Cathy McMorris Rodgers

I think I will just start with a little follow-up to Mr. Isasi, because I saw in your testimony that you say, quote, 'IRA already includes explicit disability (and other) safeguards.' So why shouldn't we apply similar prohibitions and…

Access to treatments for this debilitating disease is paramount to our community, and we will continue to work with Members of Congress and this committee to ensure individuals with disabilities are not left out of this conversation.

We have been, especially on our side of the aisle, the Republicans have been sounding the alarm on fentanyl and the need for Congress to act.

We must ban QALYs and strongly affirm that every life is worth living.

Medication-assisted treatment is proven to reduce overdose deaths and curb illicit drug use.

I thank Representative Harshbarger for leading on this issue.

Fighting the overdose epidemic necessitates a multipronged approach and a strong partnership between the public and private sectors.

Doing so will be my top priority as long as I am chairman of this Health Subcommittee.

So I would say to my Republican friends that, as there is a nexus between debt ceiling and cutting Medicare, watch it.

Banning QALYs is a step in the right direction, but so much more needs to be done.

The Republicans have been sounding the alarm on fentanyl and the need for Congress to act.

According to SAMHSA, only 11 percent of people--only 11 percent, so 89 percent of people with opioid addiction do not receive medication-assisted treatment.

I believe that we have broken gun laws. In this case, Mexican cartels are trading--they are trading illicit fentanyl for readily available American guns.

It is long overdue for Congress to take the necessary step of banning QALYs.

I believe this is foundational for our global leadership and securing personal information for every American, especially from foreign threats.

The number one barrier to building anything in the United States is the permitting processes.

I agree that the NEPA process needs serious reforms, and I hope that the Semiconductor Manufacturers Administration and members of this committee will work with us on bringing commonsense reforms to NEPA so that we can get America back…

I raised with Secretary Raimondo, legislators, and manufacturers themselves that we should be pairing permitting reform with any Federal subsidies to semiconductor manufacturers.

I believe Mr. Pallone references this legislation.

Last year Congress passed legislation to encourage the building of semiconductor chips in the United States.

The best way to beat China is to spur innovation and remove unnecessary, burdensome regulatory barriers.

The regulatory framework for self-driving cars must be led in the United States.

We must work together to cement America's global technological leadership.

We need to make sure that these technologies of the future are developed in an ecosystem that promotes American values, not China's.

It is critical that we use this panel to ensure that America, not China, is setting the rules of the road for technologies of tomorrow.