Chris Pappas

I will correct the record again on the fact that the committee did hold a hearing on this subject on March 18, 2021. At that hearing, Laurie McCann, a senior attorney at AARP Foundation, testified about the erosion of protections for older…

We thank Holly as well for her contributions to the House and to this important issue area and wish her all best in her next steps. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

We really need to leverage the expertise, the research, and the regulatory power of the Federal Government to make progress on this.

I actually just came from an event in my district. It was a roundtable conversation with EPA Administrator Regan, as well as concerned citizens in a community that has been contaminated with PFAS by an industrial polluter.

For 48 years the right to choose has been the law of the land, and it is time that Congress protects that right and access to the full range of reproductive care. States are passing dangerous bans on abortion that harm patients and…

I have got legislation, the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act, which would accelerate efforts to set limits on manufacturers who are still discharging PFAS into our waterways.

I think we need aggressive, comprehensive action when it comes to making some forward progress here. It is about time.

It is great to be with you. And I think as you can see from this hearing today, conversation around infrastructure is a marathon and not a sprint.

It is the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act, and it would require EPA to review PFAS discharges under the Clean Water Act.

I think our States need additional Federal support to understand the problem, to test for it, and to ensure that contaminants like PFAS do not get out into the environment.

I want to echo the comments of Mr. Mast and so many other colleagues who are calling for reauthorization and modernization of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

I am wondering if anyone here can speak directly to how having American workers trained to serve on American ships as the Jones Act requires has helped us, especially as it pertains to this pandemic to keep goods moving.

I think Ms. Brand in her comments said pretty clearly that infections are at crisis levels at some of our ports.

I think what is critically important for us to all understand is the central nature that the maritime industry plays in the health and well-being of this country, in its economic future, and, certainly, as it pertains to our national…

The American Legion believes that our Nation's heroes should not suffer at the hand of the institutions whose sole mission is to care for them.

We cannot talk about MST without acknowledging harassment, which is an ongoing problem within our VA health care.

We thank Chairman Pappas and Ranking Member Bergman for their incredible leadership, and for always keeping veterans at the core of their mission.

I know in my State, New Hampshire, we have made some tremendous progress.

Thank you to the Chairman and to the ranking member for conducting this hearing today.

I am curious if we could talk a little bit about rural homelessness.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Hampshire will be postponed. Amendment No. 14 Offered by Ms. Plaskett The Acting CHAIR…

I urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this amendment. And I want to thank all of those who have stepped forward to address this issue, including the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force as well as the coleads of this…

I would like to second that recommendation, that we continue to look for ways to listen to the veterans.

Certainly no one is getting rich on the four-to-five-dollar-a-day average that SNAP pays for food assistance, and if anyone thinks that is an overly generous benefit, they should try living on it.

It is our job to be able to make sure that they are taken care of.