Today's hearing is a welcome opportunity to learn more about vehicle-to-vehicle, or V2V, communications--a technology with great potential to improve safety on our highways and roads.

Well, I understand there are many variables that affect the statistics, such as whether a crash involved only one car without another to talk to.

The Newhouse amendment seeks to legislatively adjust an element of the EPA's clean power plan, but the amendment does nothing to fix the problems in the rest of the bill, which was actually designed to cripple the EPA's ability to curb…

I also want to thank Representatives Clark and Stivers for their work on Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, after line 15, insert the following (and redesignate subsection (b) as subsection (c)): (b) Additional…

Prescription opioid use in pregnancy is common and strongly associated with neonatal complications.

I think it is important to understand neonatal abstinence syndrome, or NAS, in the context of the public health challenge of the overprescribing of opioid painkillers in the United States.

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey will be postponed. {time} 1545 Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Rush The CHAIR. It is now…

I am pleased that all three bills have robust bipartisan support and continue this committee's tradition of a thoughtful, collaborative approach to public health legislation.

In support of my amendment. Mr. Chairman, my amendment includes language identical to an amendment recently offered by Senator Bennet and approved during the Senate budget process. It is simple enough. In order to opt out, a Governor must…

Finally, H.R. 1462, the Protecting Our Infants Act of 2015 is a greatly needed piece of legislation to address a sad reality of our country's opioid epidemic.

This bill rightly recognizes the immediate need for a comprehensive national strategy to address prenatal opioid abuse.