I want to thank you for having this hearing. I think this is really a critical area that we spend really too little time and underfund our efforts mightily.

We just got word that the President has recommended a 28 percent cut in the State Department.

Updating and modernizing hydropower infrastructure will incentivize economic development, create jobs, and strengthen our energy security.

So you have given us some important testimony, all of you, with respect to the obstacles to developing new hydro, and those of us who would like to see more clean power should take this as a challenge.

Hydropower is the Nation's number one renewable, producing electricity with negligible emissions.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I agree, this has been absolutely fascinating testimony that we have heard here today.

the generous support, like Congresswoman Matsui mentioned, to have almost $2 million funding

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I am glad that some of us are here today, and thank you all for the witnesses for your flexibility on our scheduling.

Absolutely, these monuments are critical to research.

These are big numbers and these are the activities that these monuments promote and really develop.

I appreciate that.

I think that is something we should learn in Congress, to be honest with you, that you cannot just have one side cram legislation through, you have to be able to come and talk about it on both sides.

It was almost done--I hate to sound conspiratorial, but almost a secretive kind of process and not one that we are used to in fisheries management.

That is, in my opinion, a fantastic way to leverage existing programs aimed at improving mental health and wellness for children and families.

would delay repairs immeasurably and place workers at risk

In Los Angeles County, we utilize both the Healthy Families America and the Nurse-Family Partnership models of home visiting.

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce bipartisan legislation with my colleague Senator Portman that would align HUD homeless assistance with existing Federal children and youth programs and provide flexibility to local communities to…