Annie Kuster

This important bill would increase the number of physicians trained in pain medicine, addiction medicine, and addiction psychiatry.

I will co-sponsor your bill.

I aim to protect consumers with preexisting conditions.

the statements of the scientists and physicians at the CDC and in your department.

The key to a public health crisis, as you well know, is trust and credibility.

this administration is inviting States to make changes to the ACA subsidy structure and direct taxpayer dollars to junk plans.

the administration has repeatedly taken action, including court proceedings, to undermine protections for people, including my constituents, with preexisting conditions.

Every day women across our country face the deeply personal decision of whether to continue their pregnancies. They should be able to make their own decisions, free from political interference.

The Women's Health Protection Act makes sure that every American has equal access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, no matter where they live.

Any Member who wants to reduce abortions can accomplish this goal by supporting public health programs proven to reduce unintended pregnancies.

Mothers and fathers across this country are watching this hearing very carefully.

My State is in the throes of the worst opioid epidemic in our lifetime that began with misleading marketing and lack of regulatory oversight.

That experience is part of the reason why I introduced the Protecting Our Conserved Lands Act last year.

Today's schools around the country warn students about the harms of nicotine, particularly on developing brains.

Seventy percent of your profits were from this product that youth were using.

for the American people, 70 percent of your product was going to youth in our country.

I think FERC does not have a fair process now, but we can take a holistic approach and I am excited to work with my colleagues to get this done.

We are on the precipice of minimizing tobacco's hold on our nation's youth, but confronting alarming rates of youth nicotine use.

But fairness is truly the key word because right now, the vetting process at FERC for natural gas pipeline permitting is not fair to those who oppose or even have concerns about pipeline projects.

As a mother of two sons, I spent the last 30 years trying to keep them from smoking cigarettes.

Are you aware of reports of e-cigarette users so highly addicted to your products that they feel the need to switch back to regular cigarettes?

Climate change poses a serious threat to virtually every aspect of our lives, particularly in my State of New Hampshire, where our economy is deeply tied to nature. That is why, earlier this week, I was proud to unveil my Clean Energy…

I thank the gentlewoman for her comments, and I look forward to our work together going forward. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the gentlewoman for those comments, and I echo the need to address mandatory minimum sentencing and comprehensive criminal justice reform. The opioid epidemic is not a problem that we can jail our way out of, and it is imperative…

We do not have any more speakers, and I am prepared to close if my Republican colleagues don't have any more speakers. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.