Greg Walden

This hearing will also examine H.R. 44, the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act, sponsored by our colleague Congressman Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma.

I look forward to a thoughtful discussion.

I thank Chairman Burgess for his continued leadership on MACRA, as well as Ranking Member Pallone.

MACRA has already proved to be a success.

Most importantly, APMs finally reward providers for all the things they have always wanted to engage with patients on.

In my mind, Energy Star is fundamentally an energy program and belongs at DOE, but I understand that many participants in the program are happy with EPA.

Our committee's energy focus is not limited to energy production and delivery--we are also very interested in policies that promote energy efficiency.

What a concept. Amazing we have to pass legislation to fix something like this.

Doing more with less is always a win for consumers, for manufacturers, for jobs, the environment, and for the economy overall.

I certainly disagree with this approach, but I do believe that the program could be improved upon and now is a great time to kick off that dialogue.

We share the frustration the minority has expressed today about the inability to have the administration's people confirmed by Senate and in place so we would have somebody that could give us the administration's perspective on these…

I will just point out that the gentleman who just spoke has voted to cut the Prevention Fund before to use it for other purposes. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

How cynical what we just heard. How cynical. Ms. Velazquez has 43,000 children in CHIP, $2 billion in DSH cuts in her district, 43 health centers, and she is going to vote against $1 billion for the citizens of Puerto Rico and the Virgin…

Once again, my dear friend from California has twice voted to use these Prevention Funds for other things. By the way, when we use them for community health centers, they are doing this work on the ground, helping people with opioid…

Before I yield to the gentleman from Michigan, I would just point out that when Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the 2012 middle class tax cut, we used $6.3 billion out of the Prevention Fund they now say they never touched, yet…

I do think it is important to note that my friend, and he is my friend from New Jersey, has twice voted to use this Prevention Fund for other purposes, including the 2012 middle class tax cut. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from…

I appreciate the gentleman's sincerity. We work well together on lots of issues. He has also voted to use this Prevention Fund for other purposes in the past, as have I. We don't touch the Prevention Fund for 2018, and there is $400…

There they go again: delay, delay, delay; and vote against kids, vote against their hospitals, and vote against their doctors. That is why we couldn't get agreement. I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon).

Before I call on my next colleague, I just want to point out that, in Ms. Schakowsky's district, all we are talking about here is seniors making $41,000 a month--a month--would pay an extra 135 bucks so we can fully fund children's health…

I would point out there are about 50,000 kids that Mr. Green may be voting against today in the Houston area if this goes down and we can't get this over to the Senate and work it out with them. Twice he has voted to cut the Prevention…

Before I call on my next person to say something here, there are 17,000 children in Mr. Pallone's district and 14 health centers that, if he votes ``no,'' he will be voting against. By the way, the offset he recommended, people who are…

Let me welcome Secretary Perry to his first appearance before the Energy and Commerce Committee.

We want to be practical and we want to be forward-thinking.

This is a real, real serious situation we all care deeply about.

That is why we are here today, is to learn more from those of you involved.