Donna Edwards

The Federal Government's oversight of offshore and oil gas drilling was too lax. We didn't do the job.

The confusion surrounding the chain of command was exacerbated by the number of governmental agencies that comprised the unified response.

I want to underscore the large challenges that the response teams faced, and the lessons that ought to be learned in the aftermath of this catastrophe.

The country take a step back to ensure that any future offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico lives up to claims of safety and reliability.

The BP spill shows the need for more robust public capacity to respond quickly and safely to oil spills

And, finally, looking at what we're doing in the manufacturing sector, we have amendments that strengthen the manufacturing extension partnerships that really allow the National Institutes of Standards and Technology in my congressional…

I rise today to mourn and to join our Nation in mourning Dr. Dorothy Height. She was an American icon who dedicated her life to racial justice and to gender equality. And at a time when women and African Americans were regarded as second…

As a woman in this country, who would have known but for this debate that as a woman just starting out, same condition, same age, you pay more for your health care as a woman in this country than you do as a man. We're going to end that…

I am so pleased that on Sunday we will have an opportunity in this country, finally, to bring health care to the American people. All of us as Members of Congress will have an opportunity to say that we either stand on the side of the…

I would like to just conclude by saying that it's really important that we get this right at every level because of increasing threats to our cybersecurity, both internationally and here domestically. And I urge, again, my colleagues for…

Are you actually saying that a farmer could make money while at the same time adding BMPs and reducing agricultural runoff?

So, yes, we are on record saying there should be consequences.

I share both the expressions of concern that my colleagues have made today, as well as all of our shared responsibility.

I am looking forwards to working with you, Madam Chairwoman, and our Committee on building the Union Station of the 21st century.

So just for Union Station and its own operations and maintenance, why restrict that to one operator over another operator, or why not put it out for bid?

I think that it really is important to take a vision with all of the stakeholders at the table.

I share the concern of this Committee, from this Member, that 18 months is just unacceptable in terms of a delay in our authorizing what ought to be a companion between what we do in transportation and what we do with our energy policy.

I appreciate the outreach, but our businesses would appreciate a contract.

I would like to hear from the Administration... to know who has gotten those contracts, where are the jobs created.

I want to follow up on this question because this has been a huge concern in my State of Maryland.

I just look forward to working with you and the Ranking Member so that we can make certain that with the quadrupling of the money that has gone out to GSA that we make sure that it is spent in the most efficient and effective way.

And so do you have the assurances that you are going to be able to function in a way that works for the taxpayers, given the resource limitations.

Mr. Guerin, if you have any concerns about this, I would appreciate it if you would put those on the record now for this Subcommittee, because the last thing that we want is to be accused of mismanaging quadruple the amount of money that…

Government workers cannot be building roads and buildings, but government workers should surely be able to oversee how taxpayer dollars are being spent.

We have quadrupled the amount of money that we are giving to go out to renovate and to build public buildings.