I also serve on the Education and Workforce Committee, and I'm going to focus at first on some of the workforce issues.

As many of you know, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, so it's a fitting time for this hearing today.

Thank you, Chairman Weber and Chairwoman Comstock, for holding this hearing, and thank you to our witnesses for participating.

Today I introduce the 21st Century Women's Health Act to increase access to reproductive health care and to provide compassionate care to survivors of sexual assault. Funding for the government runs out in a matter of hours. Rather than…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Bishop and Congressman Pocan for introducing H.R. 3594, the Higher Education Extension Act. I would also like to thank Chairman Kline and Ranking Member Scott for…

I strongly support the right of workers to collectively bargain for fair wages, and reasonable hours, and a safe workplace, health care.

You give EPA credit for revising the Clean Power Plan to address some concerns of states and stakeholders.

Oregon is a leader in renewable energy technology and many businesses have developed new products that add jobs to our economy and are energy efficient.

But a recent report by Citi GPS adds to the growing body of evidence showing that this is simply not the case.

The goal of the Clean Power Plan is equally important and simple--to cut carbon emissions from the largest source, the power sector, so that we can lessen the effects of climate change on our states, our country, and our planet.

When you have climate scientists and economists agreeing that action to address climate change is necessary and that the benefits outweigh the risks, then it is time for our country to stop dragging its feet and to move forward as a nation…

I'm looking forward to learning more about Oregon's work to implement the Clean Power Plan...

The mission of the EPA is important yet simple: to protect human health and the environment.

The Clean Power Plan represents an opportunity for American ingenuity that will allow us to benefit from the much-needed transition to a low-carbon economy.

Inaction is unacceptable. The Pacific Northwest faces risks that Oregonians take very seriously.

Oregon is a leader in renewable energy technology...

Oregon is not an island, and we've talked about the regional approach, but could you briefly mention the importance of the United States taking a leadership role in international efforts to reduce carbon emissions?

These changes are putting additional pressure on the region's water supply.

I would like to submit to the record a letter written to the Administrator of the U.S. EPA by the Attorneys General of New York, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, the District of…

Inaction is unacceptable.

Thank you to Dr. Foxx for calling out the issue of elder abuse.

the importance of international engagement is so critical that we set aside other differences and continue that international collaboration.

This unrestricted access to weather data is the foundation of the current billion-dollar commercial weather industry.

I appreciate the opportunity to work with you over the past several months and years on how we can improve weather forecasting.

I think we can all agree it's an agreement with a number of member of countries. There are significant ramifications of violating that type of international agreement.