I appreciate that Community Project Funding is an important step in reasserting the constitutional prerogatives of the legislative branch.
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Chairman Visclosky would often state that the U.S. Corps of Engineers' projects serve as an economic driver in Indiana's First Congressional District, and I agree wholeheartedly.
In closing, I would like to, again, take a moment to recognize my predecessor, Chairman Pete Visclosky, who served on this subcommittee with distinction for many years.
I believe it is critical that we exercise our constitutional authority to direct funding to our districts.
If the Federal Government distributes independently of the States to these same entities without State coordination and consultation, redundancy and inefficiency may very well follow.
To know President Trump is to know someone whose word is his bond, a president who gets up every day just to keep the promises that he made to the American people.
It is important discussion what we have, but I also wanted to make sure that we also have a freedom of people to exercise their First amendment rights and the rights of protest, of peaceful protest.
This morning I sent a letter to Secretary Yellen concerning the need to combat the Chinese Communist Party and its affiliated enterprises from being able to access capital and profit from American retail investors.
I strongly encourage you to take swift action to fully implement this executive order.
We must place American investor protection and our national security interests ahead of any fleeting investment gains.
Millions of American retail investors unwittingly hold investments in U.S.-sanctioned and other questionable Chinese corporations through their retirement accounts and investment portfolios.
Mike Pence honored the Constitution. He honored his duty on that day.
I think Donald Trump has every intention of releasing his tax returns once a routine audit is completed.
Like many of my colleagues on this committee, I support an all-of-the-above approach to our energy supply and power generation.
If he was concerned, he never showed it. In fact, he egged it on with that one tweet saying that Mike Pence didn’t have courage.
Aides to the former Vice President are still fuming over President Trump's actions that day.
And when I asked whether or not Michael Van der Veen was lying when he said that during this trial, this source close to the Vice President said yes.
It was his duty to support and uphold the Constitution.