Greg Walden

It is unfortunate that we did not find common ground on the issues related to high cost of prescription drugs.

We know Americans were promised, when the Affordable Care Act passed, a $2,500 reduction in our insurance premiums, and lo and behold, that obviously never happened; in fact, just the opposite.

We need to have hydro again as a clean energy source and it need to be a part of the equation.

If California--the world's fifth largest economy--can't keep the lights on during a heatwave, that is a serious warning for anyone considering placing these mandates on the rest of the nation.

Regrettably, California's current energy crisis was predictable and it was avoidable.

We have to prioritize energy security and affordability for consumers and use experience and science as our guide for our energy policy.

Proper forest management reduces fire risk, lowers carbon emissions from fire and creates good jobs.

Our hearts go out to all those impacted by these catastrophic fires.

This hit the poorest of the poor. Those with the least were wiped out the most, and so we have got a lot of recovery.

I am sure the entire subcommittee shares its thoughts and its concerns with you, and let's go forward and make certain we can do the best in response to that damage that has occurred in your area.

The rules that were done were essential.

I wonder whether some of the concerns you have are better remedied with implementation improvements rather than statutory overhauls.

The quality of the work is much more important than the quantity of the pages in the Federal Register.

We must ensure that finite public resources are focused on those contaminants for which public health risks are real and can be reduced.

This would almost certainly result in community water systems spending significant resources on the reduction of contaminants that may not present a significant threat to public health.

We believe objective science should guide decisions.

In my experience, any significant change to a core environmental law requires overwhelming bipartisan support.

I think those standards are high and I think should give all of us as Americans a lot of confidence...

To put it simply, this could not have been done without the private sector, and they have been an integral part of this Herculean effort.

Operation Warp Speed is facilitating, at an unprecedented pace, the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.

You are literally working to save the world. So we greatly appreciate you taking time to participate in today's hearing.

Well, thank you very much, Chair DeGette. I want to thank you for holding today's hearing on an incredibly important and timely topic.

I believe the gentleman has other speakers, so I reserve the balance of my time.

One of the greatest tragedies for Therese's family, and that of all other families in America, is what the Congressional Budget Office tells us this bill will do, and that is, 38 fewer cures. 38. What if one of those was a cure for COPD…

I would just point out that as we sit here today, Oklahoma, under a Republican Governor, has chosen to expand Medicaid coverage. That is how it should work, not a penalizing system. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.