Betty McCollum: “And I think what we would save in the long run would be saving taxpayers money in the long run by doing this and getting…”

I rise in opposition to the slate of permitting bills that the Republican majority has brought to the House Floor this week.

This bill does nothing to address the health care affordability crisis and is full of tired, failed ideas from previous GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

I urge the Republican House Majority to stop bringing these harmful and nonsensical attacks on our public health and the environment to the House floor.

We cannot afford to abandon these investments during a worsening climate crisis.