Lisa Blunt Rochester

Last week, the American Lung Association released their annual State of the Air Report, showing that 40 percent of Americans live in areas where the air is unsafe to breathe.

If you can't breathe, you can't work.

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated environmental justice concerns in communities across the country, these concerns are not new.

The STOP Fentanyl Act is the long-term solution that our Nation needs to respond to the overdose epidemic.

We need to keep people alive, which means we need to expand access to harm reduction services to prevent morbidity and mortality associated with opiate use.

That is why Congresswoman Kuster and I introduced the Support, Treatment, and Overdose Prevention of Fentanyl Act, STOP.

It is clear our Nation's ongoing overdose crisis isn't limited to one community, one region, one race, or one socioeconomic class.

If we don't pursue a public health approach as part of the solution for addressing fentanyl-related substances, as Representative Kuster and I are suggesting, what would be the impact on people with substance use disorder?

Under the previous administration, the approach towards fentanyl-related substances was handled through policies that more promoted decriminalization and not public health.

I am very concerned that, if we don't expand access to evidence-based treatment throughout the country, especially in areas of high risk for overdose, that these rates are just going to continue to climb.

I am seriously concerned that our efforts are targeting minimally involved individuals instead of the higher-up traffickers and cartels.

I introduced the DETOUR Act to address common tactics that are used to get such personal data as possible.

Disinformation often finds its way to the people most susceptible to it because the profiles that you create through massive data collection suggest what they will be receptive to.

We should all be concerned by all of your abilities to adequately--and just as importantly, rapidly--moderate content.

The Trump administration slashed funding by 90 percent for advertising and outreach for the Affordable Care Act's marketplace options.

Access to affordable, comprehensive coverage has never been more critical.

As we consider legislation to modernize our Nation's infrastructure, it is also critical that we remember that investment must include broadband.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this crucial hearing on the LIFT America Act, and thank you to the witnesses for your testimony today.

For too long, we have neglected to invest in our country's infrastructure needs, and many of our Nation's roads, bridges, dams, and drinking water systems are in desperate need of upgrades and repairs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing on the CLEAN Future Act.

I believe Congress needs to act and address 'dark patterns,' such as design choices that are intended to manipulate individuals into using products or services without their consent or for a little personal gain, especially when applied to…

When I chose to lead the House version of Senator Warren's DETOUR Act, it was because I was worried that everyone, especially children, would increasingly be exploited by manipulative digital practices known as 'dark patterns.'

I would love to follow up in writing and ask the entire panel about how Congress can best support State Medicaid programs in their efforts to expand telehealth.

Thank you for your leadership on a topic that I think is transformational in our healthcare system.

We also strongly support a proposal championed by Representative Blunt Rochester--thank you, Congresswoman--to retrofit mission-critical public buildings around the country.