We need the tools to be able to do it.

We look forward to working with each of the witnesses here today on critical steps to ensuring that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and effectively.

I want to have nimble systems that collects the data and supplies the data to all of us to do the appropriate audits.

No time to waste. When there is a crisis we need to have an all-hands-on-deck approach in order to do the right thing, particularly by taxpayer dollars.

I think we probably need to extend those timeframes as they are about to expire.

Of course, we made sure that these laws had unprecedented requirements around transparency, oversight, and auditing, that make this hearing possible today.

We know when COVID-19 shut down our economy, almost exactly two years ago, Congress did act quickly to provide support for American workers and families.

I appreciate very much you holding this hearing and your interest in ensuring that women are able to fully participate in our changing economy.

I look forward to the good work that you are going to do on behalf of our tribes.

I was proud to fight for changes in the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill that we just passed that provided the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program with access to use direct loans through the Federal Financing Bank.

We must ensure that Native American businesses have the support they need to thrive.

I couldn't agree more about the need for the coordination amongst the various agencies.

We have been working on helping to streamline the process, the application, but also the outreach and engagement is really key.

One of the things I have heard from our tribes is about the onerous application process.

for weeks, the United States and the world have witnessed the horrors that are unfolding in Ukraine, the result of Russia's unprovoked and unjust attacks on a sovereign nation and its people. Innocent men, women, and children have lost…

Do you intend to request increased funding for the Pacific Pathways exercise in FY23, and if so, how would this increased funding allow U.S. Army Pacific to guarantee and optimize persistent access in the 1st and 2nd island chains?

I strongly believe that these exercises not only improve readiness, but are one of the most cost-effective ways to present a more complex strategic challenge to the Chinese.

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:43 p.m., adjourned until Monday, March 7, 2022, at 3 p.m.