Thank you for the attention the Committee is focusing on historic leasing, an underutilized tool to abate the NPS maintenance backlog.

The public-private partnership of leasing in the NPS is truly a win-win. It saves historic buildings and saves taxpayers money.

I would also like to thank Representative Westerman for bringing attention to this important program and encouraging us to look at Hot Springs as a model of success.

I think in the future that will bring a better way of managing the lands, it will bring a better way of attracting visitors, so tourism can develop in those particular areas.

Thank you for encouraging us to come down here into your hometown, into your district, and for helping to put this thing together.

Tomorrow, the House is going to take up and, hopefully, pass legislation that I have introduced to honor a Wisconsin hero and one of my she-roes, Vel R. Phillips. The bill would designate a post office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in her…

I am pleased the House is considering my bill today, H.R. 4824, the Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. I want to express my appreciation to Senator Orrin Hatch, who introduced the bill in the Senate, as well Chairman Rob…

I am pleased to join my friend and colleague, Mr. Yoho, on the floor today with others to speak in support of this bipartisan bill, H.R. 5576, the Cyber Deterrence and Response Act. I would also like to give a special thanks to Foreign…

I thank Mr. Thompson, and, indeed, it is my pleasure to join him in cosponsoring the reauthorization of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act of 2018. Mr. Speaker, I am so very, very pleased that this is a piece of bipartisan…

If I just might add, Mr. Thompson, it is because of us. I mean, as legislators, we get a bum rap sometimes. We don't know Inez necessarily, but it is because of us and this funding that there is someone on the other end of that telephone…

In Utah, we are no stranger to natural disasters, but I can only remember one hurricane in 60 years.

They would in a more dense area. And so while it can be extremely devastating to a rancher or even the tourist business, they are few and far between out in these rural areas.

Would you agree as a general matter that within the SPP, private screeners ought to be evaluated on an equal even playing field?

As a member of the U.S. Senate, I'd be concerned about costs that extend farther than your agency.

I hope we can increase the security and do so in a way that respects the dignity of each American as he or she travels.

Is the SPP a viable option? Is that an attractive option? If so, why?

In 2015, when the General Accountability Office produced a report, it reported that contract award prices for private screeners within the SPP Program carried an average of 11 percent in savings.

I've lost track of how many constituents have come to me themselves in tears talking about seeing their daughters, their sons subjected to invasive groping searches.