"In many ways, CEQ has acted as the enforcers for every anti-energy and unscientific ecoagenda that President Biden has prioritized via Executive Order."
"President Biden has transformed the once small staff from their core mission of ensuring NEPA compliance into a legion of people implementing social change and ecojustice initiatives across the Federa..."
"Veterans in a rural state, like my State of Arkansas, face unique challenges to care."
"Taking care of our veterans has always been, and still is, our highest priority."
"So your schedulers do not seem to have that much flexibility. Is that correct? I mean, is it more rigid than in private practice?"
"this rule would devastate rural economies across the West under the guise of conservation."
"it is the elected representatives facing off against the unelected bureaucrats."
"we don't think career bureaucrats buried in some cubicle over in some nondescript building should be determining what happens out on our Federal lands."
"we do control the purse strings."
"U.S. focus on this area has been less than optimum for years."
"When I say and when other members of the Task Force refer to 'China' and 'Chinese influence,' we are referring to the Chinese Communist Party."
"Food security is national security for all of our countries."
"We need centralized strategic planning and control at the national level here in Washington."
"It is imperative that we find ways to counter the PRC's malign influence and to protect U.S. interests in the region."
"The People's Republic of China is an existential threat to the United States."
"It's time to establish, perhaps in the National Security Council (NSC), a mechanism to pull together and coordinate all U. S. assets and concerns."
"Is this the result of low U.S. engagement in the region? The short answer is YES!"
"We will meet this threat head on and will not stand idly by in the face of Chinese aggression."
