I want to thank our witnesses and our Committee for its strong bipartisan work to reduce emissions and make our infrastructure more resilient.

Madam President, I rise today to address this Chamber at an increasingly important moment in our Nation's history, to discuss the national security issues that we are currently facing and the ways in which the U.S. Senate can address them…

Several provisions of the IIJA are especially relevant to today's topic.

I would say that if I'm coming out of the military and I'm discharged, okay. So you checked me out and I've had some problems. I've had some conditions.

I believe Ukraine is the most--I just think it is the purpose and the most honorable position we have ever taken in my lifetime.

There's no reason that the VA shouldn't be the world leader in adopting AI into healthcare practices.

I remain an adamant supporter of our allies in Israel, and believe that we should continue to back Ukraine against Russian aggression.

Thank you. Mr. Kuntz, if I could talk to you because it's just a horrible situation. I know and I thank you for your work you're doing in mental illness and all the suicide----

I have got more concern about our own borders from my own people in West Virginia, and I want to make sure that you understand that we will do anything and everything humanly possible to support securing the borders of the United States of…

I want to thank our witnesses and our Committee for its strong bipartisan work to reduce emissions and make our infrastructure more resilient.

First of all, we know that Ukraine cannot succeed without U.S. support. Can Israel succeed without U.S. support?

Here is what I am concerned about, and I think a lot, when you see the 200 from the terrorist list.

The problem that we have, basically we are saying that $10 billion for humanitarian aid, when we know we cannot even get the aid that we are putting in there now.

With all due respect, it is not working.

The law also included funding for hydrogen hubs, like the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub, known as ARCH2, that will benefit my State of West Virginia and our region.

Here is what I am concerned about, and I think a lot, when you see the 200 from the terrorist list.

I believe Ukraine is the most--I just think it is the purpose and the most honorable position we have ever taken in my lifetime.

I mean, do you know if there's a problem there? Because it seems like to me, they're coming back home in West Virginia, we should have been notified that there was some serious problems we could have intervened and helped them with.