share with you, in Delaware we have a small town called Ellendale and it is a community that has struggled to have clean, safe drinking water.

Isn't it true that the purpose of that program is to support drinking water projects and activities in small and disadvantaged communities that are unable to finance projects to comply with drinking water regulations under the Safe…

At your Senate confirmation hearing earlier this year, you testified that President Trump and the EPA are, quote, "focused on putting Americans first," end quote.

What I would love to hear is a commitment that small, rural, and disadvantaged communities that need the support and leadership can count on that kind of support and commitment.

While the Federal Government has chosen to take a back seat on climate change, my State of Delaware doesn't have that luxury.

These samples are vital to the development of their applications and without them, they will not be able to come to market.

The president's budget for EPA pledges to, quote, 'support healthier schools and create safer and healthier school environments for American children.'

Worker safety should be a top priority at EPA.

I would like to focus our attention on generic drugs and their potential, through market competition, to lower drug prices for American consumers.

Mr. Secretary, your Department also requested comment on a policy that would end the practice of automatically re-enrolling consumers in the marketplace.

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