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John Peter Spyros Sarbanes is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd congressional district since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, Sarbanes has focused on issues such as campaign finance reform, healthcare, and education during his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for transparency in government and has worked to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding her time, and I also congratulate her on this amendment and her service here in the House and contributing her expertise, again, as I said a moment ago with respect to our other colleague. Providing her…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Actually, I want to echo the remarks of the gentleman from Illinois and the remarks of the gentlewoman from California in congratulating Congresswoman Spanberger on this excellent amendment and…
President Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement is unjustified and dangerously shortsighted.
I believe the Trump administration's retreat puts the health and safety of our communities at great risk.
It abdicates U.S. leadership on global climate action--an issue where America has always been a leader.
In fiscal year 2018, the EPA enforcement actions, injunctive relief actions resulted in $3.9 billion in injunctive relief.
I just want to go back on an exchange you had a moment ago because you suggested--you seemed to suggest that the reduction in civil penalties and other things from an enforcement standpoint at the Federal level has maybe been replaced by…
If this isn't being exercised properly as an enforcement tool, it is sending a signal to industry that, in a sense, the cop is off the beat.
I think there is plenty of evidence here that the mission you have of fair and effective enforcement of environmental laws... is not being fulfilled based on the numbers that we are seeing.
To me that would suggest that the Federal Government needs to step up even more and occupy this space in an aggressive and responsible way.
Are you aware that the State fines have also diminished over the last couple of years?
We focused for years on racial gerrymandering, but now we are awaiting the decision on political gerrymandering.
We have reached a point now in our history when it has risen to the level of extreme partisan gerrymandering.
The Voting Rights Act has transformed the political landscape of the South and it is a good piece of legislation.
House Democrats feel very strongly about it, and we are determined to have full and effective enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.
Why...we wouldn't view that as going back to the bad old days...I can't understand for a moment why anyone would support that kind of a policy shift.
You are buying the healthcare equivalent of a pig in a poke when you are buying these short-term limited duration plans.
It is incompatible, it seems to me, to claim...that they absolutely want to protect people against discrimination based on preexisting conditions...but to defend these short-term limited duration plans.
We are inviting people back into a world with mirrors and trapdoors that was exactly the place we wanted to get away from when we passed the ACA.
I can't understand for a moment why anyone would support that kind of a policy shift.
You are buying the healthcare equivalent of a pig in a poke when you are buying these short-term limited duration plans.
It seems to me, to claim, as we are hearing from a lot of the Members on the other side, that they absolutely want to protect people against discrimination based on preexisting conditions, on the one hand, but to defend these short-term…
The administration was finding ways to test this out before they moved into a more official posture on it.
We want a healthy environment for our children, grandchildren, and their children.
We have serious concerns about the potential adverse economic and employment impacts of these types of measures.
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