"We seem to keep falling behind with these 1-year, I think it is called as-needed funding."
"We are going to have to fight to protect our Federal employees against what we know is going to be an active purge."
"We cannot turn the Agency into a political game. Instead, we must ensure FEMA and its workers have the resources, respect, and public confidence they need to continue their work."
"Attempts by Republicans to question the integrity of FEMA workers is a direct attack on FEMA's mission."
"Survivors, in my opinion, deserve not only to heal, but to thrive, and this law moves us closer to that."
"Now, my district, the Massachusetts 7th, relies heavily on FEMA in times of crisis."
"When we focus on healing, that is right, we do have to also acknowledge the work of the healer, who is healing the healer?"
"China has declared itself a 'near-Arctic state' and aims to develop a 'Polar Silk Road'--it has invested billions in its Belt and Road initiative in Russia to achieve these goals."
"The U.S., Canada, and Finland signed the ICE Pact Memorandum of Understanding yesterday, which marks an important first step in re-prioritizing icebreakers and U.S. and allied presence in the Arctic."
"assuming everything goes the way we expect to."
"That is why my AI Civil Rights Act would require companies to test these algorithms for discriminatory impact before their use, preventing biased AI from being incorporated into resumes screening, job..."
"As the letter states, the development of clinical algorithms, involves significant use of judgment by their creators and creates the opportunity for creative bias, from conflicts of interest, limited ..."
"That is why yesterday I introduced my AI Civil Rights Act of 2024, comprehensive legislation that would prevent discriminatory algorithms from being used in critical decisions, including employment, b..."
"This technology is Dickensian. It is the best of technologies and the worst simultaneously."
"The Project 2025 document... says that the FBI has been 'captured by an unaccountable bureaucratic managerial class and radical left ideologues.'"
"To ensure the promotion of the President's agenda the FBI should 'Ensure the assignment of sufficient political appointees throughout the Department.'"
"A greater investment in those smaller regional airports, critically important not only to moving people but to building up economies."
"I asked you about FAA investigations into the two runway near-misses that had occurred."
