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Greg Walden

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Greg Walden is a former U.S. Representative from Oregon, serving in the House from 1999 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district. During his tenure, Walden was known for his work on issues related to healthcare, telecommunications, and energy policy. He played a significant role in the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, which aimed to accelerate medical product development and bring new innovations to patients more quickly.

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Sep 29, 2020

I have no other speakers on my side of the aisle on this legislation. I urge its passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I have no other speakers on our side of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I want to thank my colleagues, especially my friend from New Mexico for his leadership on this legislation. I would just say that they have all worked very hard on this. It is extraordinarily important to pass this. Madam Speaker, I yield…

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Sep 29, 2020

I call on my colleagues to support this important legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I thank the majority leader for his comments in support and authorship of this legislation. Our son battled childhood asthma. It is a really scary thing as a parent to watch a child deal with an asthma attack. Madam Speaker, I yield such…

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Sep 29, 2020

I have no additional speakers on my side of the aisle, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I have no other speakers on this measure. I would encourage its passage. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I encourage my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I have a statement from Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey that I will include in the Record in support of this legislation. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Bilirakis), who is one of…

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Sep 29, 2020

I have no further speakers on this matter. I would encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the PHONE Act, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I thank the prior speaker for his comments and great work on these pieces of legislation. Together, we are doing what we can to protect America's energy sector from attack, and I thank Mr. McNerney and others on the committee for their…

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Sep 29, 2020

I have no other speakers on this side. I would just encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting passage of H.R. 360. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 29, 2020

I hope my colleagues will join me and the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee in supporting passage of this legislation and our efforts to ensure that our electric grid and our power supply sources are safe and secure. Mr…

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Sep 29, 2020

Americans should have high confidence that any COVID-19 vaccine that's approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the FDA, will have gone through the most rigorous, independent, and transparent trials, testing and…

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Sep 24, 2020

In closing, and I, again, I think I outlined pretty clearly some of our concerns with this measure. I think there is a lot we could find common ground on in the energy picture, certainly for working Americans and especially those dealing…

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Sep 24, 2020

I have one more speaker who wanted to speak, but he is not here. I apparently have the right to close, so if the gentlewoman would like to go ahead while we wait for our other Member, I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr…

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Sep 22, 2020

I put forward legislation and multiple initiatives on the floor of the House this Congress to double-down on that.

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Sep 22, 2020

Under Republican leadership, we passed a 10-year, fully funded extension of CHIP when I chaired the committee.

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Sep 22, 2020

Let's not forget for those Republicans in 1996, as part of ERISA, put preexisting condition protection into law.

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Sep 22, 2020

Operation Warp Speed is something that we should be proud of.

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Sep 22, 2020

I am really troubled that we have not provided for continuous and robust funding for our community centers. It is a travesty that this Congress has not done that.

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Sep 22, 2020

I think we still have a lot of work to do, especially in the area of surprise billing.

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Sep 22, 2020

Americans expect us to do that, and I hope that after this hearing gets behind us, we could still work together this fall and get good things done.

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Sep 22, 2020

We need to work together to modernize the Strategic National Stockpile.

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