If American business felt like they could be treated fairly, they would invest in Afghanistan.

I think that the numbers speak for themselves, that the women have made an incredible contribution to education and healthcare.

Whistleblowers are vital to Congress' constitutional oversight responsibilities.

Interfering with an employee's communications with Congress is already illegal.

As technology evolves, it is important that we are on top of it.

It is important that this committee considers how to address hard-to-count populations as we do take rural communities into account.

The FAA is looking into incorporating human factors into considerations throughout the design and certification process.

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle declined to receive them.

The American people need to have faith that the products, that they are safe; and that is part of FDA's critical role.

Johnson & Johnson has provided over 10,000 pages of material to the committee on their asbestos testing methods and have offered to provide over 300,000 more.

Johnson & Johnson has also offered to have its own experts in asbestos testing appear in front of this committee to provide real documentation and evidence and, again, has been unfortunately denied.

It is amazing to see the positive advancements that happen when we free businesses from over-taxation and burdensome regulation.

The Oversight Committee has long played an important part of overseeing the role government plays in protecting the public.

We have seen the unemployment decrease to 3-1/2 percent. We now see employers competing to find good workers.

Through the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we have seen businesses not only increasing the pay of workers but also increasing benefits such as family leave.

While the committee has the jurisdiction to complete this oversight on the possibility of asbestos in talc, today's hearing does nothing to accomplish that goal.

Transportation infrastructure is the lifeline that connects my home State of West Virginia to the rest of the country.

We are all gathered here today because we realize the importance of our Nation's infrastructure development.

I commend and thank President Trump for stepping up and taking action, while my colleagues across the aisle have refused to appropriately and adequately address this crisis.

The American people deserve transparency and President Trump deserves due process.

I am proud that my home state of West Virginia fuels the Nation and the world.

Let me be clear--I have a lot of respect for the men and women of FEMA.

It is inexcusable that it has taken 3 years to put people back into their homes and rebuilding our schools.

Our goal should be to respond and get disaster assistance out the door quickly and support states and local communities in building back faster and better--to mitigate against the next disaster.

We need to continue to ensure our oversight is consistent and strong, and where there needs to be reforms, we must be willing to quickly act.