Greg Walden

I was here when all that happened and, in fact, excluded from my own office because the anthrax had made its way into the Longworth Building.

Equifax allowed the most sensitive consumer credit information of 145 million Americans to be exposed.

I thank the chairman. And thank you for your leadership on this and many other issues that we have successfully moved through.

We can't fix stupid.

There is no silver bullet to this problem which is what makes the committee's work so important.

My view has always been, when we pass a bill that is just the starting place.

So we have asked for this information in a meeting. We have asked for this information in an email.

We have been trying to get to the bottom of this pill dumping issue.

In my home State of Oregon, more people died last year from drug overdoses than from car accidents.

Each day, 91 Americans die from an opioid overdose.

This crisis requires an all-hands-on-deck response.

People are dying, lives and families are ruined.

I am going to be very blunt. My patience is wearing thin.

We are willing and able to codify net neutrality protections and establish a Federal framework in statute.

Ultimately, Congress is the appropriate forum to settle the net neutrality debate.

We know we are facing enormous challenges elsewhere in restoring essential services, in places like Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

The United States has weathered a large share of natural disasters this year, including wildfires that have devastated literally hundreds of thousands of acres in my home state.

The 340B Program enables covered entities to do some real good in our communities.

If we are ever going to tackle high cost of health care in America, it is our responsibility.

I have met with several hospitals in rural Oregon that are using the 340B Program to improve care.

It is the job of this committee to ensure that the programs that Congress creates serve their intended purpose.

I hope they will tune in tomorrow and watch the testimony at that hearing. I think they will get a better understanding of what the people in our districts have faced. For a month this summer, schools had to be closed, festivals canceled…

It makes no sense. It is four to five times more expensive to fight fire than to do the treatment.

We know that wildfires pour significant amounts of pollution into our air.

Oregonians have been living with this problem in the rural West for years--smoke-clogged skies from catastrophic fires.