Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of ending the cap on State and Local Tax deductions--better known as the SALT deduction. For more than 100 years, an idea dating back to Abraham Lincoln, the SALT deduction has allowed families to…

Mr. Speaker, nearly two decades ago, Congress passed a resolution authorizing military force against the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein. That resolution--aided in its passage by deeply flawed intelligence that we now know had no basis in…

Since this subcommittee was formed at the start of the 117th Congress, our members have been eager and encouraged to see the Department of Defense approach its information technologies with a prioritization that has been lacking in the…

The subcommittee will come to order. So I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the Department of Defense information technology, cybersecurity, and information assurance.

Of the many lessons from the pandemic, we have seen clearly that technology can revolutionize how we conduct our business, whether that is in Congress, or in the Department of Defense.

I take you up on that offer. I look forward to working with you on that and many other issues.

There was a 2019 GAO report entitled, and I quote, the title of it was, 'FEMA Action Needed to Better Support Individuals Who Are Older or Have Disabilities.'

I want to thank you for being here today and for making integrated equity into everything FEMA does one of your first priorities.

Mr. President, let me commend the stirring and thought- provoking words of my colleague from Maine, Senator King, about our responsibility with respect to those who aided and assisted us in Afghanistan and the status of this Special…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Brittany Fifer, a Coast Guard fellow in my office, be granted the privileges of the floor for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, once again, I object to the Senator's request for reasons I have previously stated. But in addition, on Tuesday night, Secretary of Defense Austin released a statement stating that he had received the Independent Review…

Mr. President, I would also ask unanimous consent that Savannah Johnston, an American Political Science Association fellow in my office, be granted privileges of the floor until we recess in August. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Everywhere I go in Rhode Island, everywhere we go around the country, affordable housing, affordable housing is the cry.

Mr. Speaker, I truly thank my colleague for organizing this Special Order this evening for our friend Paul Mitchell. Mr. Speaker, I come here this evening with no prepared remarks other than to make some comments, as shared by my…

I was at a celebration earlier of 14 separate units in Providence, Rhode Island funded from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

It is a holistic problem. It is not just one thing. And you need interagency cooperation.

It is not only providing housing, it is stabilizing the neighborhood.

Congress recently has doubled down on subsidizing housing and that does not appear to be working so far.