I want to thank you all for being here, and I want to give a big shout-out to the folks at the VA in Arkansas that are doing such a tremendo...
We need additional legislative relief in order to get there.
The current budget reconciliation package being considered in the House allocates $17 billion for VA to respond to the pandemic.
I just want to associate myself with the remarks of Ken Calvert and others that have talked about the ISR needs of SOUTHCOM.
I strongly support the efforts that we have to build more semiconductors here in the United States.
The American rescue plan has a lot. It has money to get vaccinations into arms, it has money for resources for schools, really, relief that ...
The president and vice president have been clear. They believe that teachers should be prioritized in states to get the vaccines, just like ...
the more we give them--and in this particular case, because of a COVID situation, it was maybe more of a one-off than normal.
It is fundamental to our democracy.
It is a great honor to be the ranking member on Financial Services and General Government.
That spirit of unity and consensus should be continued as we work to advance appropriations bills in the coming months.
If inflation becomes a problem, or if it becomes a more long-term issue for the country, we all know that that is going to have an impact on...
we have got this significant debt hanging over future generations' head, and we have got to be careful not to allow more and more of the Fed...
if the budget process is working in the Federal Government, it would be a resounding, not 'no,' but 'hell no.'
shouldn't we maybe claw back some of that second tranche of money if, in fact, we find that it hasn't necessarily been as big a hardship as ...
I look forward to working with you in your new position. Hopeful to have a successful, bipartisan appropriations process this year, and let'...
this is a form of generational theft. I mean, we are giving money out where there is not a definitive need, and we are going to ask future g...
Using partisan tools such as reconciliation to force through the current majority's policies is not a long-term solution to our challenges.
