"I just don't see how we can avoid it."
"I don't see the solution to these issues. I don't see that being eminent and overnight, reality, because it has to do with access to healthcare."
"I just want to reiterate and restate my call that rather than us moving so quickly to markup, especially in light of this discussion, that we take time to invite the FDA and the EPA here so that we ca..."
"Hon. Bobby L. Rush, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois, opening statement."
"Mr. Chairman, this is our 26th hearing on this particular subject matter, and we have not had a law passed yet, nothing has been signed into law yet."
"America is burning right now, and we, Mr. Waxman and I, have asked the Republicans 15 times in the matter of a few months to hold a hearing on climate change, and we have been rebuffed on each and eve..."
"You are out of touch, Mr. Chairman. This is the committee of jurisdiction. And this committee is out of touch with the plight of the American people."
"For the last 12 months, they were the hottest months on record; 113 million people in the U.S. in areas of extreme health advisory."
"opening statement"
"It is extremely important that both sides work together to identify short and long-term strategies and objectives for developing alternative fuels for vehicles."
"We are willing to provide much-needed direction, much-needed funding to develop alternative fuel supplies."
"Under the Energy Security and Independence Act, which passed out on the floor for many in 2007, contained the RFS as a role of reaching 36 million gallons of renewable fuels by the year 2022."