"the problem, and what I think people are fed up with across the country, is that their government, this government won't tackle important issues without getting permission from special interest."
"We are facing a youth tobacco crisis. Two decades of progress in reducing youth smoking is being reversed almost overnight."
"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 call..."
"And before you put in place the procedures and the processes through this program at FDA to facilitate approval of that kind of technology, can you give me a sense of what it would have taken, how lon..."
"climate change, the existential crisis of our time, and we have to take all measures to address that."
"Decarbonizing our economy is at the top of that list in trying to achieve zero emissions by 2050."
"we need to invest in our electric grid. Not only is that grid aging, but we need to modernize it for the 21st century."
"Well, if I had a choice between a slow that said 'Make WMATA Great Again' or 'Wait and Make WMATA Good Again,' I would choose the latter."
"I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the bill that we are talking about today."
"It just seems like the industry has found this gigantic loophole for going back and creating that whole public health crisis all over again."
"I really want to emphasize that these have been carefully put together."
"I think this is horrifying what is happening and it is sort of we are playing the same reel over again."