G. K. Butterfield

I am proud to join my colleague, Representative Paul Tonko, as an original co-sponsor of the AQUA Act.

If we are going to eliminate lead out of our drinking water once and for all, our Nation must commit to the comprehensive plan to replace lead service lines.

I can only describe the frustration and harm to the residents of Flint as gut-wrenching.

I thank Congressman Green for yielding time, and thank him for his extraordinary leadership not only on this bill, but on our committee as well. To my colleague Susan Brooks from Indiana, I thank the Congresswoman for all of her work. Mr…

No child in America, regardless of background or income should be a victim of lead poisoning.

Access to clean water should not be a luxury. It should be a guarantee.

It is clear today that our Safe Drinking Water Act failed to protect the people of Flint and other communities around the country.

I urge the Commission to preserve a no-charge option for Lifeline participants who may not be able to afford even a modest co-pay.

I am also concerned with the potential for many unintended consequences like many of those raised in the Op Ed written by Henry Waxman.

A republic, if you can keep it.

Let me begin tonight by thanking the gentleman, Mr. Jeffries, for yielding to me this evening and to thank him for his extraordinary friendship and leadership in the Congressional Black Caucus. I want to publicly thank you for coming to my…

It is absolutely a shame, and I will continue to say it every chance I get, it is a shame that 19 states in the United States have failed to expand Medicaid.

The prevalence of health disparities is alarming and can be seen in all areas of health from access to care to susceptibility to illness.

I applaud the President's efforts to ensure that all states, regardless of when they decide to expand Medicaid, are eligible for 100-percent federal support for Medicaid expansion during the first three years of participation.

Let me first thank Mr. Takano for yielding, and I thank all of you for your advocacy on this bill. This is a very, very important piece of legislation for our veterans. Mr. Speaker, we are running out of time to finally recognize the…

It is critical, therefore, that the public can depend on approved biosimilars and that we encourage the development of new treatments.

The sooner that affordable, safe, and reliable treatments are discovered, the better we are all going to be.

The health disparities that face African-American communities in my district in eastern North Carolina and across the country are absolutely alarming.

Thank you, Ms. Kelly. Let me begin this evening by first thanking Congressman Donald Payne, Jr., from the Tenth District of New Jersey for his friendship and for his tireless work on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus and on behalf…

Ms. Kelly, I believe you mentioned to Mr. Payne that he was your partner in crime. I want those who may be watching this on television to know that was really a joke.

Does that serve the public interest?

A call that used to cost as much as $14 per minute now costs 11 cents per minute.

This is very important to me, and it is important to members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Does that also give online video distributors a competitive advantage over traditional distributors, as OVDs would not be overburdened by the rules?

Let me first direct my question to you, Chairman Wheeler.