Debbie Dingell

The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule is a step in the right direction to improve transparency in healthcare prices.

The current healthcare system is gobbledygook.

Nobody--Democrat, Republican, independent, anybody--should be harmed by medical expenses.

I have seen women die because it has been abused.

As screen time increases, so do inherent risks.

Our nation's water resources are a vital part of our environmental heritage.

When you talk about climate, because our water challenges and shortages in the West are not driven by the Endangered Species Act.

Sadly, although we would have loved for this to be truly bipartisan, we did not have the support of most Republicans.

We passed the most significant climate change investment in history, and that included $4 billion for drought mitigation.

During the 117th Congress, Democrats enacted real, sustainable solutions that improve water access for American households.

It's normal for scientists to disagree?

Today, there are a variety of views within the intelligence community and around the world on whether the virus originated in an accidental lab leak or whether it occurred from a leak to animals to humans.

It's critical to rebuild trust and that continued attacks on public health officials only serves to further discredit people's confidence in our public health institutions.

I strongly urge everyone on this committee, but my Republican colleagues specifically, from rehashing unfounded theories that Dr. Fauci and other public health experts have blocked investigations into the pandemic origins.

We cannot go down a dangerous path by pushing unfounded conspiracies about Dr. Fauci and other long-serving career public health officials.

This topic is important and has significant ramifications on public health and safety, our economy, national security, and competitiveness.

We want to empower the consumer to be the ultimate arbiter of their data while allowing companies to perform any action that consumers should reasonably expect.

I am hoping that this is going to be the Congress we get this done because this subject is so important.

Is the extinction of the endangered Rice's whale in your backyard really the price you are willing to pay for unfettered access to seismic testing in the Gulf of Mexico?

It would be disastrous for the Gulf's marine wildlife and for the Rice's whale.

This is problematic.

I think that is shameful. I think that needs to be fixed.

These don't. And I am serious about working with you on real legislation that would do that.

If we are smart, and if we are just, and if we are equitable, we will have a just, equitable transition.

I see one of my primary responsibilities as ensuring that our communities can make a just and equitable transition.