Greg Walden

We must make sure that our policies allow for continued experimentation with ways to promote broadband adoption.

There are still millions of Americans who do not have access to the internet in their homes.

The internet has truly transformed the lives of people throughout the world.

We all know that the internet has truly transformed the lives of people throughout the world.

As fate would have it, I have a question for Mr. Kaeser about counterfeit products.

I appreciate Dr. Corey taking his time to testify, and I know his valued expertise for bringing important perspective to our discussions about animals.

Protecting the health of horses is important to all of us in this room, and we know it evokes pretty strong passions.

It has a huge economic impact, and a huge human health impact.

You have got to reduce the fuel loads, in my opinion.

We know there is more stress on the trees; we know there is more density.

Research is the first step in making it easier to get our research on cannabis.

Descheduling cannabis is a step too far and a step I cannot support because descheduling removes it from the Controlled Substances Act and cuts the DEA completely out of the picture.

We appreciate the hearing today because we will finally have an opportunity to review initiates aimed at improving federally sanctioned research on cannabis.

I appreciate the many steps that industry has taken to not only recognize and take responsibility for this issue...

But yet it doesn't have State preemption in it, correct?

Maybe this legislation is a good starting point. But I think we have to look carefully to be sure it will provide the benefits promised and actually work in the best interests of American consumers.

But we should look to do more regarding HFCs and related greenhouse gasses and we should be open to practical policies, and I am.

I am hopeful the witnesses can help us answer some of these questions today and help us understand other areas that may be worth exploring.

We are considering a bill that implicates U.S. participation under the protocol, and I would like to better understand how this will work in real life and practice.

We can have a record that we can rely upon as we consider pretty major policy options that have long-term implications.

The approach today falls short of what is necessary to make good policy decisions.

Most urgently, we need to reauthorize the fentanyl ban, which is set to expire in a matter of weeks.

The INFO Act was designed to meet a specific need of local stakeholders who were telling us that despite Congress having devoted record numbers of federal dollars to combat the opioid crisis, they had trouble finding what resources were…

It is critical we fully understand the causes of the opioid epidemic in order to ensure that our solutions are the right ones.

In my home state of Oregon, we have seen the results, a 3.1 percent reduction in opioid deaths based on the most recent statistics from the CDC.