Clearly, just the funding is not enough if you have $9 billion that you are still sitting on that we have not put out yet.

We do not need all that extra plus-up for Senator Alexander's locks. We need to look at some of the other places in the country where there are problems.

I share the views of my colleagues that we need to get this done as quickly as possible, that it is very important for the visually impaired not only in the United States but around the world.

I would prefer we actually focus on making that a reality and then pick up, if that in case doesn't happen, then perhaps take up this conversation after.

At the end of the day, deferred maintenance doesn't help any of us.

When we met last week, I raised the need for increased funding for our facility in New Castle, New Hampshire.

I have dedicated the past five years of my life. We have a bipartisan task force with 105 Members, Republicans and Democrats, trying to tackle the opioid epidemic all across our country.

that until recently, the Coast Guard had a $1.6 billion backlog in shore facility construction and maintenance.

New Hampshire is dealing with a deadly opioid epidemic resulting, particularly in our state, from overdoses of fentanyl.

Thank you to our witnesses for being here to testify and for your efforts to address the crisis in Yemen

Well, now we're not only having an arbitrary date, but now we're having an arbitrary number of issues that you might have.

I think we spend a whole lot of money trying to limit care and determine who is eligible for what.

It is no secret that VA's capital assets are in serious need of repair.

This inherent unfairness about people who need these services, but are not allowed because of an arbitrary date.

can I have your commitment that countries and groups that continue to discriminate against and abuse women are exposed in this report.

countries that have empowered women generally do better on everything from how they deal with human rights to a democracy scale.

I think those two are in conflict. And it is hard for me to understand how we can have a Secretary of State who is able to go to Russia and come to Congress and talk about the challenges and the threats that Russia faces to our democracy…

But they get undermined by a President who consistently refuses to hold Vladimir Putin accountable for what Russia has done in the United States.