I appreciate the opportunity to work with you over the past several months and years on how we can improve weather forecasting.
Suzanne Bonamici
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Suzanne Marie Bonamici is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district since January 25, 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, women's rights, and education during her tenure in Congress. Bonamici has been an advocate for providing healthcare access to all individuals and has spoken out against perceived abuses of power at the federal level.
The importance of international engagement is so critical that we set aside other differences and continue that international collaboration.
I'm really glad that you're working on the Clean Power Plan, reducing toxins in our air and water on behalf of not only my constituents but Americans.
The kinds of health benefits that you just described, avoiding asthma, avoiding respiratory illnesses, especially in vulnerable populations like the poor is particularly important.
I think back a couple years ago, Oregon had a feed--in tariff pilot program that sold out in 15 minutes.
The Clean Power Plan represents a critical first step in our efforts to reduce harmful pollution and combat the harm we're seeing because of climate change.
Some contend that environmental regulations might hurt the economy, and we heard that in the opening statement. This hasn't been the case in Oregon.
The goal of the Clean Power Plan is equally simple: to cut carbon emissions from the largest source, the energy sector.
We can make a difference here. It is worth doing. We are not going to kill jobs.
Reducing ten percent, reducing 20 percent, reducing 30 percent of that would--is equivalent to the tons of emissions that are produced by scores of countries around the world.
I am an optimistic person. And when I hear everyone has the same goal, the best-interest fiduciary standard, and there are some definitional differences about how we get there, I am confident that we can get this done.
It is important for them to have access to financial advice that they can trust.
I am particularly proud of my state. The legislature just passed the Oregon retirement security bill which is a voluntary plan to make an IRA available to all Oregonians without access to a retirement plan at their workplace.
I appreciate Representative Stefanik's interest in this program and I look forward to working together to put CACFP on stable footing.
I was actually in our state legislature when we got the junk food out of the vending machines in schools.
I spent many years working in a legal aid office and you quickly discover that people don't struggle by choice.
Major rules promulgated by the EPA in the decade between 2003 and 2013 had benefits between $165 billion to $850 billion compared to costs of $38 to $46 billion.
On balance, jobs are created, the economy expands following the passage of major environmental reforms.
As we have heard this evening, it makes no sense that industrial hemp is legal to have and legal to use in manufacturing but can't be grown by our own farmers. Right now the companies that are manufacturing with hemp have to import it from…
May I inquire into the amount of time remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Oregon has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.





