John Sarbanes

We brought Congresswoman Norton's H.R. 51 into this committee, passed out of committee, which would provide statehood for the District of Columbia

We brought H.R. 4 to restore the Voting Rights Act.

The first piece of legislation that the Democratic Caucus brought to the floor of the House in 2019 was H.R. 1, the For the People Act

It doesn't make any sense to me. I urge you to reconsider that.

We are at the height of it. We are at this tipping point on this epidemic when it comes to vaping.

The law of Roe v. Wade empowers you to make that decision.

The goal in the end is very simple. It is to make sure that every child in this country lives in a safe neighborhood with clean air and clean water and good schools and access to all the basic things that provide kids with full opportunity.

Did you see him? Did you see him when he was alive?

I want to salute my colleague, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez for her legislation on recognizing poverty.

It seems to me that the cure here may be worse than the disease because we have now created the next great public health crisis.

I have some concerns about where that leaves us because, in addition to the Hoopla Valley decision, the EPA has proposed a rule that would severely limit the authority of states to issue water quality certifications that protect their…

I do have concerns that it is not happening. We want our federal agencies to work cooperatively with states and tribes.

One is to show an immediate sense of solidarity in responding to it; the other is to take very practical steps to try to protect against these attacks.

But all of these communities that we're speaking about today have that convergence of interest.

We need university presidents to recognize--I certainly believe in free speech deeply, even speech we don't like, but there is a price for free speech. It's not free.

A whistleblower stepping forward... they are anything but a traitor and I think in so many ways a patriot.

If they are not leading and they are so large, then somebody has to lead, and I think our citizens want us to lead.

I think Nevada and South Carolina have limited opioid prescriptions to 90 MMEs or under in most patient cases.

Thanks to the panel of witnesses, very compelling testimony today, and I thank you all for coming.

It eliminates the wasteful overhead and the predatory practices of the health insurance industry, which have inflicted a lot of suffering on people for decades now.

I want to push back pretty hard on the doomsday scenario that is being painted by some of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, which to me amounts to fearmongering.

As Representative Jayapal described it, it has got the three things you want. It has got universal coverage and access so everybody is covered.

The fact of the matter is, Americans like Medicare, they like Medicaid, they like the veterans' healthcare system, they have basically already made a judgment that these systems that are delivered and led out of the public sector are ones…

The impression I get, and I think a lot of people in the public, when they read a headline one day and then in 72 hours it is completely flipped around, is that the tobacco industry lobbyists are calling the shots.

We are facing a youth tobacco crisis. Two decades of progress in reducing youth smoking is being reversed almost overnight.