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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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Mar 11, 2019

The President has pledged in the State of the Union to eliminate new HIV infections by 2030, as a far-reaching and important goal for U.S. public health.

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Mar 11, 2019

Whenever we pass a major piece of legislation, I really think it is important to dive back in and do oversight to find out what is working.

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Mar 11, 2019

We also extended and funded a number of important public health programs, including the longest extension of the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)-10 years--in history.

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Mar 11, 2019

Whenever we pass a major piece of legislation, I think it's important to dive back in and do oversight to find out what's working.

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Mar 11, 2019

The budget also provides new funding dedicated to the President's goal of ending the HIV epidemic.

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Mar 11, 2019

But we have more work to do, and I look forward to continuing this committee's partnership with HHS to rein-in excessive costs for healthcare.

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Mar 11, 2019

We also need to continue our work on the cost of healthcare.

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Mar 11, 2019

That was the most comprehensive legislation to address a single drug crisis in our nation's history.

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Mar 11, 2019

On a bipartisan basis, this committee has led the way in delivering meaningful healthcare reforms and policies for the American people.

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Mar 11, 2019

For 4 or 5 years I have had an open door. I have had draft legislation and I have publicly and privately offered up the opportunity to sit down and work through these things.

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Mar 11, 2019

When will this subcommittee seriously consider the role of edge providers either as common carriers in the information age, or how they are the ones with business models that actually use our data for their profits?

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Mar 11, 2019

Saddling it now with an archaic regulation from the 1930's monopoly-era copper land-line phone company seems like an odd way to spur investment and innovation.

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Mar 11, 2019

A permanent legislative solution produced in good faith with our Democratic colleagues is the only way to protect consumers, innovation, and an open internet.

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Mar 6, 2019

We welcome the opportunity to explore ways to strengthen and improve this important DOE program.

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Mar 6, 2019

The Green New Deal was just evaluated to drive up electricity costs by 22 percent.

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Mar 6, 2019

And lower emission rates, too, just to stick it into the record.

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Mar 6, 2019

I think the more we can empower consumers to make the right choices to save energy, reduce emissions, and cut costs is a good thing for the country and for the world.

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Mar 6, 2019

If the Democrats are willing to work with us, we are willing to work with you.

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Mar 6, 2019

Congress bears some responsibility here. We write the laws that you get to administer, and sometimes we don't always get it right.

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Mar 6, 2019

Republicans are focused on solutions that save energy, help the environment, and save consumers money.

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Feb 27, 2019

Regular people are taking to the streets to oppose heavy handed regulation and taxation that threatened economic prosperity.

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Feb 27, 2019

We should not lock ourselves into a narrow vision of what is possible.

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Feb 27, 2019

The Paris Agreement could not succeed since the agreement was a substitute for rather than the product of a domestic political consensus.

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Feb 27, 2019

You can't reduce emissions sufficiently only on the backs of developed countries because the bulk of emissions now are from developing countries.

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