The abuse of painkilling opioids and heroin is a complex and growing public health crisis that has sadly been outpacing the Nation's efforts to reverse this epidemic.

I think we all agree that we can always be doing more to help biomedical innovation.

We should encourage more dialogue, not less--and that is what these draft bills will accomplish.

We must get this done this year.

Transparency at all levels of government is critical to keeping the public trust.

I want to particularly thank Bobby Rush, Gene Green, Bill Flores and Richard Hudson for their efforts to collaborate on a positive energy agenda.

I am very excited about the 'Title II: 21st Century Workforce' discussion draft that we will be examining at this hearing.

Creating jobs remains my number one priority as it does for most of us, and America's energy boom offers a major opportunity to do so.

I would like to thank Rep. McKinley from this committee in particular for his work on H.R. 1458.

This bipartisan bill, cosponsored by Reps. Tom Price, Jerry McNerney, and Anna Eshoo outlines a way to provide bundled payments for post-acute care services under Medicare.

I also commend the Ranking Member of the full committee Frank Pallone for collaborating across the aisle to develop a proposal we can all embrace.

Washington does not always know best, and I urge all of my colleagues to join this effort on behalf of jobs and affordable energy.

Michigan residents can expect rate increases up to 15 percent.

I also commend the ranking member of the full committee, Mr. Pallone, for collaborating across the aisle to develop a proposal that in fact we can all embrace.

The provisions in this bill will make it too easy for a Governor to just say no to reducing harmful emissions from power plants.

Washington certainly does not always know best, and I would urge my colleagues to join the effort on behalf of jobs and affordable energy.

Like the health law, the costs of the Clean Power Plan ultimately fall on consumers and job creators.

No less an expert than Laurence Tribe has testified that this proposed rule exceeds EPA's statutory authority.

The Ratepayer Protection Act's reasonable and targeted provisions will greatly reduce the major risks to ratepayers from the administration's plan.

If you think of the Clean Power Plan as the Obamacare approach applied to State electricity systems, you would not be very far off the mark.

This is the year for meaningful reform.

I thank Mr. Shimkus for his bipartisan member-to-member work bringing this legislation before the subcommittee.

I thank Chairman Shimkus for his bipartisan member-to-member work bringing this legislation before the subcommittee.

It couldn't be bipartisan if we didn't have good people on both sides of the aisle to get things done. I appreciate all the leadership on this side and this side to really get this to a finish point today. Today, we do come together, we…

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