Ralph Norman

I think this is a tremendously positive step toward making meaningful determinations as to the risk associated with formaldehyde, and I applaud the Administration for taking this step.

I'm in the private arena, and we hire a lot of consultants.

Well, I would stress the importance of getting it in. In my world we're on penalties if we don't make something in a timely response.

But it's very important to have the handbook-- as a guide so you can adequately move forward.

Letter from the American Chemistry Council submitted by Representative Ralph Norman, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives.

In my world--I mean, I'm a real estate developer. I look on a handbook as a blueprint to go by on projects.

I'm hopeful that our expert panel of witnesses will paint a detailed picture of how to improve the IRIS Program.

You tried, to the best of your knowledge, to give everything that this committee wanted.

Thank you, Mr. Higgins. Secretary Ross, thank you for coming today. You've been great.

This is really basic; is people looking in on this hearing, what's left, looking in, you know, do we have a right to know how many citizens there are in this country, is pretty basic.

Why I would take--Ms. Hodge, help me understand. I would take the tact as almost discriminatory against that person not to know the background...

I appreciate this effort, and I appreciate you presenting a budget that is at least the first step in this long stairway of getting financially independent and not leaving our children with a $70,000 debt for every man, woman, and child in…

What you just said was exactly what Mick Mulvaney said when he mentioned he could not understand why there was any argument over this $15 billion in cuts.

The rescission package that most of my friends on the left voted against, which basically took unallocated escrow dollars, is that taken into account in this budget?

So your $8.6 billion, there will be a return on investment, and it is far more even in 12 months than the cost.

I think I join most Americans who are tired of hearing big numbers. They are tired of hearing deficits.

Main Street USA is paying attention now, as never before.

These are real numbers that you can't dispute.

We are now three-plus.

Let me tell you a number that we can go with: 350,000 new manufacturing jobs, growth in the economy.

It is the right thing to do. Now is the time. I applaud the gentleman for having these pictures. This brings it to life.

MREs, which was food that would last for weeks. And I guess the other thing is these are professionals. They are armed. The rations that they carry out, they are planning to stay there for a long time, until they get the drugs over, and…

I have never seen bullets sold like that, and this is what we are dealing with. This is what we are dealing with.

I did, Congressman Gohmert. And to see what they sell, bullets for the drug-runners to carry out.

Right. All along were bottles of water. We walked up on a sleeping bag. We walked up on all types of----