this fair market rent (FMR), the level that is set in terms of FMR, is just totally unrealistic.

I support the request for additional housing vouchers, but I want to understand how these vouchers are going to be allocated if funded.

We are going to need your continued leadership, because one of the challenges that we have in Congress is that this has actually become, unfortunately, a partisan issue for some where it becomes a question of whether or not you support…

Safe Streets: Secretary Foxx, as you know I support community planning strategies to create walkable neighborhoods that minimize pedestrian fatalities.

I'm very well aware of the challenge there in Honolulu particularly and on the West Coast more broadly.

I support community planning strategies to create walkable neighborhoods and to take care of pedestrians.

I know the VA is currently conducting research to see whether service dogs can provide therapeutic relief to those suffering from PTSD.

I do not believe we're overprescribing it.

I know you've done a lot of work on destigmatization of mental illness and I know that you've done a lot of work in terms of staffing up and increasing access.

If you believe that these were improperly done do we have a remedy to recoup some portion of that money spent?

We have made a lot of progress to help those who are suffering find treatment options that work for them.

I think there is broad bipartisan consensus about the need for accountability.

I will certainly do whatever I can.

Are you asking for a change in the statute?

I am pleased to be here and thankful that we are moving forward with our second hearing on the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

As we all know, the budget caps are flat between this year and the next, and yet almost all of the budget requests within the legislative branch are for increases in fiscal year 2017.

Ohia is significant because this tree makes up 80 percent of our native forests and is ecologically and culturally the most important native plant in Hawaii.

Thank you very much, Chief, for making the clear connection between climate change and the continuing challenges of fighting forest fires.