Greg Walden

On-demand abortions are not putting the safety of the woman as the highest priority.

The question is how do we tackle this issue in a way that makes the most sense for public health - in a broad sense, in a constitutionally permissible manner, and that best leverages finite public and private resources on this task?

The issue of lead exposures in drinking water is obviously of great concern to the safety of our communities and our children's health and well-being.

I am especially interested in learning more from Mr. Estes-Smargiassi... about the impact the mandates this proposed rule will place on drinking water systems.

But we all believe the issue of lead exposure in drinking water is of great concern to the safety of our citizens, safety of our children, to our communities, and our overall health and well-being.

While they are not here to accept congratulations, Administrator Wheeler and the staff in the EPA's Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water deserve great credit for finally getting a proposal out the door.

I was going to raise that point. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Once again, I just point out the State Governor would have to seek a waiver and get approval to maintain all the essential benefits of the Affordable Care Act in everything they do. This only applies in States that took the expansion, not…

I have to just respond in that none of that is what is in this resolution because this resolution has no force of law. This resolution is not healthcare policy; it is a press statement. It does nothing to deal with any of the issues my…

There will be additional practical and achievable steps the Administration and Congress will have to take.

This important bill is not complicated.

The USE IT Act is a practical, widely supported, bipartisan bill.

H.R. 1166, the USE IT Act, is a practical, it is a widely supported, and it is a bipartisan piece of climate legislation.

Practical policies that promote competitive development of our own resources, not through top-down regulation and taxation.

A lot of us believe this USE IT legislation, coupled with the 45Q tax credit, provides a nice companionship going forward.

My approach to this is innovation is going to be the way out of this.

I am concerned about the counterfeit products, among other things, and the safety issues they present in the e-cigarette space.

I applaud the Trump administration's pursuit of a solution to address our country's youth vaping epidemic.

We didn't get here because of government mandates or regulations; we owe it to technological innovation and American ingenuity.

We are energy independent we are net exporters of natural gas--and our prices remain historically low and stable.

Abundant and affordable domestic natural gas has enabled the United States to become the world's number one energy producer while simultaneously leading the world in carbon emissions reductions.

We have one more speaker who is making her way here, and so I reserve the balance of my time.

We have several more people who would like to speak on this. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter), the lone pharmacist in the U.S. House of Representatives.

We agree on the fentanyl issue, I think. My understanding is that the leader posted this, Madam Speaker, at 11:50 this morning, about a half an hour after we posted our previous question proposal to bring this to the floor. We are just…

I am happy we are following regular order and holding a hearing to examine the breadth of the issues on such an important topic.