G. K. Butterfield

We also believe Congress has an important role to play in protecting consumers.

It is important that businesses do all they can do to protect consumers from having their information fall into the wrong hands.

I believe in nuclear power. I have said it time and time again.

the Department of Energy's decision to withdraw its application for Yucca Mountain is really the cherry on top of a greatly mismanaged federal exercise.

The American people may not take notice of this issue based upon the spent fuel issue alone but I guarantee you that they will notice when the cost of not completing the project becomes known.

Obviously, you might eliminate some of the political capriciousness by granting this agency predictable mandatory funding.

We have a responsibility to see this process through and to make it a high priority.

This past Saturday in my home town of Wilson, North Carolina, the Wilson Community College held its annual commencement exercise. From all accounts, it was a wonderful occasion. But for one family in the community, the McArn family, there…

Let me thank you, Mr. Waxman, for your leadership on this issue and your leadership on this committee.

This bipartisan bill has built up widespread support across Congress for its goal of reducing the number of data breaches.

In the last Congress, the House passed H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act.

Let me thank the chairman for convening this important hearing today and particularly thank the witnesses for coming forward with your testimony.

As we have heard, 70 percent of non-medical prescription drug users get those drugs from family or friends.

We need better education of patients and parents and friends and doctors and dentists and every person in society.

I want to extend my personal condolences and concern to those families who have been directly affected.

One thing we have learned in Congress, if you say something over and over and over again, people will listen and sometimes believe it.

Let me thank the chairman for convening this very important hearing today.

Disposing of these medicines properly must be a priority and we must work to reduce their negative impact on the environment.

Do we have occurrences of medical malpractice in Texas?

Let me thank the gentlelady for yielding the time this evening and thank her for her leadership in the Congress. The Congressional Black Caucus goes out of its way each week to try to present to the Nation issues that are critically…

I rise this morning in objection to the Republican leadership's blatant disregard for the Constitution. Republicans' partisan extremism reached a new low this week with the willingness to ignore some of the most basic fundamentals of our…

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is a lifeline, it is a lifeline for low-income families and a lifeline for the elderly all across the Nation.

As a Nation, we can only be as strong as our weakest link. We need to make sure that every community, every community is included as we work toward economic recovery.

You talk to the elected officials in my district, both Democrat and Republican, and they will tell you that we have not been on a spending spree with the stimulus infusion of capital into rural America.

1 year ago, President Obama signed the historic Affordable Care Act into law. Since that time, we have seen an all-out assault by the special interests and health insurance companies. Americans are tired of this debate. They are tired of…