Paul Tonko

And as we are concluding here, I was just bringing to mind one of the Alzheimer's town halls that we are required to conduct, and it told me a few things: that this disease is percolating lower and lower into the age demographics.

So it may be--I am just guessing here--that it is more than just genetics. It may be environmental in its impact or cause. Whatever it is, let's go for that cause. At one of these townhalls, a contemporary of mine whom I have known for a…

I am pleased we are holding this hearing on such an important topic.

The House faces yet another deadline at the end of this month to reauthorize an agency that levels the playing field for American manufacturers, reduces the deficit, and has supported 1.3 million jobs since 2009. That agency is the…

Representative Butterfield had to leave. He has asked that I request that this article, Fatal Police Shootings in 2015 Approaching 400 Nationwide, be submitted to the record.

The rule before us today is filled with plenty of procedural gimmicks but with no opportunities to actually improve the underlying bills. These bills fail to have enforceable environmental negotiating objectives; they fail to address…

the results of that study indicate clearly that that number is not accurate and that number is based on a flawed analysis.

According to the study, regulations cost the economy $2 trillion in 2012.

the study reads as an advocacy document.

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 1806, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act. The original COMPETES Act was visionary in its commitment to increased R&D funding, and I…

This bill also makes huge cuts to funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy research and development as well as the funding for ARPA-E. These cuts ignore the reality that a modern society needs energy, and the only way we are…

I continue to believe that it is worth examining additional options for dealing with this waste.

I look forward to hearing from a broad group of stakeholders today who will highlight the need to finish a repository, as the House of Representatives supports, as the Courts direct, and as the American people deserve.

We need a solution to this situation. It will not be easy, and it will be expensive.

I am not persuaded there is any reason to delay these standards.

This draft, I have to state, is a real disappointment.

I am often stating that energy efficiency should be recognized as our fuel of choice.

Well, there is a theme around here at times to cut research, which I oppose. I think it is the wrong path, but----

All of us on this dais are seeing the toll that addiction can have on our communities.

I think that kind of freedom is the essence of our democracy.

Agency decisions must be transparent including those about science, but in my opinion, these are decisions best left to technical experts.

Now for the first time we have minimum federal requirements that set a floor of public health and environmental protections.

Thank you so much, Representative Kaptur. Let's move forward with socioeconomic environmental justice, where we can grow this Nation and job opportunities and undo those trade deficits. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

As you pointed out, trade deficits have put the biggest dent into the American economy, and if we continue this, those who don't learn from history are bound to repeat it. And what we have here is an opportunity to learn from history that…

You are fine, Representative Kaptur. I thank you for contributing, as you always do in such meaningful measure. I think you agree with me--I am certain you do--that Congress and the American workers deserve a meaningful role in these…