Let’s just talk first with Chairman Nieh about the proposed budget, which is nearly $80 million lower than the enacted budget of Fiscal Year 2026.

Last question I wanted to ask is, the Department of Energy launched an initiative to use a previously unused authority to allow for construction and operation of privately owned and privately funded nuclear reactors.

Will you please, Chairman Nieh, briefly summarize and quantify key cost savings that are included in this budget that would have been as a result of the ADVANCE Act?

I hope to see DOL continue to build on this success and expand apprenticeship opportunities to new programs and fields.

As States across the country, including my state of West Virginia, consider nuclear power’s potential meet the growing energy demand, I expect the NRC will prove through its actions that it will not be an obstacle to reliable, clean…

You stated in your opening statement that the Army's Combat Training Centers need to provide training that is tough, realistic, and relevant to modern threats.

Well, nothing burns taxpayers more than fraud and abuse.

We shouldn't be shutting the government down.

I’m proud to be a lead sponsor of the Childhood Cancer STAR Act, which directs NCI to advance pediatric cancer research.

Over recent years, Congress has actively focused on addressing outdated statutory requirements that have limited the safe deployment of nuclear power.

I think that is actually a very personal attack on our justices.

I want to talk about Yeager, the air traffic control tower. We are one of the oldest operational, and actually might be now. I think the only one still that is sponsor owned.

I'd like to talk about highway funding and bridge funding. The bridge investment program. I'm concerned, because there is still more to be done to manage these discretionary programs, one of which is the bridge investment program.

Within your existing authority, without new legislation, Mr. Secretary, are there changes, maybe three changes that you could implement in the next 12 months to make FHA multifamily financing faster, simpler, and less costly?

Personally, I think the issue is so large, and you heard Senator Gillibrand talking about it in New York, our state has a particular issue, and I am so pleased with the president's, Southern border initiatives, fentanyl seizures are down…

To me, that is bone chilling.

I know that the miner injury, you just released the statistic that mining injury hit a record low in 2025. But of course, when you lose six in one state, who lost their lives. That's six too many, as I'm sure you agree.

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