I am worried about southern Illinois right now.

FirstNet has to get its act together.

We still have a terrible problem with dropped calls in rural America.

I think those are also good goals to reach in a lot of different areas.

Today's hearing on the disposal of low-level radioactive waste continues our detailed examination of what it takes to manage, store, and dispose of nuclear material.

I am proud of the subcommittee members. We work hard in the subcommittee in a bipartisan spirit.

Yet, because the law assumed EPA would have the system working by now, the law's authorization has expired and its user fees are unavailable until the electronic manifest system is working.

Three weeks ago, yesterday, marked 3 years from the date of enactment of the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Act.

If this system is going to survive, it is up to the Agency to help us get to the bottom of what is going on here.

I know EPA hasn't been sitting on its hands the last 3 years, but we need a full accounting of what it has been doing and what still needs to be done.

If we can see clearly to pass it without amendment on a strong bipartisan basis, we can make it into law.

The healthcare law was passed, especially the sidecar, with no debate through the committee, no oversight hearings.

In fact, the increased carbon dioxide reductions in EPA's, you know, carbon rationing, you know, methodology all come from increased assumptions of an addition of renewable capacity to the grid.

Is it correct that the proposed rule and the final 111(d) rule EPA scaled back its expected carbon dioxide reduction for existing coal plant efficiency improvements?

Well, the plug I have is it look likes it is going to be 10 million under enrolled and that most people I talk to are paying more and getting less coverage.

if you're underestimating by your 2014 June analysis and your 2015, and you drop off 70 coal-fired power plants, base-load going to my friend, Jerry McNerney's question, your final analysis you're going to under-report the impact because…

You are in Washington and really nothing good is happening here these days.

Annually, over three million packages containing radioactive material are transported throughout the United States.

Welcome to Washington and a subcommittee in Washington where once you think you have got it figured out, stuff changes.

I thank my colleague. I don't have much to add. We are glad to have Darin here as a new Member of the 114th Congress. Obviously, he is joined by his dad. Also who we had hoped was going to be here--but I know he is watching--is former…

I would like to now welcome the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood). Mr. LaHOOD. I thank Speaker Boehner for swearing me in today. Mr. Speaker, it is a true honor to be here. I am humbled and honored to be a part of this body. And I want…

We are going to be able to provide better care because Planned Parenthood clinics don't provide all the range of health care.

I think, as I told some of the folks on the panel, those of us who are pro-life and vote that way who have served many, many years, we are saddened that these things still occur in our country.

Your medical home is found in a federally qualified healthcare clinic.

There was more outrage over the treatment of downed cows than we have of treatment of downed kids, babies.