Bobby Rush

I want to congratulate Congressmen Tonko and Peters and Olson and Stefanik for putting this legislation together.

This HVAC initiative is a triple win--for jobs, for consumers, and the environment.

So I really can't stress enough the importance of having participated in Medicaid expansion and certainly, hope that it continues for years to come.

If Florida expanded Medicaid, we would draw down almost $14 billion for our state over the next five years alone.

You are not doing right by our citizens.

Different communities have different, different issues.

I certainly thank the gentleman from Indiana for his candid remarks, and he also stands in the wonderful splendor of Mayor Hatcher's legacy and of his work and his commitment to public service. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from…

Dr. Mayne, I am concerned in the case of baby powder that African-American women and girls were targeted through free samples and promotional offers, which were handed out at churches, beauty salons and barbershops.

Black women appear to buy and use more personal care products, and fewer than 25 percent of products marketed to Black women are considered to be low in potentially hazardous ingredients, compared to about 40 percent of the items marketed…

I want to thank you, Madam Chair, for holding this historic hearing.

Chicago has been called the epicenter of the dreaded asthma disease.

While I do not agree with proposals like the Green New Deal, if the majority is pursuing these kind of radical transformations of our country's energy system, shouldn't getting infrastructure built as quickly and safely as possible be at…

As we approach the year 2050, our Nation faces unique challenges in its efforts to address growing energy production demands as well as the obligation to limit our contribution to climate change.

My bill, the Blue and Green Collar Jobs Acts, would accomplish that, but this subcommittee can still gain much-needed insight from our witnesses today on how Congress can make this transition more equitable and more just.

It is a continuation of the committee's broader objective to identify pathways to a 100 percent clean energy future by the year 2050.

Today's hearing is an extension of the subcommittee's series focused on expanding our Nation's clean energy economy.

We need a point of accountability in this country, in our national security apparatus, to know who controls our medicine supply.

I predict that China will overtake India in generic drug production because China has a plan, and nobody else does.

Between 1882 and 1968, 3,446 African Americans were lynched in this Nation. This fact appears to be completely lost on the President, who just this morning conflated constitutionally mandated oversight with the horrific act of lynching…

Do you know why there is an increase in the number of hospitals that are closing in lower and minority income communities?

I am concerned about hospitals closing in my district and in similarly situated districts across the Nation.

I want to know about the dialysis centers and those patients who are on dialysis, not those patients who are looking for organ transplants.

I am cautiously optimistic regarding CMS's aggressive goals to reduce the disproportionate rates of kidney disease in lower-income and minority communities.

Why are there so many dialysis centers in black neighborhoods?

I want to thank you, Madam Chair. And welcome, Administrator Verma.