The U.S. Government is the biggest consumer in the world, spending a record of $228 billion alone in Fiscal Year 2020.

Larger contracts often enjoy an unfair advantage over smaller ones, and many have mastered manipulation of safety systems meant to prevent misconduct and abuse.

It is offensive to the families who lose their children because of either dereliction of duty or gross negligence.

The Feres Doctrine is not law. It is a Supreme Court decision on which we have relied on.

I can't see being 38 years old, let alone 40 years old, or 50 years old, working under the hot sun and then finding out that I have to work longer than the 8 hours a day, or longer than 40 hours a week and am not protected by overtime.

Well I'm just seething with anger at Mr. DeCamp's testimony which seems to reject any racial motivations for excluding farm workers from the FLSA in 1938.

The Navy and the Marine Corps failed to effectively integrate with each other.

The Marine Corps must be the Nation's premier fighting force. We can't become a Marine Corps that only cares about safety.

the tragic events of 30 July 2020 were preventable.

The Marine Corps failed--failed to adequately maintain the material readiness of the AAV fleet.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I call to order this hearing of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee.

The Navy and the Marine Corps totally failed to ensure that personnel were adequately trained.

I am here today because I proudly represent the service members and their families at Camp Pendleton.

So, this problem isn't new, but it does seem to have gotten worse again over the last four years.

I support this important bill which would clarify and strengthen requirements around who can serve as an acting official and for how long.

I believe every Republican member of Congress should be asked why they still support having Matt Gaetz on the House Judiciary Committee.

Like all Americans, Congressman Matt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption of innocence. But he is not entitled to sit on the House Judiciary Committee. That is an honor and a privilege.

If the allegations are true, and Representative Gaetz did in fact, either pay for sex with a minor or entice a minor for sex, under federal law, that is a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years.