Janice Schakowsky

I want to say, get over it. We all agree that there are problems, but these are problems that I see being fixed.

Thank you, Madam Secretary, for bringing to millions of Americans access to affordable, comprehensive healthcare coverage that's going to be there when they need it.

Every day since the passage of Obamacare, the Republicans have undertaken obstructionist efforts, including shutting down the government, that amount to congressional malpractice.

I wanted to emphasize that the Web site has to be fixed, but it is not, as the Republicans contend, a fatal flaw.

I would hope that we treat witnesses who have come here a bit better than that, and nobody deserves to be harangued in the manner that she was.

I have suggested and will suggest again that my friends on the Republican side of the aisle ought to get their heads out of the tar sands.

The issue of unleashing the dirtiest source of energy, the tar sands in Canada, is a dangerous and unnecessary way in my view to proceed right now.

I don't have to have a chemistry degree to know that this pipeline is all risk and no reward.

There is one reason why we are fighting this pipeline and it is because we don't believe that American farmers and ranchers should have to take on the risks of a foreign tar sands export pipeline.

This is a moment of great opportunity that I fear as a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee that we are squandering.

I believe that the threat to at least human life on our planet is the greatest challenge that humankind has faced.

I can't imagine that efforts by this body to get funding--by this body to gut EPA funding--we are talking about cutting, including the interior and environmental appropriations bill, by 34 percent, a 34 percent cut to the EPA have made it…

Thank you so much. Reclaiming my time, if I could just say, I will not oppose the amendment, but I do expect to work with you to ensure that the review, should this bill become law, is balanced and to ensure that any report of this…

That objective, I have to tell you, raises many red flags for me.

While I am committed to strengthening our economic ties to our European allies, I do have serious concerns that an agreement with inadequate safeguards could hurt American consumers, workers, public health, and the environment.

I especially want to welcome Former Congressman Cal Dooley.

Let me just say that while I don't agree with a number of those statements that are going in for the record, we did approve them and agree to their submission.

TTIP should also focus on ensuring greater transparency and transatlantic cooperative activity between regulators.

At the very least, I repeat, this issue should be considered in open, public forums, not closed-door trade negotiations.

I am much more concerned about saving people's lives than adding to the already large profits of the pharmaceutical companies.

I want to make very clear my view that access to essential medicines should be debated out in the open, not in secret trade discussions.

I don't believe that standards that keep the toys our children and grandchildren play with and the food we eat safe are unnecessary.

I don't believe that the fuel economy standards that President Obama negotiated with auto manufacturers, which reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 6 billion metric tons over 8 years, saving the average U.S. driver $8,000 over the life of…

I believe that entities that store important data should act proactively to defend that information and the consumer should be notified if a breach could result in personal harm.

As a long-time consumer advocate, I believe that the public does have a right to be informed if their personal information such as names, email addresses, passwords, home addresses, health and financial data is compromised.