Today, the House will vote on a bill that will take us back in our Nation's history. My family has worked for decades for affordable quality health care for every American. It took a long time to achieve the progress we have made today. We…

I think the federal, state and local level all failed the people of Flint, period.

Our nation's crumbling infrastructure is a pressing issue that we must address.

Any efforts by Republicans in Congress and President Trump to remove environmental protections will have lasting consequences.

But I do want to tell Mr. Barton that there were two problems in Flint.

Environmental protections are essential for public health, for the economic viability of our communities.

Delaying pipe replacements until water mains burst costs more than planning ahead.

Automated vehicles will help us save lives as many of my previous colleagues have noted, that since 94 percent of accidents are attributable to human error.

it's critical to insure that automated vehicles are truly safe before they're available to consumers, but we also need to insure that there aren't any barriers that would prevent lifesaving technologies from bringing benefits to society as…

Thank you. Love your faith in government.

There's never been a more exciting time to be in the auto industry.

I think it's critical that America be at the forefront of innovation and technology by taking the lead in developing these potentially lifesaving advances or we'll lose our competitive edge in this critical space.

May I just ask unanimous consent to put comments from Ford Motor Company in the record of this hearing?

we should never let an unsafe or unproven vehicle hit the road, so that our challenge as Congress is how to strike the right balance between supporting innovation and making sure that consumers are safe.

Safety, including cyber security, has to be our top priority here.

NTIA has a critical mission that's going to be even more important in the coming years.

Thank you, Ranking Member, for yielding to me and I'd like to thank the chairman for holding this hearing today.

Last weekend, I held a roundtable discussion in my district with healthcare providers, hospitals, doctors, nurses, clinics, labor leaders, and working families to talk about what the Affordable Care Act means to them. All of them are…

I believe the USGS should be held to a higher standard and that the lab closure was the right decision.

I will be interested to know what my colleagues on the other side think this hearing will add to the pile.

I hope we can focus today on making sure we can learn from the well-documented mistakes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

In order to effectively protect that $4.5 billion in economic activity in the Great Lakes fisheries, we must have the best possible science from the best possible scientific institutions.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 543. ____________________

Opponents claim that this guidance is burdensome and costly. How is this guidance consistent with the President's stated goal of streamlining the permitting process?