Greg Walden

We can and must do better, even if that requires some difficult and frankly some uncomfortable reforms.

Let's find a good way through this and we will get better.

We want to protect these wetlands. We want to protect our drinking water.

This is the kind of stuff that doesn't make sense at home to our communities.

The common goal here is to identify what steps are necessary to responsibly reduce the barriers to a more productive U.S. economy.

I support the Keystone pipeline. We voted on it here.

We can be good stewards of our environment, and we will, while we also pursue policies to grow our economy.

As representatives of the people, we must also ensure that the rights, the interests of Native Americans, property owners, and less affluent communities are also protected, and protected very vigorously.

One of the humbling responsibilities for members of this committee is to fully appreciate the power we have to make policy changes.

We are all humbled by our responsibility of this committee and appreciate the power that we have to make policy changes that will have an enormous and positive impact on American consumers for decades to come.

Without question, one of the most exciting developments in 21st century commerce is self-driving cars.

In the last Congress, this subcommittee examined multiple emerging technologies that are creating new opportunities for economic growth, job creation, and increased consumer choice in today’s growing digital economy.

I don't want lifetime caps. I care pretty deeply about older people and younger people, including infants, very personal place.

Patients are tired of waiting for relief. We are going to move forward in a bipartisan way to give them help.

We will ensure patients with preexisting conditions will always have access to coverage and care. Period.

The notion that this individual market is in a wonderful place is a fiction.

Representative Flores and Representative Blackburn have authored legislation intended to end gaming of health insurance rules.

I hope that they will finally actually work with us to make health care more affordable and more accessible.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on the merits of setting the grace period to 30 days for nonpayment of premiums.

Good policy that will stand the test of time requires hard work. It requires compromise.

While I know our focus today is on insurance reforms, we are also working in other areas of health care to bring relief to patients.

I am confident that we can continue to advance bills through an open and inclusive process to protect and empower patients.

We laid out a step-by-step plan to prioritize access to quality affordable health care, not just insurance.

Representative Bucshon to modify age rating restrictions and bring younger healthier individuals into the insurance market.

This policy will reward people for making responsible decisions.