If we are going to be energy-independent and we are going to make sure that we have the power necessary for that New England area, we have two issues: Are we going to continue to import gas from Russia, and are we going to import power…

I think we--reports we have had from National Energy Technology Lab, NETL, have indicated we are prematurely shutting down too many of our coal-fired power plants, and we are headed into a blackout, possibly this winter, as a result of it.

When we are talking about manufacturing, people want to go back on the other side and talk about the tax cuts and that they haven't been productive.

I think we have to show that, if you are going--I went to college and I have a master's degree--but I think you have to show, if you go to a 4-year school and you come out with a bachelor's degree, you are in debt, and that the wages you…

we are contributing to this. That is why we need to address those problems and solutions so that we are not allowing this uncontrolled burn in our forests.

It just shows that such a distraction is going to take place in this committee in the years ahead when we try to deal with all the matters that come before this committee.

We have to be making sure that we are not only going to be doing more on private lands, we have to have the funding through our agencies for State and private forestry within our State.

He got blamed for waters rising in the oceans, blaming Hurricane Florence. It is just inexcusable, but that is what we are going to see.

the environmental movement is preventing us from thinning that and addressing the problem?

it has been groups like yours and others that have prevented the logging in the Mon forest.

What advice can you give us for other areas?

the largest producer of the CO2 into the atmosphere is not from coal, it is coming from the deforestation of tropical rain forests.

I would be ashamed if I were you, and you say this is against your public policy and you have got ways of being able to filter that out and it's still getting on there.

We've seen too many tragic stories of what can happen when individuals feel moved to harm themselves in response to online harassment.

We don't need to have our social media promoting the use of illegal drugs in our children and our families.

Social media in general and Twitter specifically has been used frequently for abusive purposes like harassment and cyber bullying.

If I could, just within the last hour--Mr. Dorsey, within the last hour here's an ad for cocaine on Twitter.

I think these are all important issues, but I want to for a second on the issue of online harassment and the use of Twitter by young people.

Do you believe that Twitter's platform and your controls has contributed to fueling the opioid crisis?

I think it's been enlightening to listen to some of the debate--some points--and it's where I wanted to make my remarks.

We want to put a moratorium on that rule because there are consequences for that rule as it goes forward with it.

Can our health care system afford nearly 30 percent reduction in health care funding and still survive? I think the answer is of course it can't, and we have not achieved the mission.

So I am hoping that we can keep this focus, and I know I've talked to the chairman about this.

So I guess the question, Mr. Chairman, comes back is, has the mission of this program 25 years ago to 'reach more patients to provide comprehensive services,' has it been accomplished?

So while we can continue to debate this rural or 340B program, but all the while people aren't getting health care because of the $1.6 billion in cuts.