Greg Walden

I hope that this view of governing will guide your EPA--rather than efforts to end run Congress in the Federal Register or on the courthouse steps.

I am particularly intrigued by your 'Back to Basics' concept and your stated intent to return EPA from its freewheeling administrative pursuits to its mission of protecting air, soil, and water.

Our country cannot afford to lose the institutional knowledge at an agency as important as EPA or fail to attract the next generation of qualified, dedicated public servants.

We live in a post-breach world.

The 21st Century Cures Act ushered in the changes necessary to bring our laws into a modern era of medicine.

I'd like to take this opportunity to commend our former Chairman, Fred Upton, as well as Representative Diana DeGette, for their unwavering dedication to getting this initiative across the finish line.

My view has always been that once you pass a law, that is just the starting place.

The consequences of this legislation are not confined to this hearing room, they are not confined to the District of Columbia, or even the United States.

I think it was some of the finest work this committee has ever done.

It is our job to shine the light on these practices for consumers and ensure transparency in the marketplace so that they can make informed choices.

Americans should be able to feel confident that their well-being, freedom of expression, and access to the content of their choice are not being wholly sacrificed for profit.

Today we begin a critical discussion about the evolution of consumers' online environment.

Consumers should remain as safe from unfair, deceptive, and malicious practices by online firms and their algorithms on the internet as they do in the real world.

You have heard from my colleagues the importance of this legislation. We found a good balance with our friends in the Armed Services Committee and in working with the FDA and with the leadership of the Pentagon to get this right. What…

I want to again thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), who I believe is also a West Point graduate. We appreciate his counsel, and I concur. I appreciate working with the House Armed Services Committee and its very able chairman…

I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from New Jersey as we work on this together. I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), chairman of our Subcommittee on Environment and a veteran himself. (Mr. SHIMKUS asked…

Absent a change in law, the FCC can't hold any auction of consequence to bring about the 5G revolution.

Let there be no mistake: The race to 5G is a sprint, not a marathon.

Our job this morning is to better understand who, in the context of environmental concerns that bear on public health, is engaging in the tough work to help speed recovery.

While we cannot undo the damage of these storms, we can work to ensure that the Federal Government is diligently working to aid recovery and not making it harder to get the job done.

Today marks the third hearing our committee has held to examine the response and recovery efforts for the hurricanes that ravaged our communities along the Gulf Coast and our island territories in the Caribbean.

Hurricane response and recovery deals with human tragedy.

If we continue to ignore climate change, increasingly severe disasters will become the new normal.

Reducing funding to the Superfund program will not make cleanups happen any quicker.

A robust EPA will make communities more resilient.