This hearing is the start of our efforts to maintain U.S. leadership and to put us on the path to a low-carbon and more prosperous future.

Rather than focusing on new pipelines, why not focus on repairing existing, even for the natural gas?

I don't think that we need to debate the scientific facts. Instead, we must focus on solutions to the problems and must act now to avoid the most catastrophic consequences associated with climate change.

I hope we will be able to find common ground and work together on solutions.

34 days into the Trump shutdown, New Jersey families are hurting: 5,000 Federal workers have lost their paycheck; millions more are being harmed by the closure of critical services. In my district in Edison, many EPA employees are being…

I thank the chairman of the subcommittee for yielding me the time. Madam Speaker, this bill is really important. It would provide funding for our critical food, nutrition, and rural development agencies, including the Food and Drug…

I thank--I call her the Secretary. She is one of my colleagues now. Congresswoman Shalala knows more about healthcare, and, I should say, probably is more of an expert on it than anybody else in this body. I want to basically contradict…

I thank the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan bill to extend the authority for the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism…

EPA is also systematically ignoring risks to workers in implementing the revised Toxic Substances Control Act. And President Trump has twice tried to eliminate the Chemical Safety Board, which investigates disasters at these facilities. As…

I would also ask that we support this bill on a bipartisan basis without delay. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 259, the ``Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019'' that…

I have no additional speakers and am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

Again, I would ask support for this bipartisan bill. It is very important legislation, and I hope that we can send it to the Senate and have the President quickly sign it. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.