I just wanted to talk a little bit more about some of what you were talking about with Representative Luria.

30 percent of the forest land in America is federal. 70 percent of acreage burned last year was on federal land. There's something wrong here.

Let me just say, we're proud of the work that the shipbuilders did, they got it done.

This past December, Congress passed the fiscal year 2021 NDAA, which included section 21, I know you are familiar with...

Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Fox nomination?

If NextGEN worked as intended, we should see all of those trends going in the other direction.

In December Congress passed the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act, known as the CERTS Act.

I want to make sure that rural states like Maine remain competitive and get a fair shake in RAISE going forward.

I hope people will be prosecuted for the violence that we've seen on videos.

It is vitally important. Beginning of 2024 scheduled Virginia Class maintenance availabilities at the shipyard will exceed its capacity.

Virtually every major source of business and revenue for bus companies...has been severely restricted or eliminated over the past 14 months.

But just to clarify. You stand by the statement that is in the budget materials, that the additional money would eliminate the 20 deferred maintenances?

I was pleased to see that the Army's budget request includes 21 million for a new Joint Vehicle Maintenance Shop for the Maine National Guard at its Saco location.

My hope is that we're not going to see another two-month delay once the applications are received.

Senator Jack Reed and I authored this legislation and we were successful in getting it included in the December package.

a billion dollars is a lot of money year after year after year, though it doesn't seem so in this environment anymore, but it used to be a lot of money, and to have push for this money year after year after year and then see such poor…

I very much appreciate that the Department's budget would continue the Integrated Pest Management Program, but I am dismayed that it would eliminate the USDA's Potato Breeding Research Program.

Last year I urged USDA, obviously in the past Administration, to include loggers in its COVID assistance programs.