I want to thank the chairman for his leadership, but I also want to recognize Representative Blumenauer for his decades of work on this issue. The MORE Act is the most comprehensive marijuana reform bill in Congress, and it is rooted in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, Americans pay 10 times as much for insulin as do any other consumers in countries around the world. The exact same drug. You know, we actually have the names of people who have died…

the rich have been getting richer and the poor have been getting poorer, not by accident but by policy.

the agency has really been starved of resources and has lost significant staff capacity over the years.

the President believes in building an economy from the middle out and the bottom up.

I say it is cynical because, you know, I was on the Simpson-Bowles Commission.

Let us find other venues.

Children's Fundamental Rights and Climate Recovery (H.Con.Res.31), sponsored by Representative Schakowsky, supporting the Juliana youth plaintiffs.

I rise as a proud colead of the Combating International Islamophobia Act. In the United States alone, nearly 70 percent of American Muslims have reported personally experiencing anti-Muslim hate, bigotry, and even violence. This…

Increased transparency, I think, would go a long way to making it a safer place.

The time for self-regulation is over.

The protections, Congresswoman Schakowsky, in your FTC Whistleblower Act are so crucial.

that is why I introduced the FTC Whistleblower Act and--along with Lori Trahan, my colleague.

Section 230 must be changed to force the companies to play by the same rules that every other media company operates by today.

For too long, Big Tech has acted without any real accountability.

Last week I introduced the FTC Whistleblower Act with my colleague, Representative Trahan.

I heard crazy things said about the vaccines, when the only crazy thing about it is not taking them to stop this deadly virus.

That is why the Algorithmic Justice and Online Transparency Act that would protect consumers from harmful and discriminatory AI systems are really long overdue.

Bottom line, the Internet is not living up to its promises.

We have lived through this, the war on drugs. Obviously we want to protect the public.

We want to make sure that there is really vigorous oversight, investigation, and that it be timely.

I stand today and rise in the strongest support for the Build Back Better Act, the most transformational investment in everyday Americans in generations. I rise in support of the largest effort to combat climate change in American history…

I also wanted to talk about testing on animals. And I have a bill, the Safety--Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products. And the bill that I had would ban all--almost all--animal testing.

I guess what I am really confused about is, if we have already made a determination that phthalates are a problem, why is it that the EPA is still considering risk evaluation on them?

Thank you so much. So I want to talk about phthalates.