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Last night, President Trump called for renewal of our Nation's infrastructure.

The Mobile NOW legislation introduced by Chairman Thune and Ranking Member Nelson highlights the significance of streamlined permitting and siting in a national broadband deployment strategy.

Flood control is the No. 1 priority, and that would be above navigation needs or above other types of needs.

I am becoming increasingly concerned about the potential for Missouri River flooding as a result, this year, of the snowpack levels and the decrease in available storage capacity in the Missouri River reservoirs.

If this country doesn't feed ourselves, then we're dependent on another country, then they control us

Today I wish to recognize the hard work of my Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee intern Rose Iles Fealy. Rose hails from Perth, Western Australia, where she studies political science at the Australian National University…

I think it is critical that we make sure in rural areas and frontier communities that we have that high-quality health care.

I want to ensure that rural providers in my State will be able to participate in new and innovative methods that increase quality and reduce costs.

I do think it's really important--these areas that are public areas, the threat of insider activity at airports, and the steps that were taken in the bill last year to mitigate that.

Last year, with that FAA reauthorization, we did pass the most comprehensive set of TSA reforms that we've seen in a decade.

I introduced legislation called the TAILOR Act to help ease regulatory overreach for our Nation's small banks and community financial institutions.

The rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Government since the financial crisis are making it harder for smaller institutions to compete.

We are rapidly approaching a crisis in the Ag sector.

Madam Chairman, first of all, thanks for being here today.

Not necessarily the best way to run an operation.

It's one thing to build to buy new. It's another thing to take care of the stuff you've got.

We will continue to adjust our oversight approach as FirstNet grows and as its challenges become greater.

The time is now to actually start discussing how we do infrastructure development in the United States coming up.