Protecting and restoring salmon habitat and increasing salmon runs is key to our state's strength and its future.

We have to keep in mind defense spending isn't the only way that we protect our nation.

But we are talking about a vaccine that taxpayers invested $12 billion in, a vaccine that was once $15, and now you are planning, of course, to price it at $130, despite the fact that it just costs about $3 to make.

We have a responsibility to work in a timely fashion, in a bipartisan way, to pass these funding bills that keep our families safe and our nation strong and competitive.

I do expect from you a detailed plan about how the IRS is intending to use IRA money.

We have a really important responsibility to get our funding bills passed in a timely and bipartisan way, and the clock is ticking if we want to keep things on track.

the full faith and credit of the United States, that is to pay our bills on time like every families expected to, is not something that should ever be held hostage to score cheap political points at the expense of working people in this…

We have a responsibility to work in a timely way to write funding bills that will build a stronger economy.

it really starts, as you well know, with making sure that everyone has a roof over their head.

The House budget cuts on PFAS, on lead, on chemical detection in this country would significantly set us back.

I am really glad to join you as we kick off this subcommittee hearing on President Biden's budget request.

Not getting that done would be catastrophic for our economy, so I hope we can do this in a straightforward, bipartisan way.

Our strength here at home and across the world isn't just measured by the strength of our military.

House Republicans last week voted for very deep across-the-board cuts to discretionary spending over the next 10 years.

The House budget cuts on PFAS, on lead, on chemical detection in this country would significantly set us back.

We are weaker and less competitive in the world as well when we fail to prevent and respond to those disasters.

I look forward to working with you on a bipartisan product for all of us to support.

We want to return to regular order, a goal I know that both you and the Ranking Member share.