Thank you, Congressman Rothfus, for your powerful words, and thank you for reminding us that this is about the essence of what it means to be human, to stand in solidarity with people far, far away who we may never know, but whose fate and…

I thank the gentlewoman for your impactful, important, heartfelt, and beautiful words of sympathy and compassion, but also for your action. What you said, particularly regarding not only respecting the ancient faith traditions, but…

if we want to continue to be the world leader in international trade, we must continue to prioritize these kinds of issues.

It should not take an act of Congress to tell the EPA that they need to make this information public.

What happened in Flint can never happen again, and it is almost unbelievable how many bad decisions were made.

The EPA had every opportunity to make the right move here, and they did not.

Launch capability exceeds demand three to one to service this fixed market.

Do you support establishing so-called 'red lines' through declaratory policy statements to refrain from deliberate interference with nuclear command, control, and communications or early warning space systems?

The committee has been informed that the only remaining strategic radiation hardened microelectronics foundry does not have enough orders to remain economically viable after this year.

That is not a tenable position, and I can assure you on a bipartisan basis that is going to be the point of view on this committee.

I have been a corporate officer in the private sector. I have been the chief elected officer in the public sector.

So, Director Ashe, I would like to get a little bit of an update from you on how the Fish and Wildlife Service is leveraging funds.

I thought you gave a very eloquent, passionate, and suitably outraged opening statement.

Irrespective of our politics or anything else, this is a catastrophic failure with our citizens.

We expect the Flint water treatment plan will be fully operational and capable of treating Flint water prior to the date of termination.

For years, every year I have been here, we have watched the administration cut funding for GLRI.

I learned a great lesson from Representative Kaptur.

How will the administration's proposed $50 million cut to the GLRI impact our ability to restore and maintain the environmental integrity of the Great Lakes ecosystem?