Greg Walden

I want to thank Economic Opportunity Subcommittee Member Kathleen Rice of New York for her work with Representative Greg Walden.

Easterseals appreciates the bipartisan support in Congress for HVRP and the current legislative efforts to help accomplish our HVRP authorization and funding goals.

There is bipartisan agreement that we want, and need, to see American manufacturing succeed.

I'm looking forward to hearing from the witnesses today about how their companies think about the best ways to utilize IoT.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to give us a chance to look at ways to modernize the Superfund cleanup program.

The importance of DOE's role in serving the national and public interest has increased.

I appreciate that you know how this committee operates, and look forward to accomplishing much together.

How can we best harness the Department's enormous scientific, technical, and world-class capabilities to enhance America's national, economic, and energy security?

I look forward to continuing a positive working relationship.

This is a really important hearing for the committee, and it is a goal of this committee to begin the process to modernize the Department of Energy

I would also like to recognize Administrator Klotz's long service to our country.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

We are well past the time in which we should have had this done. The Energy and Commerce Committee has acted. The U.S. House of Representatives has acted. The Senate Finance Committee has acted. But the full Senate has yet to do so. I know…

The United States' abundant energy resources are a major contributor to our Nation's continued economic growth and job creation.

We need to have a work group. We need to have some sort of rump group to address this issue.

I appreciate your comments and those of Mr. Green's about the full set of issues before us and the overwhelming desire by our constituents that we dive deep into the whole drug chain.

This problem demands a bipartisan, thoughtful process that includes the full spectrum of stakeholders.

We must find workable solutions that incentivize competition in the pharmaceutical marketplace, reward value, and encourage the development of affordable and high quality drugs.

The American people deserve a Government that removes barriers to innovation and growth and avoids unnecessarily driving up costs for consumers.

I look forward to receiving an update from our witnesses today on how they are dealing with different requirements.

Government works best when it identifies clear problems and offers clear instructions for how to solve those problems.

Today's hearing touches on a prominent point of frustration for many Americans, and that's the duplicative Government programs that increase costs and decrease choices for consumers.

Weakening these standards would be bad for consumers, the environment, and, certainly, American competitiveness.

It would mean continued access to healthcare for approximately 9 million children across the country who are enrolled in CHIP, another 122,700 in Oregon alone. Our House bill was fully funded. We did the heavy lift. We funded it through…

I expect that 'Back to Basics' is not an abdication of environmental protection, but rather a rededication to mastering the most fundamental aspects of EPA's mission.