there are a lot of unanswered questions that remain.

Speaker Pelosi proposed an independent commission, which was modeled after the 9/11 Commission to study the January attack.

We have to continue to ensure there is robust funding for programs that will help us recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

One hundred twenty-six days ago, the Capitol was overrun by insurrectionists.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thank you for the hearing, and to all of the witnesses this was incredibly powerful and moving testimony.

recently the Centers for Disease Control, the head of the CDC, finally declared what has been a long time coming, which is that racism poses a threat to public health.

He felt this very, very deeply. I saw that every single day as he moved around his district.

Allowing the Government to negotiate, just as many other countries do, would allow us to lower the prices of some of these drugs and to get more fair prices for patients and payers.

As you probably know, 80 percent of the remaining pollutant load reductions that we need to achieve in order to meet these goals come from agriculture.

Can you provide some perspective on other plans to work with State, local, and Federal partners to meet the goals of the Chesapeake Bay agreement?

I am very pleased to see the Biden administration's emphasis on restoration and protection.

Chesapeake Bay is an economic engine for my home State of Maryland and, frankly, for the whole region.

I have, as I know my colleagues do, great expectations for the EPA under your leadership.

I feel a great deal of sympathy for people who have suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome over many years...

I would be curious to hear from you about the implications of long COVID when it comes to the workload of healthcare providers...

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. That was a very powerful statement of why we need the legislation as part of the bills we are looking at today, and I yield back.

I certainly appreciate the work this committee has been doing to bring environmental justice to the forefront of the conversation. It is really, really critical.

In Maryland, since 2017 we have seen over 2,000 opioid-related deaths each year, and the numbers have gotten worse.

Well, like all the provisions in H.R.1 and now it’s S-1 on the Senate side as you know, these are measures that actually the American people came to us and said we want to see these kinds of reforms.

Because I think the Senate Republicans, unfortunately, the elected officials in their party have gotten captured or taken hostage, let’s say, by the big money crowd inside Washington, which we know every day blocks progress on things that…

The CLEAN Future Act contains numerous provisions to make our power sector cleaner, more reliable, and more resilient.

This critical investment should help us avoid grid failures like we saw in Texas.

There is this inequity in pay that cannot be justified by any particular lens you would put on it.

Reducing energy demand can lessen stress on the grid and improve overall grid reliability.

Texas grid operators should have seen this coming.