For communities around this country the expansion of natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing has meant contamination of water supplies, loss of property value, deteriorating health conditions, dead livestock, and destruction of…

I don't want any audience that is watching or listening to this hearing to go away with the impression that your caution... doesn't have any support in reality out there.

Recent advancements in natural gas drilling technologies have unlocked natural gas supplies in shale and other unconventional formations across the country.

The effect of the cost of these regulations has been the burden that has put many, many small businesses out of business.

I appreciated what Representative Waxman said about big companies complaining, it is actually the opposite.

Madam Chairman, this amendment eliminates confusion regarding the deadline for filing patent term extensions under the Hatch-Waxman Act and provides the certainty needed to encourage critical medical research. It also promotes good…

Congressmen Ed Markey and Peter Welch released a GAO report about radioactive leaks from underground pipes at the Nation's nuclear power plants.

I thank the gentleman. So while Republicans say that this bill just keeps the ice-breakers and the ice-breaker part of the Clean Air Act, the reality is that it effectively puts EPA's ability to reduce emissions from these sources on ice…

I thank the ranking member very much for yielding. The underlying legislation represents another attempt by the Republicans to gut the Clean Air Act. Shell Oil spent years changing its mind about how it wanted to drill, what ship it wanted…

For years we have seen the success of Independence at Home-style programs at more than 250 VA locations and elsewhere throughout the country.

I thank you, Chairman Pitts and Ranking Member Pallone, for holding this hearing, and I would like to thank Melanie Bella for helping to lead the charge at CMS to improve care for 9 million patients who by definition are the sickest…