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The critical minerals issue because it is a serious national security issue.

It is the magnitude of the increase.

My problem is the park fee proposal. The increases are so significant.

I am just arguing for a similar decision in Maine based upon our circumstances.

That is true of Maine as well, by the way, Mr. Secretary.

Our legislature has opposed it unanimously. Our delegation is unanimously in opposition to it, and the coastal economy of Maine is enormously dependent upon fisheries, lobsters, and visitors throughout the year.

These are resources that belong to the people of the United States. We are taking money out of the pockets of taxpayers.

But just so you know what it is going to be about, you mentioned that lifesaving drugs such as naloxone have seen exorbitant price increases in the past 3 years, in some cases, as much as 487 percent.

I have encouraged Dr. Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, to use additional research money, which Congress has appropriated, to focus on finding a non-addictive painkiller.

That's preposterous.

I'm sorry. They already--I can't believe what you just said.

To me, the clipboard is the sign of not being in the 21st century.

I would hope that we could try to learn something from the private sector.

It is evident that relying solely on a moment-in-time snapshot of an applicant's security profile to determine clearances and secure our information and facilities is simply not working.

I'm sick of that term. That means none of government.

If ManTech has a group of employees working for the government on highly sensitive information and many of the employees of that group think that one of the employees has gone off the rails--developed a drug problem, has financial…

Well, that's kind of ridiculous, isn't it?

Someone alleging to be from the IRS calls and scares you into paying thousands of dollars or you will be thrown in jail.