Cathy McMorris Rodgers

It is also a necessary step as we incorporate technologies like electric vehicles and renewables into our energy mix.

I am leading a bill that aims to eliminate our reliance, which is currently 24 percent, on Russian nuclear fuels for our nuclear reactors.

We have several bills that will help unlock American natural gas and its delivery systems.

If we cede our energy leadership to countries like Russia and China, they will always leverage that influence to advance their own authoritarian agenda.

I am going to disagree with and I am disappointed to see the bill 484 that has been introduced by my friend from Texas, Mr. Pfluger, because I think it undoes the important work that we did on this committee just last year in trying to…

I think that what we did in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and, importantly, the Inflation Reduction Act is really important to accomplishing those goals.

I disagree with some of our witnesses about the importance of, for example, exporting natural gas and being able to help our allies reduce their dependance on Russian oil and gas at this critical moment.

We are here today to discuss how America can keep pace with the rapidly evolving satellite communications industry.

The Energy and Commerce Committee has been a long leader in advancing 5G, autonomous vehicles, and other advanced technologies.

We must reevaluate and adapt the regulatory environment to make sure that America is winning the future.

We need to make sure these technologies are developed in an ecosystem that promotes America's values.

The Chinese Communist Party will do whatever it takes to embed their authoritarianism into next-generation technologies like these.

We cannot afford to let this happen.

Just last week, we held a roundtable that was more focused on fentanyl and the need for Congress to act.

I implore you to support this legislation and take the important step of protecting people like my son.

No party condones discrimination against people with disabilities.

It is outright discrimination to deny individuals with disabilities access to treatment.

I urge you to ban the use of QALYs in Federal programs.

We know that there is enough fentanyl now in the United States to kill every person seven times over

A permanent American solution, like passing the HALT Fentanyl Act, is necessary.

In America, where we have led the world in amazing medical breakthroughs and innovation, we must ban QALYs and strongly affirm that every life is worth living.

I support ending the use of discriminatory QALYs, because the metric devalues the lives of people with disabilities.

We need to stop this so-called 'iron river' of death between our two countries.

A life worth living is always a life worth saving, regardless of someone's health status.

It is my sincere hope that we can move forward on this bill with bipartisan support.