Peter DeFazio

We have to ensure that toxic chemicals are no longer included in the manufacturing of plastic products that we use every day.

There should be zero discharge of plastic pellets.

We must protect our most vulnerable communities from unfettered pollution and the burden of forever chemicals and harmful contaminants.

The Biden administration has started to restore the critical mission of EPA to protect human health and the environment.

The Trump EPA needlessly weakened Clean Water Act protections over rivers, streams, and wetlands that provide drinking water to over 117 million Americans.

Water quality and the protection of our surface water resources is not a partisan issue.

This is our first hearing in about 10 years on emerging and persistent threats to our water and how these threats affect human health and the health of our communities and our environment.

Thank you, Chair Norton, for holding this hearing. I commend you for your leadership of the Subcommittee and for holding hearings on important topics that have not had a dedicated hearing in this Committee before--tribal transportation…

So, they are going to have to do breathalyzers. All right, thanks. The answer is 'No.'

Even as we continue to fight a pandemic, the amount of disruption and violent behavior on planes has reached epidemic proportions.

But the airports need to crack down on these vendors, or we need to find a way to induce the airports to crack down on these vendors.

I would ask Members to consider supporting my bill, the National Aviation Preparedness Plan Act.

I think the zero tolerance and the publicized fines have an impact, but we need more prosecutions when there are serious violent incidents on airplanes.

The FAA is dragging its feet on secondary barriers, which we mandated a number of years ago, but that is an issue for another day.

Yeah, incidents are down 50 percent. They are still twice the level of last year.

I look forward to hearing from today's witnesses about the enforcement of U.S. laws prohibiting such behavior.

Can one airline share it with another? Could there be a common database?

I was encouraged to see this week that FAA urged airlines to take additional steps to address this issue.

I made aviation safety and enhancing the air travel experience for passengers and crews a priority.

But I think it`s going to get dicey because a lot of people in the House are not entirely happy. The progressives don`t like all of it.

It would be wise to do so.

What would happen if the United States defaulted on its past debts, which is now being threatened on the other side of the aisle?

That is the lowest ball number I have ever seen, and you are talking about we are at capacity, and you know, skilled workers and all that.

I am just a bit bemused by your saying, best evidence, every dollar of infrastructure spending would increase GDP by 60 cents.

The pandemic wreaked havoc not only on the health of our citizens, but also on the health of our economy.