As you know, I put an emphasis on speed because I feel that the quicker we get construction back, the better communities are.
The fiscal year 2013 grant proposal from the department builds on the reforms that this committee implemented back in fiscal year 2012.
We are very concerned with the new inclusion of additional agencies that would be eligible.
I discussed in my opening statement, Secretary Beers, about the budget including an unprecedented $202 million for the new cyber initiative ...
It is imperative that the Coast Guard do the same.
There are numerous communities in Alabama right now that are waiting for reimbursement. Are there ways to in some way simplify the process w...
What I would like to do is come back for another round after the vote, so we will suspend for a few minutes for votes.
The failure is unacceptable to this Subcommittee.
This study was conducted over eight years ago when Deep Water was the plan for recapitalizing the aging Coast Guard fleet.
There are still staffing shortages across the fire service. And the effect of FIRE and SAFER to improve on that shortage is something I thin...
By all means Buy America should be a slogan, but I don't think it should be a policy in which we seek to distort free trade.
the American worker we believe should get a preference on the jobs funded by their tax dollars.
We can't afford to do that if we want to make manufacturing far more competitive.
I do believe that we need smart public investments in our infrastructure to increase the efficiency of our economy.
They should be strengthened, they should be made more transparent, and they should be applied very aggressively by all of our agencies.
the $800 billion stimulus that the President pushed through in 2009... spent only a tiny fraction on water infrastructure.
we are spending 40 percent more than we take in.
America is on an unsustainable debt path.
