Healthcare costs is a serious issue to Americans.

I voted to support Committee passage of House Resolution 3, which helps reduce prescription drug prices.

Gun violence is a public health issue. Just this year alone, we have seen more than 10,000 deaths and more than 40,000 gun-related incidences. We have run out of excuses to not act on this. These are people's lives we are talking about, and while we move forward with long-overdue discussions on gun control legislation, we cannot forget the victims of gun violence, who already deal with the daily consequences of inaction. The Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act, which I introduced with Senator Bob Casey, would establish an interagency advisory council to connect these victims with critical information, programs, and benefits they need. I urge all Members to join us in supporting this common sense legislation.

The reason I say that is I am on Ways and Means.

What the Republicans were able to do is a term called 'drain the beast,' cut the taxes so there wouldn't be any money on the expense side.

This hearing, in my view, reinforces this discussion, and that piece you said front and center.

As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.

Across the U.S., there are nearly 30 million small businesses supporting almost 59 million jobs.

Small firms account for 99.6 percent of my state employers.

I consider small businesses to be the foundation of our communities.

All of us in Congress must consider how our country will operate years and decades in the future.