Greg Walden

Representative Brooks is working on a bill that will go beyond protections for preexisting conditions by creating incentives for continuous coverage.

For those in the industry who think it is OK to corner a market and drive up prices and rip off consumers, know that your days are numbered.

I had the honor of chairing this subcommittee for 6 years and still care deeply about the issues under its jurisdiction.

Unfortunately, cyber threats in this sector are unavoidable and growing.

By any measure, the reliable supply of electricity is an essential part of almost everything we do, and its loss—even for short periods—can have expensive and life threatening consequences.

One of the humbling responsibilities for members of the Energy and Commerce Committee is to fully appreciate the power we have to make policy changes that can have enormous and positive impacts on American consumers for decades to come.

I know in conversation I had with Governor, I think it is Governor Herbert from Utah talked about trying to be able to communicate with Medicaid patients in Utah by email.

Individuals and families served by Medicaid are not just program enrollees, they are our neighbors. They are our friends.

We share a common goal of making sure that those most in need of medical services in our communities get better quality affordable care.

The days of putting overbearing, unaccountable Washington bureaucrats and their tens of thousands of pages of regulations first are over.

Let there be no mistaking our intention. We will modernize America's health care laws by putting what is best for the patient as our top priority.

All of us here today agree that Medicaid is an essential program for the population that it serves.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome to the first E&C hearing of the 115th Congress.

We can't shy away from asking the tough questions.

We need to ensure that eligible beneficiaries of the program have access to high quality care, while being good stewards of hardearned taxpayer dollars.

If there are specific items related to data, please get those to us.

Any sustainable and effective solution will require input from all members of the ecosystem for the so-called 'Internet of Things.'

My hope is that this hearing will help to sustain and accelerate conversations on our collective security and foster the innovation that makes the Internet the greatest engine of communications and commerce the world has ever seen.

How do we make ourselves more secure without sacrificing the benefits of innovation and technological advances?

We are all committed to trying to figure out how to find a solution, and this is bipartisan.

We have a bill to fix that.

I believe the telecommunications firms are committed to injecting cryptographically secure material into the networks itself that begins to reduce the problem of spoofing and robocalls at its source.

We all share the goal of preventing harmful phone calls, but it is increasingly clear that the law is outdated and in many cases, counter-productive.

We are going to solve this problem one way another, and we are going to hold people accountable that don't follow the rules of the law.

This isn't merely an inconvenience; it can mean lost sales for small businesses.