I believe there must be both rigorous academic standards and expectations in each State, and an accountability system th...
States should deliver on student achievement, and Federal funds awarded should in part be predicated on demonstrated stu...
I appreciate our Committee members coming a little bit earlier.
I want to recognize them, congratulate them and their co-sponsors.
Senator Cantwell and I have logged a few hours standing up in the chamber trying to move the Keystone bill through.
We need a strong Federal program.
Without a multi-year funding, we have to focus more than we would like on short-term and smaller projects.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We do need an infrastructure bill, we need a Highway Bill, one that delivers for transportation needs across the entire ...
This is not a priority use of scarce funds.
Strong and stable Federal funding, along with flexibility that reduces requirements, will help States provide the transp...
So that exercise right now, as described in the Alaska Dispatch, is a direct result of you preparing for a sequestration...
Is sequestration driving this focus in the Army to look at 30 different installations, including brigades, in Alaska?
Alaska is one of the most strategic, most important military places that we have in this country.
I think we all see that we are struggling with the issues of sequestration, with the issues of readiness, but with the b...
Alaska is a front-runner for a future F-35 basing, something that we are quite excited about.
I think it is important that the people that we represent also hear what the potential for local impacts could be with r...
the legislation would also have updated and improved upon existing law which has allowed tribes to integrate their emplo...
