I believe that most Federal agencies agree that transparency is important and that providing accessible compliance assistance services is essential to any comprehensive enforcement regime.

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I have no issue with that. I am talking about minor fines.

So, give me an example of some of this, because this is their own safety systems, right, their own safety checks that they are doing.

The fines are not coming back to the entity themselves, anyway, so this is not a, quote-unquote, 'money maker' for the agency.

Tell me a little bit about how that works, and what I would like to know is, how do you evaluate its effectiveness on how it is actually accomplishing the mission?

If it is a fine that goes to the General Treasury or that you donate to a third-party organization, we want to know who picks that and where does that go and what is the long-term benefit of that.

This Subcommittee will also hold a hearing examining the burden of Federal statutes and regulations placed on State and local governments.

I do want to maintain this conversation. What we would ask of you is I am sure that there are ideas that you or your entities would be interested to be able to share ways they can improve this process.

That will be one that we want to watch, to be able to see how that works, because that gives a clear set of guidelines out there that people can find and note and to be able to help self-manage.

This is not a one-way conversation.

Mr. President, today the President of the United States unveiled the last budget of his Presidency: $4.1 trillion. Of that, $1.1 trillion is discretionary spending, which is the amount Congress will discuss over the next few months. It is…

If we want states to invest in behavioral health, we should provide an enhanced federal matching rate to prioritize these investments.

But we get things done. While other people talk about it, we do it, with the help of people on the outside, like you.

Thank you, Senator Booker.

If we as a country ignore the problems facing our waterway, port, and flood control infrastructure, those benefits and jobs will be at risk.

To be competitive, the United States must make infrastructure investment part of its growth strategy.

The American people have a right to expect us to make sure that their water is safe when they turn on their faucets.