I hope we can work together in a bipartisan fashion to ensure EPA is meeting its statutory obligations.

EPA should begin its risk assessment and management in the workplace because the risks physically begin there.

I always like optimism.

So what we ask of you, of the committee--we have a lot more detail in the written testimony--but one, for farm workers EPA is the only enforcement mechanism so you have oversight there and we ask that this new law that you passed on a…

the committee begins the process of fulfilling our commitment to provide some much-needed relief to Americans struggling to pay for skyrocketing prescription drugs.

Clearly our track record of protecting workers is appalling.

There is a wealth of evidence demonstrating the detrimental effects of chlorpyrifos exposure to developing fetuses, infants, children, and pregnant women.

For more than 50 years, communities and millions of individuals across the country have depended on the NFIP to help them recover from their darkest hours.

Make no mistake, we are seeing a clear pattern--the systematic failure of our Environmental Protection Agency to protect workers under TSCA and other EPA programs against the spirit and letter of the Lautenberg Act.

It is time for Congress to help make prescription drugs more affordable.

The Trump EPA has repeatedly undermined national efforts to address climate change, leaving our workers and communities vulnerable.

I have many criticisms of this administration's failure to properly implement the law, but its failure to protect these groups is near the top of my list.