Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa are not only vital to our national security interests.

During a time when China is working to expand its economic and military influence, we must maintain a strong presence in the region.

We owe them a debt of gratitude.

The territories in the Pacific are the front lines of Chinese aggression.

During a time when China is working to expand its economic and military influence, we must maintain a strong presence in the region.

Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa are not only vital to our national security interests.

We owe them a debt of gratitude.

The territories in the Pacific are the front lines of Chinese aggression.

I thank Chairman McCaul for yielding the time and for this resolution. I rise in support of the resolution. Literally, from the heart of Missouri's Second Congressional District, there I was, in the suburbs of St. Louis County, as I…

Thank you, Chair. I also want to just preface this by saying it is an honor to serve on this committee.

My dad died 5 years ago. I think one of the most precious moments I remember with him as a child is going with him to vote back in the late 1960s, early 1970s, when the polling stations had the boxes you would go in and the curtains would…

Well, let me tell you how this sounds to the parents.

They are asking you. They are asking DOE.

I would hope that you are aware that radioactive material has been found in Coldwater Creek.

I don't think it's too much to ask that this school district... get proper cleanup done.

Can we get some people in a room together and figure this out so that we can get this school tested and get it reopened?

Are you familiar with the effects of the Manhattan Project's radioactive waste on schoolchildren in Missouri?

I just wanted to let the record reflect that as we are sitting here chatting about this, their kids are at home not getting educated.