Chairman Rush's legislation takes important steps to bridge the diversity gaps that currently exist in the energy sector.

This issue hits close to home for me. Just this past December, 33 cases of measles were confirmed in Ocean and Passaic counties of my home State of New Jersey.

Today, we're discussing Chairman Rush's 'Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019.'

We absolutely do need to still keep inspecting and keep enforcement to create the very incentive.

Nobody here can really believe that the worst offenders of environmental laws would voluntarily come forward to disclose their violations.

I would not suggest that the audit policy is appropriate for the worst offenders.

How do we empower consumers and impose reasonable limits on companies that collect and use our own personal information?

Welcome to the first hearing of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee. We renamed the subcommittee to emphasize the importance of putting consumers first.

Some uses of our data is certainly concerning. This committee has explored many of them, Cambridge Analytica's use of people's data to manipulate their political opinions and influence their votes, for example.

It is, therefore, impossible to assess EPA's effectiveness without looking at whether the Agency is enforcing the Federal environmental statutes that are already on the books.

Thank you, Chairman Schakowsky, when you said that, you know, what this committee is all about is putting consumers first.

I plan to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to craft strong, comprehensive privacy legislation that puts consumers first.