Last Congress, I was proud to work with colleagues on our committee to enact legislation that provided increased funding for mental health programs.

Aren't the investments that are reflected in the Inflation Reduction Act, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, in clean energy, in building out our future there--aren't those the kinds of investments that make a lot more sense?

If anything, we should be looking at ways to suss out what about their profit-making enterprise is fair to the American consumer and what is unfair.

It is clear that, at a minimum, taxpayer subsidies to that industry don't make any sense given the profits they are posting.

It's really an affront to the medical profession.

What delays people in getting the care that they need is when we have these abortion bans forcing people out of their communities.

These abortion bans don't just impact reproductive healthcare delivery. They also impact doctors' ability to provide other essential healthcare.

Democrats don't have to convince anybody that the Republicans have an extreme agenda when it comes to these abortion bans.

The NRA clearly does not speak for the majority of Americans.

Ever since the Supreme Court's devastating decision in Citizens United, groups like the NRA have been ever more empowered.

What that means is that for most other industries if an individual is harmed by their misconduct, they can file a claim...

In the wake of the Dobbs decision, as we know, many states already have bans on abortion in place.

It is all the more essential for individuals in other states to redouble their efforts to protect and expand abortion access.

Even when state legislatures pass laws protecting abortion care, we must continue to be vigilant.

The reality is that the Democrats on this committee believe that a woman should make her own healthcare decisions.

We must, we will continue to do all we can to protect abortion access and ensure that all Americans, no matter where they live, can exercise their reproductive freedom.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise today in support of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022. Our Nation, as you know, is facing a continuing mental health and substance use…

each year more than 45,000 Americans are killed by guns, and nearly 10 percent of those killed are children for whom gun violence is now the leading cause of death in the United States.

Thanks very much, Madam Chair. I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. I want to acknowledge, as others have done, the powerful testimony that we heard from the first panel today.

I understand the Postal Service is independent and, you know, is not directly under the authority of the President and the administration the way some other agencies are, but responding to the climate crisis requires an all-of-government…

President Biden also issued an Executive Order calling for, quote, clean and zero-emission vehicles for government fleets, including vehicles of the United States Postal Service.

President Biden recommitted us to the goals of reducing our emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030.

The Post Office has the opportunity not to be a Guinea pig here, but to be a trailblazer.

The Federal Government should be a leader in reducing emissions and transitioning to greener technologies.

More than 40 percent of Americans who contracted coronavirus in the first year of the pandemic were either uninsured or underinsured.