David McKinley: “I appreciate it. I hope that we can do something, because at $10,000 a year that is after taxes...”

Unfortunately, instead of promoting innovation and supporting the chemical industry, as the Act intended, it seems like EPA is stifling innovation and creating barriers to commerce for new and existing materials.

So I want to make sure I understand this. Let me get this straight. The Biden administration's policy to combat this overdose epidemic is to shorten sentences for fentanyl traffickers? Seriously? This is your answer?

Come on, man. We can do better than this. Our communities in States like West Virginia and New Hampshire and Delaware are expecting something far better than that kind of response.

With all due respect, Chairman Rush--and we have been friends for years--this hearing seems to be taking on an air of distraction from what Americans are really dealing with across this country.