These conversations also serve as a reminder to all of us about how the investments and decisions we make here in DC, help strengthen our country, and protect our families.

As I mentioned in my opening statement, I have been a long-time supporter of the Teaching Health Center GME program.

It is great to have them in DC today.

The Trump tax bill was chocked full of freebies and handouts for those at the top...

I sincerely appreciate the need to address the climate crisis on all fronts, but I want to ensure that we are not disproportionately impacting rural communities in my district.

Building out this infrastructure will ensure that rural communities are not disproportionately impacted and left behind in a changing market.

An $860 billion budget, roughly, should be enough to defend this country.

You know, on the modernization piece, the role of information systems and making sure the JADC2 idea of Joint All-Domain Command and Control, making sure that it is integrated, can you describe a little bit how that challenge is going in…

If we are going to deter China, we need to recruit the best and the brightest.

We passed the Dingell Act several years ago. So when are we going to have these new tools for firefighters this year on technology, on mapping, on communication?

I want to recognize that we have a bunch of firefighters here, particularly from the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Forest.

Well, I can't emphasize enough how important this technology and information is.

What can we do on the workforce side to make sure that we have the personnel here and ready to fight this fire season?

I want to recognize that we have a bunch of firefighters here, particularly from the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie Forest.

I was commenting to Senator Barrasso and thanking him for him coming to Seattle and us having a subcommittee hearing on wildland firefighting then, after we had seen devastating fires in the same Central Washington part of our state.

So we really want to know about your workforce and firefighting budget.

Congress has provided you with a more than a quarter of a billion dollar increase in annual appropriations.

What can we do on the workforce side to make sure that we have the personnel here and ready to fight this fire season?