The Public Record
Greg Walden is a former U.S. Representative from Oregon, serving in the House from 1999 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district. During his tenure, Walden was known for his work on issues related to healthcare, telecommunications, and energy policy. He played a significant role in the passage of the 21st Century Cures Act, which aimed to accelerate medical product development and bring new innovations to patients more quickly.
I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for working with this side of the aisle. You have been terrific and so have your staff as we worked through this. This wasn't a surprise amendment by any means. We were able to sit down…
May I inquire as to the time remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon has 3\3/4\ minutes remaining, and the gentlewoman from California has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.
We can easily explain the bill. We know what's in it. We've had a lot of work on it. We've done public hearings. We've listened to people. We've modified it to accommodate some of the great suggestions we have. We have bipartisan pieces in…
If the gentleman would yield, the only comment I would make is, we did have hearings on this legislation.
I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois, the original cosponsor of this legislation, Mr. Kinzinger.
I have some reservations concerning giving government agencies like Department of Homeland Security authority for overseeing or implementing the standards.
H.R. 3523 makes commonsense changes to the way our government and the private sector share cyber intelligence.
Congressman Schrader recently joined together with Congressman Peter DeFazio and Congressman Greg Walden to release the 'O&C Trust, Conservation and Jobs Act.'
Thank you for your testimony. I appreciate your testimony and the work you that you are doing to try and continue to improve and reduce fraud and deal with all that.
Given the state of our Nation's finances, I think it is time to call all hands on deck.
We have an obligation as a subcommittee to review the budgets and spending activities of every agency under our jurisdiction.
Despite the groans and droopy eyelids, some of us were up pretty late last night negotiating on the final spectrum fees and the big fees.
Reclaiming my time, that's cute and clever. You and I know that's not exactly the same issue. And I would assert that if a different President, a different party had done that, you might share the same concerns that some of us have. We…
In reclaiming my time, I don't disagree with that. I didn't support some of those bailouts either, although I did vote to make sure their financial system didn't collapse. My point is we faced some tough problems. We actually got over the…
These threats are serious. Unless our cyber defenses hold, a bad actor could drain the bank account of a business.
Threats to communications networks have come a long way in a very short time and they are very, very real and serious.
While physical security remains important, cybersecurity has also become a pressing concern.
I believe--I mean, I have a company--not I, I mean there is a company in Oregon that is building the pumps for the XL pipeline.
On November 12, 1973, the United States House of Representatives under Democrat control took a similar sort of action in approving the TransAlaska pipeline...
Although most Americans probably have never heard of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, sorry, ICANN, the California not-for-profit manages the top-level domains.
Given these changes to the marketplace, now seems like a good time to revisit some of the rules the TCPA put in place.
Politicians like Greg Walden
