I think there needs to be a balance between acquiring these kinds of lands for preservation for future generations.

To encourage more drilling for oil and gas on public lands and offshore to pay for park deferred maintenance is, in my view, shortsighted and not the way to go.

I totally agree with that.

last year, Democrats kept the Senate in session all night to protest the nomination of Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. We took this unusual step to protest Mr. Pruitt's hostility to the EPA's core mission and to…

What would the objective of an attack on Syria be, and how does that serve the interests of the American people?

I do not want to hear again that we are battling today's war with last--the last war's equipment.

My question is, will the President uphold the Constitution, the War Powers Resolution, and comply with the law that he signed by obtaining authorization from Congress before launching U.S. military attacks against Syria?

It is simple, however, what the Constitution requires.

Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. Congress has not done so against the Syrian Government.

The launch of 59 missiles against Syria by Trump last year was illegal, and did not meet any of those criteria in the War Powers Resolution.

The fiscal year 2019 Budget Justification proposes a change to the TAA program to focus on apprenticeships and on-the-job training rather than classroom-based training.

I know you are working very hard on streamlining processes in terms of Federal permitting.

I am concerned that the law is being applied in an inconsistent and inappropriate manner.

I have consistently fought for construction of community-based care options for Hawaii veterans living on the neighbor islands.

I ask this question of every nominee who comes before any of the Committees I sit on.

I know we can do a heck of a lot more to make that transition seamless.

I think that it is very important as a consideration that some of this information is repeated to them when they reach veteran status because they do have a lot of information.

Will you commit as part of that report, to address the ability of our legislation to protect Senior VA Executives from the corrosive impact of political interference?