Peter Welch

Do you continue to advocate as one of your comprehensive approaches strong commitment to energy efficiency that creates local jobs and saves on carbon emissions and saves people money?

We pay more for less life expectancy, for more disabilities than any other country in the world, and there are ways to fix that.

I am truly shocked at the failure of our Congress, Republican or Democrat, to start addressing the extraordinarily high cost to healthcare in our country.

I totally am in support of your view that we have to have regular and steady funding for public health and for primary care.

We have got to make that kind of investment if we are going to meet these 21st century challenges.

I am totally in support of the right of citizens in Washington to be able to have representation through elected Representatives.

So, it just continues the cycle of eroding trust and strengthening the Taliban.

There appears to be a consensus--a bipartisan consensus on the absolute urgency of following through on the recommendations that you make.

I think the issue and the reason that so many people have particular concern is that its basic strength, convenience, makes the risk of overutilization or overuse higher.

In listening to the witnesses, it appears that telehealth works. It works for patients, and it works for providers.

I want to thank Chairwoman Eshoo for giving this hearing to all of us who are really committed to expanding telehealth.

Something that helps democracy.

So disinformation has undoubtedly contributed to the rapid spread of COVID-19, as well.

And the problem is that we have this daily--and, in some cases, deadly--dose of disinformation and extremist content that is being amplified by some of our most longstanding media sources.

Now, going back to the assault on the Capitol on January 6, it was an abhorrent attempt to overturn a free and fair election.

My view is--the question for us in Congress is to see local news as a public good.

We can't have confidence in the Afghan Government. It's been corrupt; it's been ineffective.

We can't trust the Taliban. That's pretty obvious.

I think, as you point out, business certainty is huge for major infrastructure investments.

Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. First of all, I want to say one of the best experiences I had in Congress was going to a coal mine in West-by-God Virginia with David McKinley.

Because that--it is local control, business control, homeowner control, community control, community jobs.

What failed here was an energy sector that didn't consider fully our changing climate and the extreme weather that comes with it.

We can't allow the Texas crisis to be used as an excuse to discourage movement towards renewables.

I stand ready to work with him to enact comprehensive climate legislation, and I hope my Republican colleagues will join us in that effort.

I mean, we have got a president who summoned the mob. He incited the mob. And he instructed the mob to march to the Capitol and cause trouble.