Today really does mark a landmark day to discuss ways that the United States of America can join the rest of the industrialized world in saying that healthcare is a right and not a privilege for all of our people.

offshoring of generic drugs has made the United States exposed to potentially unsafe and ineffective medicines and deprives us of a domestic supply of critical medicines in case of a national emergency.

Thousands of experts are warning that climate change could mark actually kind of a dead end for humanity.

We are in the midst of an existential crisis right now.

We declare clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency.

scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat, and to tell it like it is.

innovation is the key to addressing climate change, but they stop short of calling for policies to actually spur innovation.

I want to say how grateful I am to Beautycounter for endorsing my Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act, H.R. 4296.

So I wanted to also quote, and I think you were just repeating that earlier, that you testified that, quote, 'Cosmetics firms, are responsible for the safety of their products and ingredients,' and, quote, 'In our experience, most firms…

It is time to act. It is the legislation that has a name that is regulated and yet it is not regulated, and we need to move aggressively right now to protect.

I have introduced this bill since 2010, so we have tried to get this conversation going.

We need to work with you to come up with legislation that actually does fulfill the expectations of consumers.