The opioid crisis is a top priority of the nation and of this Committee.

We need an effective DEA in this crisis.

Increasing the number of Americans that get the annual flu vaccine will prevent more deaths and illnesses.

Consolidation is not a new phenomenon. It has been occurring for decades among hospitals, doctors, the pharmaceutical industry, and insurance companies.

Data shows that the increasing costs of healthcare are ultimately passed along to American workers and families.

I think it would be safe to say that a goal of FDA, through its implementation of FSMA, is to reduce the incidents of foodborne illness in the United States.

I'm heartened that the FDA commissioner has recognized that even just a handful of problematic recalls are too many, because lives are at stake.

I am eager to continue working with my colleagues on the Committee, as well as Representative Speier, whose ME TOO Congress Act has offered a perfect starting point for crafting more important comprehensive reform legislation.

My hope for today's hearing is for us to learn about patient brokering and related fraud and abuse within the treatment industry.

It's important that we shed light on the fraud and abuse in the substance use disorder treatment industry.

I hope you, Administrator Pruitt, will respect our constitutional prerogatives and will be fully responsive to our inquiries.

If the American taxpayers spend less on pills for PTSD sufferers and more on getting them hiking, we will all be better off.

this topic is of particular interest to me because of the potential opportunities that self-driving cars would provide to Americans with disabilities, including those with intellectual disabilities.

You know, it seems sometimes regulations get a little bit behind that curve that we want to make sure we give folks the ability to be innovative.

Improving infrastructure management and maximizing investment in roads and bridges and other infrastructures not only improve our quality of life, it also safeguards the flow of commerce, strengthens our economy, and ensures we are…

Overwhelming evidence suggests that imported catfish and catfish-like products represent a significant food safety threat to the American public.

Reviewing the efficiency and effectiveness of executive activities is necessary to ensure the proper and responsible use of tax dollars, and I take our congressional oversight responsibilities very, very seriously.

Unfortunately, the FDA inspection system was inadequate, and it conducted inspections on a mere 0.2 percent of imported catfish species.

Public health, community viability and economic vitality all rest on the foundation of sound infrastructure.

As someone who proudly represents communities in small town and rural America, I am glad we have bipartisan interest in tackling this subject.

People who live in rural communities deserve every bit of water quality and technical resources that folks who live in densely populated urban centers do.

the rule will almost certainly cause the premature closure of existing coal plants in Mississippi

The GPO has long served an important role in our democratic system of government by providing both officials and citizens relatively easy access to a broad range of public documents.

We are going to give up that value. And if we give up that value, at least we ought to be honest about what we are losing out on because the numbers are very, very big.

I think the real danger of this is we look incompetent. We have this enormous value, this transformation of North America that is before us and we can't do the simplest thing to embrace it.