West Coast ports would collapse without Chinese trade, and millions of jobs would be lost.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that our Nation's entrepreneurs face challenges in starting and operating small businesses. Finding a skilled workforce, establishing an…

Is there anything going on in Kansas in regard to the topic of today's hearing that I should be made aware of?

I will work with you in hopes that we can find an innovative way to get us to a position in which that decision and the funding is available more rapidly than it otherwise might be.

Is there anything going on in Kansas in regard to the topic of today's hearing that I should be made aware of?

It has been a good--I agree with the Senator from New Hampshire--it has been a--from Maine--I appreciate what we have heard today.

It has been a good--I agree with the Senator from New Hampshire--it has been a--from Maine--I appreciate what we have heard today.

I will work with you in hopes that we can find an innovative way to get us to a position in which that decision and the funding is available more rapidly than it otherwise might be.

I'm proud to represent a district that includes the Port of Long Beach.

We are trying to get six appropriation bills, including VA HUD, on the Senate floor, which seems like we are going to do before March 8th.

Are staffing levels, are positions filled and adequately staffed in Kansas, beyond just cemeteries?

We continue to look at underserved communities, to include rural veterans and African American veterans.

Every grave, every resting place of a veteran ought to be a national shrine, not just if they are in a national cemetery, but every place they are laid to rest.

Is there anything going on in Kansas in regard to the topic of today's hearing that I should be made aware of?

It has been a good--I agree with the Senator from New Hampshire--it has been a--from Maine--I appreciate what we have heard today.

The design engineers must have not recognized that the weather does not always come from above.

I thank him for his leadership and the tremendous efforts that he and his team in Kansas make to care for those who served our Nation.

We are trying to get six appropriation bills, including VA HUD, on the Senate floor, which seems like we are going to do before March 8th.