It is undisputed that chemicals are a part of our daily lives from the food that we eat, the products in our homes, and in our children's toys.

It gives employers the ability to warn employees, it gives the chemical manufacturer the ability to warn suppliers.

At some point a decision is going to have to be made one way or the other.

It is important to remember that no business wants to put its employees or the public in danger.

I noticed after he passed and years when I went back, I noticed that the embalming room, the door to the embalming room now has a big sign that says wear protective gear and formaldehyde may cause cancer.

I thank the gentleman, and I join my colleagues from Louisiana in supporting this critical amendment. What I would add is that we've talked about doubling our exports over the next 4 or 5 years, and this is a critical piece to allow us to…

I think that Dr. Ahmed and the question with Mr. Thompson--what I heard was that he was showing that her testimony was based on her vast experience and the remarkable work that she has done around the world over the years.

I believe that we need all reasonable options available in order to protect Americans and protect our ally, Israel, from an attack.

These hearings are not an assault against Islam. It is an assault against all Americans, especially Asian Americans.

But the other thing I would point out--and Mr. Chairman, when you talk about peoples' reaction and objection to the hearings, or the hearing on the hearings, you said in your opening that 90 percent of the attacks came from Muslims or…

The road to enlightenment, though, is not by holding more of these hearings.

It is apparent from this testimony today that both Iran and Hezbollah pose a great threat--a threat to this country and also a threat to our ally, Israel.

It is not the words in the book that is the problem; it is the twisted human minds and the evil motives behind people that create this violence.

We also know that violent extremism can be inspired by various religious, political, or other ideological beliefs.

I think that I would ask that we just not have blinders on and focus on just the Muslim community.

I have grave concerns that someone will likely try again.

Detroit is not 45 percent safer this year than it was last year.

How can we get more money under the new National Preparedness Grant Program to those high-risk urban areas that really need the resources than they may be currently receiving under the Urban Area Security Initiatives grant?

even though we are in a tough economic time right now the funding in New York City was not cut at all. Detroit was cut by 45 percent. That seems disproportionate to me.

It has been said that budgets reflect our values. This is absolutely true, and is more important than ever that we invest in priorities that are consistent with our character as a nation.

And that is simply what it does. And I would ask everyone to support it.

Thank you for yielding, and thank you, Madam Speaker, for the time. It was once said that a politician worries about the next election, but a statesman worries about the next generation. Don Payne was a statesman. To the Payne family, I…

And I want to thank both sides and the authors for bringing this bill.

This body, this country, and the entire world lost a true gentleman in Donald Payne, and we lost a quintessential statesman.

If we can remember anything with his passing, we can rest assured that Donald Payne did what he was purposed to accomplish in his lifetime.