Lori Trahan: “I urge the committee to be bold by strengthening safety standards and mandating professional engineer reviews.”

May I inquire as to the time remaining. THE SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Massachusetts has 3 minutes remaining.

It is a very spirited debate on the other side, but this is on the amendment. This amendment would just make sure that the underlying bill actually does what it is intended to do, which is save lives simply by ensuring that the Secretary…

Haverhill showed us what happens when a century-old system fails and the federal government is nowhere to be found. Cities were left to fight sewage flowing into the Merrimack with local dollars and borrowed time.

People are going to die. These hospitals are going to close. Labor and delivery units are going to disappear.