I am proud to be the lead sponsor with my good friend Bill Owen of New York as the lead Democrat of H.R. 5859, a concise one-page bill that will repeal an obsolete mandate that costs the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This constant pursuit to litigate losing cases again and again I believe is an indefensible waste of taxpayers' money.

I believe this hearing is long overdue.

There has been a breakdown in this committee's oversight responsibility and it has been a bipartisan one.

Why hasn't the Commission updated regulations that are unconstitutional after a ruling by the Supreme Court in January of 2010?

I think there is a large responsibility for the parents themselves to make sure that they are monitoring this.

If I could just talk a little bit more about reasonable risk or significant risk, and you have indicated you support the reasonable risk standard.

Well, are there any State PDMPs that stand out to you as a role model for other States to follow that you really are impressed with?

This is an important issue, and it has devastated families that I know back home.

Enforcing our trade laws is absolutely critical. I do that with great pride.

I would argue the President has really not done much in that way, not much towards increasing our production of oil.